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Bug 1707379 - virt-install with --sysinfo type=random-string silently defaults to smbios
Summary: virt-install with --sysinfo type=random-string silently defaults to smbios
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: virt-manager
Version: 8.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Pavel Hrdina
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks: 1707380
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-05-07 11:56 UTC by Pavel Hrdina
Modified: 2020-11-14 08:53 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: virt-manager-2.2.0-1.el8
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: 1707380 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2019-11-05 21:19:40 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3464 0 None None None 2019-11-05 21:20:05 UTC

Description Pavel Hrdina 2019-05-07 11:56:40 UTC 
"virt-install ... --sysinfo foobar" silently defaults to smbios type.
We should pass that value to libvirt and libvirt validate it and error
out if it's incorrect.
Comment 2 Pavel Hrdina 2019-05-15 05:54:19 UTC 
Upstream commit:

commit 897578aee2c22cb2aae66cb23cfd8cc8b79c11c5
Author: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina>
Date:   Tue May 14 14:00:18 2019 +0200

    cli: fix sysinfo type parsing
Comment 4 zhoujunqin 2019-07-31 07:52:34 UTC 
Reproduce with:
virt-manager-2.0.0-5.el8.noarch
virt-install-2.0.0-5.el8.noarch

Steps:
1. Install a vm with specified a invalid type to "--sysinfo".
# virt-install --name testvm --memory 1024 --boot initargs="none",smbios_mode=sysinfo  --sysinfo foobar  --disk none --debug

Starting install...
...
  <sysinfo type='smbios'/>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Result: Installation starts successfully with invalid sysinfo type, silently defaults to smbios type.

Verify with:
virt-install-2.2.1-1.el8.noarch
virt-manager-2.2.1-1.el8.noarch
libvirt-4.5.0-30.module+el8.1.0+3574+3a63752b.x86_64
qemu-kvm-2.12.0-82.module+el8.1.0+3738+0d8c0249.x86_64

Steps:
# virt-install --name testvm --memory 1024 --boot initargs="none",smbios_mode=sysinfo  --sysinfo foobar  --disk none 
WARNING  No operating system detected, VM performance may suffer. Specify an OS with --os-variant for optimal results.

Starting install...
ERROR    unsupported configuration: unknown sysinfo type 'foobar'
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
  virsh --connect qemu:///system start testvm
otherwise, please restart your installation.


Result: virt-install fails to start with clear error prompts "unsupported configuration: unknown sysinfo type 'foobar'", so I move this bug from ON_QA to VERIFIED.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-05 21:19:40 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3464
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