[libvirt] [PATCH] win32: Pretend that close-on-exec works

[Eric Blake]

On 10/09/2012 02:56 PM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> Currently virNetSocketNew fails because virSetCloseExec fails as there
> is no proper implementation for it on Windows at the moment. Workaround
> this by pretending that setting close-on-exec on the fd works. This can
> be done because libvirt currently lacks the ability to create child
> processes on Windows anyway. So there is no point in failing to set a
> flag that isn't useful at the moment anyway.
> ---
>  src/util/util.c |    6 +++++-
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
> index 43fdaf1..356a03a 100644
> --- a/src/util/util.c
> +++ b/src/util/util.c
> @@ -275,7 +275,11 @@ int virSetInherit(int fd, bool inherit) {
>  
>  int virSetInherit(int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, bool inherit ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
>  {
> -    return -1;
> +    /* FIXME: Currently creating child processes is not supported on
> +     * Win32, so there is no point in failing calls that are only relevant
> +     * when creating child processes. So just pretend that we changed the
> +     * inheritance property of the given fd as requested. */
> +    return 0;

Actually, gnulib CAN do this on Windows, but we aren't using the gnulib
cloexec module.  However, getting that in place is a bit more involved,
so your patch is fine as an interim measure.

ACK.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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