'virsh start' succeeds even if a nonexistent serial type is specified in an xml file

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Issue

  • "virsh start" succeeds even if a nonexistent serial type (e.g. 'xyz') is specified in an xml file.
  • Step to Reproduce:
    1. Specify a nonexistent value to a serial type in a guest domain file.
    # virsh edit <domain-name>.
    ...
     <serial type='xyz'>
    ...

2. Start the guest domain.
    # virsh start <domain-name>.
 <The guest domain will start up without any problems.>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • libvirt-client-0.8.1-27.el6.x86_64

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