[Qemu-devel] [Bug 584143] Re: qemu fails to set hdd serial number

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** Branch linked: lp:~serge-hallyn/ubuntu/lucid/qemu-kvm/hdd-serial

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Title:
  qemu fails to set hdd serial number

Status in QEMU:
  Fix Released
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “qemu-kvm” source package in Lucid:
  Confirmed
Status in “qemu-kvm” source package in Maverick:
  New
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  The -drive ...,serial=xyz option is broken, at least in 0.12.  See
  Debian bug#573439, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573439 for details.

  The proposed fix from the original reporter:

  --- qemu-kvm-0.12.3+dfsg/vl.c 2010-02-26 11:34:00.000000000 +0900
  +++ qemu-kvm-0.12.3+dfsg.old/vl.c     2010-03-11 02:26:00.134217787 +0900
  @@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@
       dinfo->on_write_error = on_write_error;
       dinfo->opts = opts;
       if (serial)
  -        strncpy(dinfo->serial, serial, sizeof(serial));
  +        strncpy(dinfo->serial, serial, sizeof(dinfo->serial));
       QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&drives, dinfo, next);
       if (is_extboot) {
           extboot_drive = dinfo;