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criu: check for criu_check_version error#2031

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criu: check for criu_check_version error#2031
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Closes: #2029

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This pull request enhances the robustness of CRIU (Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace) integration by centralizing and improving the error handling for libcriu version checks. It introduces a dedicated helper function to validate the libcriu version, ensuring that failures from the criu_check_version API are correctly interpreted and reported, thereby preventing potential misdiagnoses of issues related to CRIU initialization or an outdated library.

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  • New Helper Function: Introduced a new static helper function, validate_criu_version, to centralize the logic for checking the libcriu version.
  • Improved Error Handling: Enhanced error handling for libcriu_wrapper->criu_check_version by explicitly differentiating between a general failure (return value < 0) and an outdated libcriu version (return value == 0).
  • Code Refactoring: Refactored the existing libcriu version checks within libcrun_container_checkpoint_linux_criu and libcrun_container_restore_linux_criu to utilize the newly created validate_criu_version function.

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  • src/libcrun/criu.c
    • Added validate_criu_version static helper function.
    • Replaced direct criu_check_version calls with validate_criu_version in checkpoint and restore functions.
    • Enhanced error reporting for CRIU version validation.
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This pull request refactors the CRIU version check into a new helper function validate_criu_version to correctly handle errors from criu_check_version. The change is logical, but the new function is missing a required parameter, which will cause a compilation error. My review includes suggestions to fix this.

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Ephemeral COPR build failed. @containers/packit-build please check.

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Ephemeral COPR build failed. @containers/packit-build please check.

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Ephemeral COPR build failed. @containers/packit-build please check.

eriksjolund added a commit to eriksjolund/crun that referenced this pull request Feb 28, 2026
Suggestion by gemini-code-assist in
containers#2031
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Closes: containers#2029

Signed-off-by: Erik Sjölund <erik.sjolund@gmail.com>
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LGTM

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lgtm

Suggestion by gemini-code-assist in
containers#2031
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Closes: containers#2029

Signed-off-by: Erik Sjölund <erik.sjolund@gmail.com>
@kolyshkin kolyshkin force-pushed the criu-check-failure branch from 4aca7dd to d24d028 Compare March 4, 2026 02:42
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Rebased to re-run CI.

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TMT tests failed. @containers/packit-build please check.

@kolyshkin kolyshkin merged commit e5864a0 into containers:main Mar 4, 2026
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criu_check_version() failure check missing

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