Browse Source

9pfs: deprecate handle backend

This backend raise some concerns:

- doesn't support symlinks
- fails +100 tests in the PJD POSIX file system test suite [1]
- requires the QEMU process to run with the CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
  capability, which isn't recommended for security reasons

This backend should not be used and wil be removed. The 'local'
backend is the recommended alternative.

[1] https://www.tuxera.com/community/posix-test-suite/

Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
pull/65/head
Greg Kurz 9 years ago
parent
commit
db3b3c7281
  1. 2
      hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c
  2. 8
      qemu-doc.texi

2
hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c

@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ static int handle_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, FsDriverEntry *fse, Error **errp)
const char *sec_model = qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model");
const char *path = qemu_opt_get(opts, "path");
warn_report("handle backend is deprecated");
if (sec_model) {
error_report("Invalid argument security_model specified with handle fsdriver");
return -1;

8
qemu-doc.texi

@ -2724,6 +2724,14 @@ default channel subsystem image for guests that do not support multiple
channel subsystems, all devices can be put into the default channel
subsystem image.
@subsection -fsdev handle (since 2.12.0)
The ``handle'' fsdev backend does not support symlinks and causes the 9p
filesystem in the guest to fail a fair amount of tests from the PJD POSIX
filesystem test suite. Also it requires the CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability,
which is not the recommended way to run QEMU. This backend should not be
used and it will be removed with no replacement.
@section qemu-img command line arguments
@subsection convert -s (since 2.0.0)

Loading…
Cancel
Save