[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qdev: Workaround for an issue caused by noglob option of shell for -device ?

[Lin Ma]

If there is any filename in current path matching wildcard ?, This filename will
be passed into -device ? while 'pathname expansion' isn't disabled by noglob of
shell built-in option, qemu reports error in this case.

Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <address@hidden>
---
 qdev-monitor.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c
index e19617f..f6443cd 100644
--- a/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ int qdev_device_help(QemuOpts *opts)
     DevicePropertyInfoList *prop;
 
     driver = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driver");
+
+    if (driver && access(driver, F_OK == 0) && strlen(driver) == 1) {
+        driver = "?";
+    }
+
     if (driver && is_help_option(driver)) {
         qdev_print_devinfos(false);
         return 1;
-- 
2.8.1