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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog1
-rw-r--r--cloudinit/util.py13
-rw-r--r--tests/unittests/test_util.py9
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da1ca9ee..ebaacf6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
- No longer run pollinate in seed_random (LP: #1554152)
- groups: add defalt user to 'lxd' group. Create groups listed
for a user if they do not exist. (LP: #1539317)
+ - dmi data: fix failure of reading dmi data for unset dmi values
0.7.6:
- open 0.7.6
diff --git a/cloudinit/util.py b/cloudinit/util.py
index e7407ea4..1d50edc9 100644
--- a/cloudinit/util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -2140,13 +2140,20 @@ def _read_dmi_syspath(key):
LOG.debug("did not find %s", dmi_key_path)
return None
- key_data = load_file(dmi_key_path)
+ key_data = load_file(dmi_key_path, decode=False)
if not key_data:
LOG.debug("%s did not return any data", dmi_key_path)
return None
- LOG.debug("dmi data %s returned %s", dmi_key_path, key_data)
- return key_data.strip()
+ # in the event that this is all \xff and a carriage return
+ # then return '.' in its place.
+ if key_data == b'\xff' * (len(key_data) - 1) + b'\n':
+ key_data = b'.' * (len(key_data) - 1) + b'\n'
+
+ str_data = key_data.decode('utf8').strip()
+
+ LOG.debug("dmi data %s returned %s", dmi_key_path, str_data)
+ return str_data
except Exception:
logexc(LOG, "failed read of %s", dmi_key_path)
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_util.py b/tests/unittests/test_util.py
index 95990165..542e4075 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_util.py
@@ -385,6 +385,15 @@ class TestReadDMIData(helpers.FilesystemMockingTestCase):
self.patch_mapping({})
self.assertEqual(None, util.read_dmi_data('expect-fail'))
+ def test_dots_returned_instead_of_foxfox(self):
+ my_len = 32
+ dmi_value = b'\xff' * my_len + b'\n'
+ expected = '.' * my_len
+ dmi_key = 'system-product-name'
+ sysfs_key = 'product_name'
+ self._create_sysfs_file(sysfs_key, dmi_value)
+ self.assertEqual(expected, util.read_dmi_data(dmi_key))
+
class TestMultiLog(helpers.FilesystemMockingTestCase):