VMware: get_object_properties may not return any objects

[Gary Kotton]

2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 CRITICAL nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver [req-a4d0920a-9ea0-4e3d-b1fe-561133e5b799 None None] In vmwareapi: _call_method (session=52325cb1-82c6-440a-e498-328cf8759e8e)
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line 835, in _call_method
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver return temp_module(*args, **kwargs)
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vim_util.py", line 170, in get_dynamic_property
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver property_dict = get_dynamic_properties(vim, mobj, type, [property_name])
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver File "/opt/stack/nova/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vim_util.py", line 180, in get_dynamic_properties
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver if obj_content.objects:
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'objects'
2014-03-18 05:32:28.164 TRACE nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/81254

[John Garbutt (johngarbutt)]

Need more details on how to reproduce this, and when it happens.

Its not clear to me this should block RC-1

[Tracy Jones (tjones-i)]

this bug could be pushed to icehouse-rc-potential if not merged by 2/24 12pm UTC

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/81254
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova/commit/?id=93d1315d3e4c954bc1d8d5c5fb56b92fd910ced5
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 93d1315d3e4c954bc1d8d5c5fb56b92fd910ced5
Author: Gary Kotton <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Mar 18 05:52:47 2014 -0700

    VMware: fix exception when no objects are returned

    get_object_properties may return data that does not contain any
    objects. The patch validates that the returned data is accessible.

    Change-Id: I9432582bf5bc841aea705a84f939e9482465ff70
    Closes-bug: #1294102