if (virDomainChrPreAlloc(vmdef, chr) < 0)
return -1;
- /* Due to some crazy backcompat stuff, the first serial device is an alias
- * to the first console too. If this is the case, the definition must be
- * duplicated as first console device. */
+ /* Due to historical reasons, the first console is an alias to the
+ * first serial device (if such exists). If this is the case, we need to
+ * create an object for the first console as well.
+ */
if (vmdef->nserials == 0 && vmdef->nconsoles == 0 &&
chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL) {
if (!vmdef->consoles && VIR_ALLOC(vmdef->consoles) < 0)
return -1;
- if (VIR_ALLOC(vmdef->consoles[0]) < 0) {
+ /* We'll be dealing with serials[0] directly, so NULL is fine here. */
+ if (!(vmdef->consoles[0] = virDomainChrDefNew(NULL))) {
VIR_FREE(vmdef->consoles);
return -1;
}
/* Remove the stub console added by qemuDomainChrPreInsert */
if (vmdef->nserials == 0 && vmdef->nconsoles == 1 &&
chr->deviceType == VIR_DOMAIN_CHR_DEVICE_TYPE_SERIAL) {
- VIR_FREE(vmdef->consoles[0]);
+ virDomainChrDefFree(vmdef->consoles[0]);
VIR_FREE(vmdef->consoles);
vmdef->nconsoles = 0;
}