Make this helper function a little stricter about what it allows by
default. If qemu_img returns some exit code that implies it didn't
actually perform the comparison, treat that as an exceptional
circumstance and force the caller to be aware of the peril.
Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
---
tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 546e5cb671b..24765de2e27 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -507,11 +507,22 @@ def qemu_nbd_popen(*args):
p.kill()
p.wait()
-def compare_images(img1, img2, fmt1=imgfmt, fmt2=imgfmt):
- '''Return True if two image files are identical'''
- res = qemu_img('compare', '-f', fmt1,
- '-F', fmt2, img1, img2, check=False)
- return res.returncode == 0
+def compare_images(img1: str, img2: str,
+ fmt1: str = imgfmt, fmt2: str = imgfmt) -> bool:
+ """
+ Compare two images with QEMU_IMG; return True if they are identical.
+
+ :raise CalledProcessError:
+ when qemu-img crashes or returns a status code of anything other
+ than 0 (identical) or 1 (different).
+ """
+ try:
+ qemu_img('compare', '-f', fmt1, '-F', fmt2, img1, img2)
+ return True
+ except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+ if exc.returncode == 1:
+ return False
+ raise
def create_image(name, size):
'''Create a fully-allocated raw image with sector markers'''
--
2.34.1
