Re: [Qemu-devel] Environment variables for user-mode QEMU

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hi!

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:16:27 +0200, I wrote:
> We have a need to pass environment variable assignments containing commas
> to user-mode QEMU.  The usage information currently says:
> 
>     You can use -E and -U options or the QEMU_SET_ENV and
>     QEMU_UNSET_ENV environment variables to set and unset
>     environment variables for the target process.
>     It is possible to provide several variables by separating them
>     by commas in getsubopt(3) style. Additionally it is possible to
>     provide the -E and -U options multiple times.
> 
>     $ env -i x86_64-linux-user/qemu-x86_64 -E x=y,y=z /usr/bin/printenv
>     y=z
>     x=y
> 
> Instead of this, we'd like to see:
> 
>     $ env -i x86_64-linux-user/qemu-x86_64 -E x=y,y=z /usr/bin/printenv
>     x=y,y=z
> 
> Due to the tokenization based on comma in
> linux-user/main.c:handle_arg_set_env, there is currently no way to
> achieve this -- other than pre-setting environment variables before
> running user-mode QEMU, which obviously isn't always desirable/possible
> (LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc.).
> 
> Assuming there is a consensus, how would you like this implemented?
> 
> Is it OK to change the semantics of -E (as well as -U, for symmetry?) to
> not handle multiple environment variable assignments (preliminary patch
> below), or does that functionality need to be preserved?  Something needs
> to be done about QEMU_SET_ENV and QEMU_UNSET_ENV then (if anyone is using
> these at all, which we can't disprove), as these are not very useful if
> they can handle only one environment variable.

That is actually a "regression"/change introduced in commit
fc9c54124d134dbd76338a92a91804dab2df8166 (Johannes Schauer CCed, for your
information).  I'm attaching
0001-linux-user-Document-E-and-U-options.patch to update the
documentation for the linux-user QEMU.

The bsd-user QEMU has not been changed accordingly, by the way.


I'm attaching
0002-linux-user-Use-existing-envlist_parse_set-envlist_pa.patch for some
code simplifications.


> Or, should we perhaps have a new -env option that causes any later
> non-option arguments, that contain an equal sign, to be handled as
> environment variable assignments, just like the env command does?
> 
>     $ env -i x86_64-linux-user/qemu-x86_64 [some options] -env [more options] 
> a=b,c d=e,f=a /usr/bin/printenv
>     a=b,c
>     d=e,f=a
> 
> I think I might prefer that solution.  As it is a new option, it also
> won't interfere with anyone's usage/expectations of the current behavior.

I'm attaching 0003-linux-user-New-env-option.patch for implementing that.


The patches have only been lightly tested; please review.


Grüße,
 Thomas


From eaf53af8d75e001969a658d83d71dd48324c6bcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:41:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] linux-user: Document -E and -U options.

Document changed behavior introducecd in commit
fc9c54124d134dbd76338a92a91804dab2df8166.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden>
---
 qemu-doc.texi |   12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git qemu-doc.texi qemu-doc.texi
index dfea4d3..3034af4 100644
--- qemu-doc.texi
+++ qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2683,13 +2683,11 @@ Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix 
(default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
 @item -cpu model
 Select CPU model (-cpu help for list and additional feature selection)
address@hidden -ignore-environment
-Start with an empty environment. Without this option,
-the initial environment is a copy of the caller's environment.
address@hidden -E @address@hidden
-Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}.
address@hidden -U @var{var}
-Remove @var{var} from the environment.
address@hidden -E @address@hidden,@address@hidden,...]
+Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}, @var{var2} to @var{value2},
+and so on.
address@hidden -U @var{var}[,var2,...]
+Remove @var{var}, @var{var2}, and so on from the environment.
 @item -B offset
 Offset guest address by the specified number of bytes.  This is useful when
 the address region required by guest applications is reserved on the host.
-- 
1.7.10.4

From 540f9fa2e9eb197bde3cb91403b6eaaa7d78ac4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:28:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] linux-user: Use existing
 envlist_parse_set/envlist_parse_unset interface.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden>
---
 linux-user/main.c |   18 ++++--------------
 util/envlist.c    |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git linux-user/main.c linux-user/main.c
index 4e92a0b..7f81821 100644
--- linux-user/main.c
+++ linux-user/main.c
@@ -3204,26 +3204,16 @@ static void handle_arg_log_filename(const char *arg)
 
 static void handle_arg_set_env(const char *arg)
 {
-    char *r, *p, *token;
-    r = p = strdup(arg);
-    while ((token = strsep(&p, ",")) != NULL) {
-        if (envlist_setenv(envlist, token) != 0) {
-            usage();
-        }
+    if (envlist_parse_set(envlist, arg) != 0) {
+        usage();
     }
-    free(r);
 }
 
 static void handle_arg_unset_env(const char *arg)
 {
-    char *r, *p, *token;
-    r = p = strdup(arg);
-    while ((token = strsep(&p, ",")) != NULL) {
-        if (envlist_unsetenv(envlist, token) != 0) {
-            usage();
-        }
+    if (envlist_parse_unset(envlist, arg) != 0) {
+        usage();
     }
-    free(r);
 }
 
 static void handle_arg_argv0(const char *arg)
diff --git util/envlist.c util/envlist.c
index ebc06cf..4dbca28 100644
--- util/envlist.c
+++ util/envlist.c
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ envlist_free(envlist_t *envlist)
 
 /*
  * Parses comma separated list of set/modify environment
- * variable entries and updates given enlist accordingly.
+ * variable entries and updates given envlist accordingly.
  *
  * For example:
- *     envlist_parse(el, "HOME=foo,SHELL=/bin/sh");
+ *     envlist_parse_set(el, "HOME=foo,SHELL=/bin/sh");
  *
  * inserts/sets environment variables HOME and SHELL.
  *
-- 
1.7.10.4

From 71461a2caccfc31287e26ca1edf8ff0053a563f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:59:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] linux-user: New -env option.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Schwinge <address@hidden>
---
 linux-user/main.c |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 qemu-doc.texi     |    6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git linux-user/main.c linux-user/main.c
index 7f81821..7b38b54 100644
--- linux-user/main.c
+++ linux-user/main.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 char *exec_path;
 
 int singlestep;
+int env_mode;
 const char *filename;
 const char *argv0;
 int gdbstub_port;
@@ -3202,6 +3203,11 @@ static void handle_arg_log_filename(const char *arg)
     qemu_set_log_filename(arg);
 }
 
+static void handle_arg_env(const char *arg)
+{
+    env_mode = 1;
+}
+
 static void handle_arg_set_env(const char *arg)
 {
     if (envlist_parse_set(envlist, arg) != 0) {
@@ -3354,6 +3360,8 @@ static const struct qemu_argument arg_table[] = {
      "size",       "set the stack size to 'size' bytes"},
     {"cpu",        "QEMU_CPU",         true,  handle_arg_cpu,
      "model",      "select CPU (-cpu help for list)"},
+    {"env",        "",                 false, handle_arg_env,
+     "",           "enable parsing of the ENV LIST (see below)"},
     {"E",          "QEMU_SET_ENV",     true,  handle_arg_set_env,
      "var=value",  "sets targets environment variable (see below)"},
     {"U",          "QEMU_UNSET_ENV",   true,  handle_arg_unset_env,
@@ -3390,7 +3398,7 @@ static void usage(void)
     int maxarglen;
     int maxenvlen;
 
-    printf("usage: qemu-" TARGET_ARCH " [options] program [arguments...]\n"
+    printf("usage: qemu-" TARGET_ARCH " [options] [env list] program 
[arguments...]\n"
            "Linux CPU emulator (compiled for " TARGET_ARCH " emulation)\n"
            "\n"
            "Options and associated environment variables:\n"
@@ -3444,9 +3452,11 @@ static void usage(void)
            "It is possible to provide several variables by separating them\n"
            "by commas in getsubopt(3) style. Additionally it is possible to\n"
            "provide the -E and -U options multiple times.\n"
+           "Only with -env it is possible to specify values containing 
commas.\n"
            "The following lines are equivalent:\n"
            "    -E var1=val2 -E var2=val2 -U LD_PRELOAD -U LD_DEBUG\n"
            "    -E var1=val2,var2=val2 -U LD_PRELOAD,LD_DEBUG\n"
+           "    -env -U LD_PRELOAD,LD_DEBUG var1=val2 var2=val2\n"
            "    QEMU_SET_ENV=var1=val2,var2=val2 
QEMU_UNSET_ENV=LD_PRELOAD,LD_DEBUG\n"
            "Note that if you provide several changes to a single variable\n"
            "the last change will stay in effect.\n");
@@ -3507,6 +3517,23 @@ static int parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
 
+    if (env_mode) {
+        for (;;) {
+            if (optind >= argc) {
+                break;
+            }
+            r = argv[optind];
+            if (strchr(r, '=') == NULL) {
+                break;
+            }
+            if (envlist_setenv(envlist, r) != 0) {
+                usage();
+            }
+
+            optind++;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (optind >= argc) {
         usage();
     }
diff --git qemu-doc.texi qemu-doc.texi
index 3034af4..f48a53e 100644
--- qemu-doc.texi
+++ qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ qemu-i386 /usr/local/qemu-i386/wine/bin/wine \
 @subsection Command line options
 
 @example
-usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B 
offset] [-R size] program [arguments...]
+usage: qemu-i386 [-h] [-d] [-L path] [-s size] [-cpu model] [-g port] [-B 
offset] [-R size] [env list] program [arguments...]
 @end example
 
 @table @option
@@ -2683,6 +2683,10 @@ Set the x86 elf interpreter prefix 
(default=/usr/local/qemu-i386)
 Set the x86 stack size in bytes (default=524288)
 @item -cpu model
 Select CPU model (-cpu help for list and additional feature selection)
address@hidden -env
+Enable parsing of the @var{env list}.  This means that any
address@hidden@var{value} assignments before @var{program} will be added
+to the environment.
 @item -E @address@hidden,@address@hidden,...]
 Set environment @var{var} to @var{value}, @var{var2} to @var{value2},
 and so on.
-- 
1.7.10.4

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