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RE: [Xen-devel] Why xs_domain_open() in fs_backend

To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Why xs_domain_open() in fs_backend
From: "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:04:06 +0800
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Why xs_domain_open() in fs_backend

The result in my side is:

[root@vt_wb_jimmy xen-unstable]# xenstore-watch -s /local/domain/0/a/b | while read w ; do echo "watch fired on $w"; echo "value" $(xenstore-read $w); echo; done

watch fired on /local/domain/0/a/b

value

 

 

 

watch fired on /local/domain/0/a/b/c/defe

value 44

 

watch fired on /local/domain/0/a/b/c/defe

value 45

 

 

[root@vt_wb_jimmy xen-unstable]# xenstore-watch /local/domain/0/a/b | while read w ; do echo "watch fired on $w"; echo "value" $(xenstore-read $w); echo; done  xenstore-watch: Unable to add watch on /local/domain/0/a/b

 

One thing need notice is, the first time when I use xenstore-watch without -s, it will not fail with "Unable to add watch on ....", instead, it will simply not print anything when I change the a/b/c/defe value, then I ctrl-c to kill it. Next time it will fail with "Unable to add watch on ...", as log below. Hope this will be helpful. BTW, what's your dom0 version?

 

[root@vt_wb_jimmy xen-unstable]# xenstore-watch /local/domain/0/a/b | while read w ; do echo "watch fired on $w"; echo "value" $(xenstore-read $w); echo; done

watch fired on /local/domain/0/a/b

value

 

 

 

 

^C                       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I press ctrl-c here because it does not print anythine while I change the a/b/c/defe in another console.

[root@vt_wb_jimmy xen-unstable]# xenstore-watch /local/domain/0/a/b | while read w ; do echo "watch fired on $w"; echo "value" $(xenstore-read $w); echo; done

xenstore-watch: Unable to add watch on /local/domain/0/a/b

 

 

Thanks

--jyh

 

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Ian Campbell [mailto:Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:48 PM

>To: Jiang, Yunhong

>Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gm281@xxxxxxxxx

>Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Why xs_domain_open() in fs_backend

> 

>On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 14:18 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:

>> On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 13:57 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:

>> >

>> > I don't know how useful it is generally but it can be used to shows

>> > that "xenstore-watch -s x" (i.e. xs_daemon_open) does appear to be

>> > broken.

>> 

>> Actually this is backwards and I seem to be seeing the exact opposite to

>> you. IOW for me:

>> 

>> "xenstore-watch x"    -> xs_domain_open()       -- works

>> "xenstore-watch -s x"         -> xs_daemon_open()      -- does not work, XS_ERROR reply

>from daemon

>> 

>> Can you confirm which version fails for you?

>> 

>> It also seems to be specific to the C xenstored, the ocaml oxenstored

>> works fine.

>> 

>> Lastly it seems to be a problem with relative paths only, absolute paths

>> seem to be ok.

> 

>This appears to be deliberate. xenstore clients connecting via the

>socket interface have no implicit /local/domain/<domid> home directory.

>(see xenstored_core.c:canonicalize and its use from

>xenstored_watch.c:do_watch) and therefore must use absolute paths. The

>ocaml xenstored works around this by assuming that socket connections

>originate in domain 0, which is a little dubious if oxenstored is

>running in a stub domain but in that case there is no userspace and

>hence no clients using the socket interface, so it is fine.

> 

>The only problem I see is that it uses whatever random errno happens to

>be current in the error message.

> 

>Ian.

> 

># HG changeset patch

># User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>

># Date 1286977342 -3600

># Node ID 78f2c9b4d902fa04f7055012c63d6dd24e823da0

># Parent  9a5a576bcc8ae17f19c9f89b73a026a0acfb5cf1

>xenstored: return EINVAL for attempt to watch invalid path

> 

>errno is essentially random at this point.

> 

>Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 

>diff -r 9a5a576bcc8a -r 78f2c9b4d902 tools/xenstore/xenstored_watch.c

>--- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_watch.c       Wed Oct 13 13:56:12 2010 +0100

>+++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_watch.c    Wed Oct 13 14:42:22 2010 +0100

>@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void do_watch(struct connection *conn, s

>               relative = !strstarts(vec[0], "/");

>               vec[0] = canonicalize(conn, vec[0]);

>               if (!is_valid_nodename(vec[0])) {

>-                        send_error(conn, errno);

>+                       send_error(conn, EINVAL);

>                        return;

>               }

>      }

> 

 

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