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Re: [Qemu-devel] To O_EXCL or not to O_EXCL open host_cdrom
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] To O_EXCL or not to O_EXCL open host_cdrom |
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Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:10:44 +0200 |
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Am 12.04.2011 09:52, schrieb Daniel P. Berrange:
> - If the -drive specification has readonly=on (thus O_RDONLY to
> open(2) call) , I expect QEMU (or the kernel) to forbid the
> "eject" command on the host CDROM. This should prevent two guests
> interfering seriously with each other.
>
> So I think using O_EXCL would be OK, in the case where the block
> driver was host_cdrom and readonly=off.
This would overload readonly with a completely unrelated option (should
eject be allowed). Doesn't sound like a great idea.
Kevin