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-rw-r--r--qga/commands-posix.c13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index 1c1a165dae..0be301a4ea 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ void qmp_guest_set_time(bool has_time, int64_t time_ns, Error **errp)
pid_t pid;
Error *local_err = NULL;
struct timeval tv;
+ static const char hwclock_path[] = "/sbin/hwclock";
+ static int hwclock_available = -1;
+
+ if (hwclock_available < 0) {
+ hwclock_available = (access(hwclock_path, X_OK) == 0);
+ }
+
+ if (!hwclock_available) {
+ error_setg(errp, QERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+ return;
+ }
/* If user has passed a time, validate and set it. */
if (has_time) {
@@ -195,7 +206,7 @@ void qmp_guest_set_time(bool has_time, int64_t time_ns, Error **errp)
/* Use '/sbin/hwclock -w' to set RTC from the system time,
* or '/sbin/hwclock -s' to set the system time from RTC. */
- execle("/sbin/hwclock", "hwclock", has_time ? "-w" : "-s",
+ execle(hwclock_path, "hwclock", has_time ? "-w" : "-s",
NULL, environ);
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} else if (pid < 0) {