Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v3 for-2.9 09/11] rbd: Revert -blockdev parameter password-secret

[Max Reitz]

On 27.03.2017 15:26, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> This reverts a part of commit 8a47e8e.  We're having second thoughts
> on the QAPI schema (and thus the external interface), and haven't
> reached consensus, yet.  Issues include:
> 
> * BlockdevOptionsRbd member @password-secret isn't actually a
>   password, it's a key generated by Ceph.
> 
> * We're not sure where member @password-secret belongs (see the
>   previous commit).
> 
> * How @password-secret interacts with settings from a configuration
>   file specified with @conf is undocumented.  I suspect it's untested,
>   too.
> 
> Let's avoid painting ourselves into a corner now, and revert the
> feature for 2.9.
> 
> Note that users can still configure an authentication key with a
> configuration file.  They probably do that anyway if they use Ceph
> outside QEMU as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  qapi/block-core.json | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

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