[libvirt] [PATCH v3 1/3] qemu: Warn of restore with managed save being risky

[Michael Weiser]

Internal snapshots of a non-running domain do not carry any memory state
and restoring such a snapshot will not replace existing saved memory
state. This allows a scenario, where a user first suspends a domain into
managedsave, restores a non-running snapshot and then resumes the domain
from managedsave. After that, the guest system will run with its
previous memory state atop a different disk state. The most obvious
possible fallout from this is extensive file system corruption. Swap
content and RAID bitmaps might also be off.

This has been discussed[1] and fixed[2] from the end-user perspective for
virt-manager.

This patch marks the restore operation as risky at the libvirt level,
requiring the user to remove the saved memory state first or force the
operation.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-November/msg00011.html
[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-December/msg00049.html

Signed-off-by: Michael Weiser <michael.weiser at gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413 at gmail.com>
Cc: Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com>
---
 src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index ec8faf384c..691a9b45c7 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -16652,6 +16652,15 @@ qemuDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
                            _("must respawn qemu to start inactive snapshot"));
             goto endjob;
         }
+        if (vm->hasManagedSave &&
+            !(snapdef->state == VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_RUNNING ||
+              snapdef->state == VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_PAUSED)) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_SNAPSHOT_REVERT_RISKY, "%s",
+                           _("snapshot without memory state, removal of "
+                             "existing managed saved state strongly "
+                             "recommended to avoid corruption"));
+            goto endjob;
+        }
     }
 
     if (snap->def->dom) {
-- 
2.24.1