[libvirt] [PATCH] Add forwarders attribute to <dns /> element.

[Diego Woitasen]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 08:50:30AM -0300, Diego Woitasen wrote:
>> Useful to set custom forwarders instead of using the contents of
>> /etc/resolv.conf. It helps me to setup dnsmasq as local nameserver to resolv VM
>> domain names from domain 0, when domain option is used.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Diego Woitasen <diego.woitasen at vhgroup.net>
>> ---
>>  src/conf/network_conf.c                            | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  src/conf/network_conf.h                            |  1 +
>>  src/network/bridge_driver.c                        |  8 +++++
>>  .../nat-network-dns-forwarders.conf                | 15 ++++++++++
>>  .../nat-network-dns-forwarders.xml                 |  9 ++++++
>>  tests/networkxml2conftest.c                        |  1 +
>>  6 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>  create mode 100644 tests/networkxml2confdata/nat-network-dns-forwarders.conf
>>  create mode 100644 tests/networkxml2confdata/nat-network-dns-forwarders.xml
>>
>
>
>> @@ -1058,6 +1065,20 @@ virNetworkDNSDefParseXML(const char *networkName,
>>          }
>>      }
>>
>> +    forwarders = virXPathString("string(./@forwarders)", ctxt);
>> +    if (forwarders) {
>> +        def->forwarders = virStringSplit(forwarders, ",", 0);
>
> It is frowned upon to create XML where one attribute encodes multiple
> separate values. For example, makes it impossible for apps to extract
> a single value using xpath queies.
>
> If we need to support multiple addresses for forwarders, then this
> suggests we need a child element underneath <dns> eg perhaps
>
>   <dns>
>     <forwarder addr='8.8.8.8'/>
>     <forwarder addr='1.2.3.4'/>
>     <forwarder addr='234:223::4242'/>
>   </dns>
>
>
> Daniel
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Ok, I'll fix it.

What do you think about the feature?

-- 
Diego Woitasen
VHGroup - Lead Linux and open source solutions architect
www.vhgroup.net