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Re: [PATCH v2] hw/core: Allow setting 'virtio-blk-device.scsi' property
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2] hw/core: Allow setting 'virtio-blk-device.scsi' property on OSX host |
Date: |
Fri, 7 Feb 2020 01:31:42 -0500 |
On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 01:14:04AM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Commit ed65fd1a2750 ("virtio-blk: switch off scsi-passthrough by
> default") changed the default value of the 'scsi' property of
> virtio-blk, which is only available on Linux hosts. It also added
> an unconditional compat entry for 2.4 or earlier machines.
>
> Trying to set this property on a pre-2.5 machine on OSX, we get:
>
> Unexpected error in object_property_find() at qom/object.c:1201:
> qemu-system-x86_64: -device virtio-blk-pci,id=scsi0,drive=drive0: can't
> apply global virtio-blk-device.scsi=true: Property '.scsi' not found
>
> Fix this error by marking the property optional.
>
> Fixes: ed65fd1a27 ("virtio-blk: switch off scsi-passthrough by default")
> Suggested-by: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
Stefan I think this makes sense in your tree same as
the original patch it's fixing. Right?
> ---
> v2: Reworded description (Cornelia)
>
> Extracted from testing series:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg675074.html
> ---
> hw/core/machine.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index 3e288bfceb..d8e30e4895 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ GlobalProperty hw_compat_2_5[] = {
> const size_t hw_compat_2_5_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_2_5);
>
> GlobalProperty hw_compat_2_4[] = {
> - { "virtio-blk-device", "scsi", "true" },
> + /* Optional because the 'scsi' property is Linux-only */
> + { "virtio-blk-device", "scsi", "true", .optional = true },
> { "e1000", "extra_mac_registers", "off" },
> { "virtio-pci", "x-disable-pcie", "on" },
> { "virtio-pci", "migrate-extra", "off" },
> --
> 2.21.1