[libvirt] [PATCH] conf: Fix ABI stability check for spicevmc channel

Jiri Denemark jdenemar at redhat.com
Fri Aug 17 19:47:02 UTC 2012


On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:51:22 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/17/2012 06:20 AM, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> > Change device type of a virtio channel from/to spicevmc is not a user
> > visible change. However, spicevmc channels use different default target
> > name than other virtio channels. To maintain ABI stability during this
> > change target name must be explicitly specified (and equal) in both
> > configurations.
...
> We may have more work given the above question, but I'd rather be
> stricter than necessary and safe than allow a real problem, so I'm okay
> with this patch as-is, even if it is too tight for some corner cases of
> adding a compatible name.
> 
> ACK.

Pushed, thanks.

Jirka




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