[libvirt] [PATCH 0/9] virDomain{Attach, Detach}DeviceFlags patches

[Jim Fehlig]

Jim Fehlig wrote:
> This set implements two new APIs, virDomainAttachDeviceFlags and
> virDomainDetachDeviceFlags as discussed here
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-December/msg00124.html
>
> Introduce two new APIs
>
> virDomainAttachDeviceFlags(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml,
>                            unsigned flags)
> virDomainDetachDeviceFlags(virDomainPtr dom, const char *xml,
>                            unsigned flags)
>
> with flags being one or more from VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MODIFY_CURRENT,
> VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MODIFY_LIVE, VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_MODIFY_CONFIG.
>
> If caller specifies CURRENT (default), add or remove the device
> depending on the current state of domain.  E.g. if domain is active add
> or remove the device to/from live domain, if it is inactive change the
> persistent config.  If caller specifies LIVE, only change the active
> domain.  If caller specifies CONFIG, only change persistent config -
> even if the domain is active.  If caller specifies both LIVE and CONFIG,
> then change both.
>
> If a driver can not satisfy the exact requested flags it must return
> an error.  E.g if user specified LIVE but the driver can only change
> live and persisted config, the driver must fail the request.
>
> The existing virDomain{Attach,Detach}Device is now explicitly restricted
> to active domains and is equivalent to
> virDomain{Attach,Detach}DeviceFlags(LIVE).
>
> Finally, virsh {attach,detach}-{disk,interface,device} has been modified
> to add a --persistent flag in order to set the appropriate flags when
> calling the new APIs.
>
>   

I have pushed this series now that 0.7.6 is released.  The only change
from reviewed and ACK'ed patches is adjustment of
src/libvirt_public.syms to assumed next release of 0.7.7.

Thanks for input during specification of these APIs and review of the
patches!
Jim