[libvirt] [PATCH] libvirt_public.syms: Fix virDomainSetBlockThreshold placement

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Tue Apr 4 09:53:38 UTC 2017


On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:27:42AM +0200, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:24:41 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> > The symbol was introduced in the 3.2.0 release (bb09798fbeb5f)
> > and not 3.1.0 release as its current placement in the file
> > suggests.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  src/libvirt_public.syms | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
> > index 428cf2e..37a8a18 100644
> > --- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
> > +++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
> > @@ -755,8 +755,12 @@ LIBVIRT_3.0.0 {
> >  
> >  LIBVIRT_3.1.0 {
> >      global:
> > -        virDomainSetBlockThreshold;
> >          virDomainSetVcpu;
> >  } LIBVIRT_3.0.0;
> >  
> > +LIBVIRT_3.2.0 {
> > +     global:
> > +        virDomainSetBlockThreshold;
> > +} LIBVIRT_3.1.0;
> > +
> >  # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....
> 
> Oh, this is unfortunate. But doesn't this change break ABI?

Yes, it'll break ABI for anyone who has linked to libvirt 3.2.0 using
the new symbol.

Nasty as this mistake is, the cure is worse than the problem

Regards,
Daniel
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