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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 for-2.0] blockdev: Refuse to open encrypted i
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 for-2.0] blockdev: Refuse to open encrypted image unless paused |
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:24:50 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 09:22:48AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Opening an encrypted image takes an additional step: setting the key.
> Between open and the key set, the image must not be used.
>
> We have some protection against accidental use in place: you can't
> unpause a guest while we're missing keys. You can, however, hot-plug
> block devices lacking keys into a running guest just fine, or insert
> media lacking keys. In the latter case, notifying the guest of the
> insert is delayed until the key is set, which may suffice to protect
> at least some guests in common usage.
>
> This patch makes the protection apply in more cases, in a rather
> heavy-handed way: it doesn't let you open encrypted images unless
> we're in a paused state.
>
> It doesn't extend the protection to users other than the guest (block
> jobs?). Use of runstate_check() from block.c is disgusting. Best I
> can do right now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2:
> * Don't break -incoming [Paolo]
> * Update qemu-iotests/087 [Fam]
>
> block.c | 9 ++++++++-
> stubs/Makefile.objs | 1 +
> stubs/runstate-check.c | 6 ++++++
> tests/qemu-iotests/087 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> tests/qemu-iotests/087.out | 11 ++++++++++-
> 5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 stubs/runstate-check.c
Thanks, applied to my block tree:
https://github.com/stefanha/qemu/commits/block
Stefan