[Bug 1374554] [NEW] ppc64el virsh start fails

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

$ cat > foobar.xml <<EOF
<domain type="kvm">
  <name>foobar</name>
  <memory>1048576</memory>
  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
  <os>
    <type arch="ppc64" machine="pseries">hvm</type>
  </os>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset="utc"/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
    <console type="pty"/>
  </devices>
</domain>
EOF


$ sudo virsh define foobar.xml
Domain foobar defined from foobar.xml

$ sudo virsh start foobar
error: Failed to start domain foobar
error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
Can't open directory /proc/device-tree/cpus/
qemu: hardware error: qemu: could not load LPAR rtas '/usr/share/qemu/spapr-rtas.bin'

CPU #0:
NIP 0000000000000000   LR 0000000000000000 CTR 0000000000000000 XER 0000000000000000
MSR 0000000000000000 HID0 0000000000000000  HF 0000000000000000 idx 0
TB 00000000 00000000 DECR 00000000
GPR00 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR04 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR08 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR12 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR16 0000000000000000 00000000000000

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: libvirt-bin 1.2.8-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.16.0-17.23-generic 3.16.3
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-17-generic ppc64le
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: ppc64el
Date: Fri Sep 26 17:43:55 2014
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcLoadAvg: 0.08 0.03 0.05 1/1176 28307
ProcLocks:
 1: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 84870 00:11:478688 0 0
 2: FLOCK  ADVISORY  WRITE 2515 00:11:45214 0 EOF
 3: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 2369 00:11:50266 0 EOF
 4: POSIX  ADVISORY  WRITE 2567 00:11:47202 0 EOF
ProcSwaps:
 Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
 /swap.img                               file		8388544	0	-1
ProcVersion: Linux version 3.16.0-17-generic (buildd at fisher03) (gcc version 4.9.1 (User Name 4.9.1-15ubuntu1) ) #23-User Name SMP Fri Sep 19 16:54:14 UTC 2014
SourcePackage: libvirt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 20
cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 19
cpu_smt: SMT is off
modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.conf: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf']

** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apparmor apport-bug ppc64el uec-images utopic

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