Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] raw-posix: Re-open host CD-ROM after media change

[Anthony Liguori]

On 04/04/2011 08:22 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/03/2011 02:57 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > In order for media change to work with Linux host CD-ROM it is
> > necessary to reopen the file (otherwise the inode size will not
> > refresh, this is an issue with existing kernels).
>
> Maybe we should fix the bug in Linux (and backport as necessary)?
>
> I think cd-rom assignment is sufficiently obscure that we can require 
> a fixed kernel instead of providing a workaround.

Do reads fail after CD change?  Or do they succeed and the size is just 
reported incorrectly?

If it's the later, I'd agree that it needs fixing in the kernel.  If 
it's the former, I'd say it's clearly a feature.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori