Improve error when starting multiple machines

Instead of ErrVMAlreadyRunning use a more appropriate error.
Also improve the message a little bit.

Fixes: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/23436

Signed-off-by: Nicola Sella <nsella@redhat.com>
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Nicola Sella
2024-09-04 16:02:35 +02:00
parent 07397de1eb
commit d124d90e18
2 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine start", func() {
Expect(startSession1).To(Or(Exit(0), Exit(125)), "start command should succeed or fail with 125")
if startSession1.ExitCode() == 0 {
Expect(startSession2).To(Exit(125), "first start worked, second start must fail")
Expect(startSession2.errorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("machine %s: VM already running or starting", machine1))
Expect(startSession2.errorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("machine %s is already running: only one VM can be active at a time", machine1))
} else {
Expect(startSession2).To(Exit(0), "first start failed, second start succeed")
Expect(startSession1.errorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("machine %s: VM already running or starting", machine2))
Expect(startSession1.errorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("machine %s is already running: only one VM can be active at a time", machine2))
}
})
})

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@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ func checkExclusiveActiveVM(provider vmconfigs.VMProvider, mc *vmconfigs.Machine
return err
}
if state == machineDefine.Running || state == machineDefine.Starting {
return fmt.Errorf("unable to start %q: machine %s: %w", mc.Name, name, machineDefine.ErrVMAlreadyRunning)
if mc.Name == name {
return fmt.Errorf("unable to start %q: machine %s: %w", mc.Name, name, machineDefine.ErrVMAlreadyRunning)
}
return fmt.Errorf("unable to start %q: machine %s is already running: %w", mc.Name, name, machineDefine.ErrMultipleActiveVM)
}
}
return nil