Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH 0/2] block: Do OFD lock check at runtime

[Eric Blake]

On 07/21/2017 06:56 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>>
>> Convert to runtime check to cope with that.
> 
> Fair enough in this specific case because we still support older Linux
> kernels and we want to fail gracefully if the binary was built against
> a newer kernel.

Or, more likely: if we are built against a newer glibc (that has the
constants) but an older kernel (that lacks support for the constants).

> 
> However, I think the real problem here is with the WSL ecosystem if qemu
> is routinely built against a real Linux while WSL doesn't provide the
> same functionality. WSL should provide kernel headers that match what
> it can provide (i.e. either remove the unimplemnted constants or
> implement them).

In other words, you're arguing that binaries built for WSL should be
cross-compiled rather than native compiled (similar to how mingw
binaries are built in a Cygwin environment), such that the
cross-compiler picks up the correct altered headers for WSL limitations.
 I agree - but I have no influence on how likely that is to come about.

> 
> So for the future, I'm not sure that we should add workarounds for WSL
> shortcomings when no real Linux is affected.
> 
> This is even more true when the reporter is a Microsoft employee.
> 
> Kevin
> 

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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