[Qemu-devel] Re: KVM call agenda for Mar 16

[Avi Kivity]

On 03/16/2010 12:45 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:38:02PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>    
> > On 03/16/2010 12:31 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >      
> > > > Polling loops are an indication that something is wrong.
> > > >
> > > >          
> > > Except when people suggest they are the right answer, qcow high
> > > watermark ;-P
> > >
> > >        
> > I liked Anthony's suggestion of an lvm2 block format driver.  No polling.
> >      
> Doesn't that require giving QEMU privileges to perform LVM operations which
> implies QEMU having CAP_SYS_ADMIN  ?
>    

Ouch.  I expect fd permissions on the volume are insufficient, and fd 
permissions on the group are excessive.

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