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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] qemu-ga: use state dir from CONFIG_QEMU_LOC
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Luiz Capitulino |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] qemu-ga: use state dir from CONFIG_QEMU_LOCALSTATEDIR |
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Thu, 4 Oct 2012 14:48:38 -0300 |
On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 12:37:55 -0500
Michael Roth <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 12:50:15PM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:47:06 -0500
> > Michael Roth <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 06:35:58PM -0300, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > > > Has the side effect of changing the default directory used to
> > > > save the freeze status file from /tmp to ${prefix}/var/run.
> > > >
> > > > This is a beneficial change for two reasons:
> > > >
> > > > 1. FHS states that programs must not assume that files in /tmp will
> > > > still exist between invocations of the program. This defeats
> > > > the purpose of the freeze status file
> > > >
> > > > 2. FHS dictates that /var/run must be cleaned on boot, this
> > > > ensures that a stale freeze status file will be removed on boot
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <address@hidden>
> > > > ---
> > > > qemu-ga.c | 4 ++--
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/qemu-ga.c b/qemu-ga.c
> > > > index b747470..daeaea5 100644
> > > > --- a/qemu-ga.c
> > > > +++ b/qemu-ga.c
> > > > @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
> > > > #else
> > > > #define QGA_VIRTIO_PATH_DEFAULT "\\\\.\\Global\\org.qemu.guest_agent.0"
> > > > #endif
> > > > -#define QGA_PIDFILE_DEFAULT "/var/run/qemu-ga.pid"
> > > > -#define QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT "/tmp"
> > > > +#define QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT CONFIG_QEMU_LOCALSTATEDIR "/run"
> > > > +#define QGA_PIDFILE_DEFAULT QGA_STATEDIR_DEFAULT "/qemu-ga.pid"
> > >
> > > Just to confirm, in configure we have:
> > >
> > > echo "qemu_localstatedir=$local_statedir" >> $config_host_mak
> > >
> > > Is there some magic that generates a CONFIG_QEMU_LOCALSTATEDIR with the
> > > same value? If so:
> >
> > Yes, that's done by scripts/create_config
> >
> > > Reviewed-by: Michael Roth <address@hidden>
> >
> > Btw, is this going through your tree?
>
> Yup, was planning on sending a pull tomorrow after some basic testing.
> Same for the standalone pidfile fix-up.
Ok! Please, I didn't mean to hurry you up, just wanted to check we wouldn't
deadlock waiting for each other :)
>
> >
> > >
> > > > #define QGA_SENTINEL_BYTE 0xFF
> > > >
> > > > struct GAState {
> > > > --
> > > > 1.7.12.315.g682ce8b
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] configure: add --localstatedir, Luiz Capitulino, 2012/10/03
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] qemu-ga: change default state dir to /var/run, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/10/04