Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] configure: remove --enable-replication/--disable-replication

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Paolo Bonzini (address@hidden) wrote:
> The replication feature is a small amount of code, does not
> require any external library and unless used does not add
> anything to the guest's attack surface.  Since any extra
> configure option affects maintainability on the other hand
> and is subject to bit rot, I think there is no need to
> make it configurable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> ---
>         Sending as RFC to start discussion because I know
>         Dave Gilbert disagrees. :)

Yep!
I started thinking about this for two other cases:
   a) I noticed you'd removed the config for COLO

   b) I was thinking of adding a config to disable old-school
      block migration which we've had downstream for ages.

  I think people like being able to disable features they're not
using in their builds; certainly we do downstream and if we do I don't
see why others won't - perhaps for different reasons.

  While it's true block replication probably doesn't add to the
guest-visible attack surface, if someone was trying to audit
what they were running it would still be something they'd have
to check, and which it's easier if compiled out.

Dave

>  Makefile.objs          |  2 +-
>  block/Makefile.objs    |  2 +-
>  configure              | 11 -----------
>  tests/Makefile.include |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
> index 01cef86..d834906 100644
> --- a/Makefile.objs
> +++ b/Makefile.objs
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += aio-posix.o
>  block-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += aio-win32.o
>  block-obj-y += block/
>  block-obj-y += qemu-io-cmds.o
> -block-obj-$(CONFIG_REPLICATION) += replication.o
> +block-obj-y += replication.o
>  
>  block-obj-m = block/
>  
> diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
> index c6bd14e..fd099a6 100644
> --- a/block/Makefile.objs
> +++ b/block/Makefile.objs
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ block-obj-$(CONFIG_LIBSSH2) += ssh.o
>  block-obj-y += accounting.o dirty-bitmap.o
>  block-obj-y += write-threshold.o
>  block-obj-y += backup.o
> -block-obj-$(CONFIG_REPLICATION) += replication.o
> +block-obj-y += replication.o
>  
>  block-obj-y += crypto.o
>  
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 86fd833..0cb124e 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ libssh2=""
>  numa=""
>  tcmalloc="no"
>  jemalloc="no"
> -replication="yes"
>  
>  # parse CC options first
>  for opt do
> @@ -1166,10 +1165,6 @@ for opt do
>    ;;
>    --enable-jemalloc) jemalloc="yes"
>    ;;
> -  --disable-replication) replication="no"
> -  ;;
> -  --enable-replication) replication="yes"
> -  ;;
>    *)
>        echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
>        echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
> @@ -1402,7 +1397,6 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if 
> available:
>    numa            libnuma support
>    tcmalloc        tcmalloc support
>    jemalloc        jemalloc support
> -  replication     replication support
>  
>  NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
>  EOF
> @@ -5113,7 +5107,6 @@ echo "NUMA host support $numa"
>  echo "tcmalloc support  $tcmalloc"
>  echo "jemalloc support  $jemalloc"
>  echo "avx2 optimization $avx2_opt"
> -echo "replication support $replication"
>  
>  if test "$sdl_too_old" = "yes"; then
>  echo "-> Your SDL version is too old - please upgrade to have SDL support"
> @@ -5711,10 +5704,6 @@ if test "$have_rtnetlink" = "yes" ; then
>    echo "CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y" >> $config_host_mak
>  fi
>  
> -if test "$replication" = "yes" ; then
> -  echo "CONFIG_REPLICATION=y" >> $config_host_mak
> -fi
> -
>  if test "$have_af_vsock" = "yes" ; then
>    echo "CONFIG_AF_VSOCK=y" >> $config_host_mak
>  fi
> diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
> index 33b4f88..77dc08f 100644
> --- a/tests/Makefile.include
> +++ b/tests/Makefile.include
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ check-unit-y += tests/test-crypto-xts$(EXESUF)
>  check-unit-y += tests/test-crypto-block$(EXESUF)
>  gcov-files-test-logging-y = tests/test-logging.c
>  check-unit-y += tests/test-logging$(EXESUF)
> -check-unit-$(CONFIG_REPLICATION) += tests/test-replication$(EXESUF)
> +check-unit-y += tests/test-replication$(EXESUF)
>  check-unit-y += tests/test-bufferiszero$(EXESUF)
>  gcov-files-check-bufferiszero-y = util/bufferiszero.c
>  check-unit-y += tests/test-uuid$(EXESUF)
> -- 
> 2.9.3
> 
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / address@hidden / Manchester, UK