[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#796766: filling volumes fails with 'cannot fill file '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.sBgds4': Invalid argument

[Guido Günther]

Package: libvirt-daemon-system
Version: 1.2.18-2
Severity: important
Tags: patch

Creating VMs with virt-inst currently fails like:

Starting install...
   Retrieving file linux...               | 5.9 MB     00:01 ...
   Retrieving file initrd.gz...           |  29 MB     00:07 ...
   ERROR    Couldn't create storage volume 'virtinst-linux.sBgds4': 'cannot fill file '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.sBgds4': Invalid argument'
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See

  https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-August/msg00808.html

for details and the patch.
Cheers,
 -- Guido


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libvirt-daemon-system depends on:
ii  adduser              3.113+nmu3
ii  gettext-base         0.19.3-2
ii  init-system-helpers  1.22
ii  libapparmor1         2.9.0-3
ii  libaudit1            1:2.4-1+b1
ii  libblkid1            2.25.2-6
ii  libc6                2.19-18
ii  libcap-ng0           0.7.4-2
ii  libdbus-1-3          1.8.18-0+deb8u1
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1   2:1.02.90-2.2
ii  libnl-3-200          3.2.24-2
ii  libnl-route-3-200    3.2.24-2
ii  libnuma1             2.0.10-1
ii  librados2            0.80.7-2
ii  librbd1              0.80.7-2
ii  libselinux1          2.3-2
ii  libsystemd0          215-17+deb8u1
ii  libvirt-clients      1.2.18-2~1.gbp016cd5
ii  libvirt-daemon       1.2.18-2~1.gbp016cd5
ii  libvirt0             1.2.18-2~1.gbp016cd5
ii  libxml2              2.9.1+dfsg1-5
ii  libyajl2             2.1.0-2
ii  logrotate            3.8.7-1+b1
ii  policykit-1          0.105-8

Versions of packages libvirt-daemon-system recommends:
ii  bridge-utils  1.5-9
ii  dmidecode     2.12-3
ii  dnsmasq-base  2.72-3+deb8u1
ii  ebtables      2.0.10.4-3
ii  iproute2      3.16.0-2
ii  iptables      1.4.21-2+b1
ii  parted        3.2-7
ii  pm-utils      1.4.1-15

Versions of packages libvirt-daemon-system suggests:
ii  apparmor    2.9.0-3
pn  auditd      <none>
pn  nfs-common  <none>
pn  radvd       <none>
ii  systemd     215-17+deb8u1
pn  systemtap   <none>

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.libvirtd changed [not included]
/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf'
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml'

-- no debconf information