[Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v1 13/13] xenconsole: try to attach to PV console if HVM fails

[Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

HVM guests have always used the emulated serial console by default, but if
the emulated serial pty cannot be fetched from xenstore try to use the PV
console instead.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monnà <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/console/client/main.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/console/client/main.c b/tools/console/client/main.c
index f4c783b..c92553e 100644
--- a/tools/console/client/main.c
+++ b/tools/console/client/main.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                { 0 },
 
        };
-       char *dom_path = NULL, *path = NULL;
+       char *dom_path = NULL, *path = NULL, *test = NULL;
        int spty, xsfd;
        struct xs_handle *xs;
        char *end;
@@ -357,9 +357,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        path = malloc(strlen(dom_path) + strlen("/device/console/0/tty") + 5);
        if (path == NULL)
                err(ENOMEM, "malloc");
-       if (type == CONSOLE_SERIAL)
+       if (type == CONSOLE_SERIAL) {
                snprintf(path, strlen(dom_path) + strlen("/serial/0/tty") + 5, 
"%s/serial/%d/tty", dom_path, num);
-       else {
+               test = xs_read(xs, XBT_NULL, path, NULL);
+               free(test);
+               if (test == NULL)
+                       goto pv_console;
+       } else {
+pv_console:
                if (num == 0)
                        snprintf(path, strlen(dom_path) + 
strlen("/console/tty") + 1, "%s/console/tty", dom_path);
                else
-- 
1.9.5 (Apple Git-50.3)


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