qemu-kvm/qemu-img starts in+out polls from the socket before the connection is
established. This leads to a hang if the connection cant be established
(i.e. the target is down when qemu-kvm is started).
before:
LIBISCSI_DEBUG=2 qemu-img convert -f iscsi -O raw iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac/0 /dev/null
libiscsi: connecting to portal 127.0.0.1 [iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac]
libiscsi: read from socket failed, errno:111 [iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac]
libiscsi: connection to 127.0.0.1 established [iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac]
->success!!
after:
LIBISCSI_DEBUG=1 qemu-img convert -f iscsi -O raw iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac/0 /dev/null
libiscsi: iscsi_service: socket error Connection refused(111) while connecting. [iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac]
libiscsi: Failed to connect to iSCSI socket. iscsi_service: socket error Connection refused(111) while connecting. [iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac]
qemu-img: iSCSI: Failed to connect to LUN : Failed to connect to iSCSI socket. iscsi_service: socket error Connection refused(111) while connecting.
qemu-img: Could not open 'iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac/0': Invalid argument
qemu-img: Could not open 'iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.2004-04.com.qnap:ts-809u:iscsi.lieven20.c53dac/0'