[libvirt] [PATCH] Split contents of <cmdline>...</cmdline> and set LXC init argv

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:00:04PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/14/2012 11:53 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> 
> > In other words, I don't think it is acceptable to automagically
> > split  '<cmdline>' and pass them as argv[]. We should only
> > use it for setting LIBVIRT_LXC_CMDLINE.
> > 
> > We should add a separate <initarg> element for setting init's
> > argv[] I think
> 
> as in:
> 
>  <cmdline>complex value that we won't split</cmdline>
>  <initarg>arg1</initarg>
>  <initarg>arg2, with  funky '"\ stuff</initarg>
> 
> Yes, that sounds like a more sure-fire way of letting the user specify
> exactly what they wanted, and nicer for XPath queries too.

Yes, exactly.


Daniel
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