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-rw-r--r--hw/virtio-console.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio-console.c b/hw/virtio-console.c
index c235b2726c..4440784637 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-console.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-console.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
*/
#include "qemu-char.h"
+#include "qemu-error.h"
#include "virtio-serial.h"
typedef struct VirtConsole {
@@ -113,6 +114,14 @@ static int virtserialport_initfn(VirtIOSerialPort *port)
{
VirtConsole *vcon = DO_UPCAST(VirtConsole, port, port);
+ if (port->id == 0) {
+ /*
+ * Disallow a generic port at id 0, that's reserved for
+ * console ports.
+ */
+ error_report("Port number 0 on virtio-serial devices reserved for virtconsole devices for backward compatibility.");
+ return -1;
+ }
return generic_port_init(vcon, port);
}