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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/4] qemu-options: Add -filefd command line
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/4] qemu-options: Add -filefd command line option |
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Tue, 22 May 2012 15:38:18 +0200 |
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Am 22.05.2012 15:25, schrieb Corey Bryant:
>
>
> On 05/21/2012 05:40 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 05/21/2012 02:19 PM, Corey Bryant wrote:
>>> This patch provides support for the -filefd command line option.
>>> This option will allow passing of a filename and its corresponding
>>> file descriptor to QEMU at exec time.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Corey Bryant<address@hidden>
>>
>>> +DEF("filefd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_filefd,
>>> + "-filefd file=<filename>,fd=<fd>\n"
>>
>> I take it that if filename contains ',', then we have to escape it on
>> the command line? Is it worth passing fd first and file second by
>> default, as a possible way to avoid the need for escaping, or does the
>> option parser not care about ordering?
>>
>
> That's a good question. The options can be ordered either way so I
> don't think we'll force fd to be specified first. I imagine this should
> behave no differently than "-drive file=xyz,if=none,...". I ran a quick
> test using -drive with a filename that had a comma, and (escaped or not)
> it failed on the option parsing. So it looks like if you have a path
> with a comma you're not going to have any luck.
I think you can escape it, you'd have to use a double comma. But I'd
rather not introduce more of this. It's another good reason for using
/dev/fd/... instead of a translation table.
Kevin
[Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 4/4] Example -filefd and getfd_file server, Corey Bryant, 2012/05/21
[Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/4] block: Enable QEMU to retrieve passed fd before attempting open, Corey Bryant, 2012/05/21
[Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/4] qmp/hmp: Add getfd_file monitor command, Corey Bryant, 2012/05/21