[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: read backing chain names from qemu

[Eric Blake]

On 03/12/2015 08:23 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

>>
>> But if it would satisfy your paranoia, I can certainly add a
>> verification step that the string being returned by qemu resolves to the
>> same inode being tracked by libvirt, at least in the case where the
>> <disk> element resolves to a filename rather than a network disk.
> 
> I think it would be desirable, because while your current usage
> may be safe with these assumptions, if someone refactors this
> 6 months later they may not realize the security implications
> of this code.

v2 posted on those grounds.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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