[libvirt] [PATCH v2 4/4] qemu: command: Use -name guest= if available

[Cole Robinson]

On 05/06/2016 07:54 AM, John Ferlan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/04/2016 10:56 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> -name guest= is the explicit parameter for passing a VM name. Using
>> it is required to allow a VM with an '=' in the name
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276485
>> ---
>>  src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c                         | 2 ++
>>  src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h                         | 1 +
>>  src/qemu/qemu_command.c                              | 4 ++++
>>  tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.1.1-1.caps         | 1 +
>>  tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.4.0-1.caps         | 1 +
>>  tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.5.0-1.caps         | 1 +
>>  tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_2.6.0-1.caps         | 1 +
>>  tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.args | 8 ++++----
>>  tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-name-escape.xml  | 2 +-
>>  tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c                             | 2 +-
>>  10 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> You're overloading the name-escape test with the "guest=" option which
> I'm never quite sure how others feel about. I would think you'd want a
> separate test that just adds the "guest=".
> 

That's generally the pattern, to add a new XML file for every qemu addition,
but that's overkill IMO

> I also see this biting us at some point in the future in some test when
> 'guest=' becomes the default and all the test outputs have to change to
> add that.
> 

That's not really any different than the unconditional -name debug-threads=on
option we add for qemu 2.5 and later, or secrets initializing, etc

- Cole