[Users] vdsmd seg fault

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:32:51AM -0700, Jason Brooks wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 14:16 +0300, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 05:15:48PM -0400, Jason Brooks wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Dan Ferris" <dferris at prometheusresearch.com>
> > > > To: "<users at ovirt.org>" <users at ovirt.org>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:24:44 AM
> > > > Subject: [Users] vdsmd seg fault
> > > > 
> > > > I updated to the latest Fedora 19 on two test servers, and now vdsmd
> > > > will not start.
> > > > 
> > > > Systedctl says this:
> > > > 
> > > > dsmd.service - Virtual Desktop Server Manager
> > > >     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdsmd.service; enabled)
> > > >     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2013-10-14 12:31:30
> > > > EDT; 23h ago
> > > >    Process: 1788 ExecStart=/lib/systemd/systemd-vdsmd start
> > > > (code=exited, status=139)
> > > > 
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us python[1862]: DIGEST-MD5 ask_user_info()
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us python[1862]: DIGEST-MD5 client step 2
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us python[1862]: DIGEST-MD5 ask_user_info()
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us python[1862]: DIGEST-MD5
> > > > make_client_response()
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us python[1862]: DIGEST-MD5 client step 3
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us systemd-vdsmd[1788]:
> > > > /lib/systemd/systemd-vdsmd: line 185:  1862 Segmentation fault
> > > > "$VDSM_TOOL" nwfilter
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us systemd-vdsmd[1788]: vdsm: Failed to
> > > > define network filters on libvirt[FAILED]
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us systemd[1]: vdsmd.service: control
> > > > process exited, code=exited status=139
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us systemd[1]: Failed to start Virtual
> > > > Desktop Server Manager.
> > > > Oct 14 12:31:30 rs0-ovirt0.rexdb.us systemd[1]: Unit vdsmd.service
> > > > entered failed state.
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone else experienced this?
> > > 
> > > I just hit this on one of my test installs. 
> > > 
> > > I did yum downgrade libvirt* and then vdsmd would start
> > 
> > Which was the faulty libvirt? Was there anything interesting at the
> > /var/log/libvirtd.log?
> 
> libvirt-1.0.5.6-3.fc19 -- it started fine until I rebooted. SElinux is
> permissive on these machines, btw. These machines are nested inside of
> my main oVirt install, as well.
> 
> I couldn't see anything in the libvirtd.log that looked different from
> the libvirtd.log on a node w/ the downgraded libvirt.

Maybe someone on libvir-list can suggest why something like

    conn.nwfilterLookupByName(self.filterName).undefine()
    conn.nwfilterDefineXML(self.buildFilterXml()

suddenly segfaults when run in a systemd unit context?