Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] raw-posix: Detect CDROM via ioctl

[Cole Robinson]

On 01/11/2010 06:13 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 01:30:18PM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> Current CDROM detection is hardcoded based on source file name.
>> Make this smarter by attempting a CDROM specific ioctl.
>>
>> This makes '-cdrom /dev/sr0' succeed with no media present.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  block/raw-posix.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>>  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
>> index 5a6a22b..3ec58d0 100644
>> --- a/block/raw-posix.c
>> +++ b/block/raw-posix.c
>> @@ -1140,9 +1140,25 @@ static int cdrom_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const 
>> char *filename, int flags)
>>  
>>  static int cdrom_probe_device(const char *filename)
>>  {
>> +    int fd, ret;
>> +
>>      if (strstart(filename, "/dev/cd", NULL))
>>          return 100;
>> -    return 0;
>> +
>> +    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
>> +    if (fd < 0) {
>> +        return 0;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    /* Attempt to detect via a CDROM specific ioctl */
>> +    if (ioctl(fd, CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS, CDSL_CURRENT) < 0 && errno == EINVAL) 
>> {
>> +        ret = 0;
>> +    } else {
>> +        ret = 100;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    close(fd);
>> +    return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static int cdrom_is_inserted(BlockDriverState *bs)
> 
> Does this render the remaining "/dev/cd" check unnecessary?
> Likewise for the similar change that you posted for floppies.
> 

Probably, but I figured I'd be conservative and keep the check in place to
avoid possible regressions. If one of the regular devs/maintainers wants it
removed I'll respin the patches.

Thanks,
Cole