[libvirt] [PATCH 4/8] snapshot: Add VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_VALIDATE flag

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Tue Jul 9 10:20:18 UTC 2019


On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 22:12:38 -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 7/8/19 2:56 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 23:37:31 -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> >> We've been doing a terrible job of performing XML validation in our
> >> various API that parse XML with a corresponding schema (we started
> >> with domains back in commit dd69a14f, v1.2.12, but didn't catch all
> >> domain-related APIs, and didn't cover other XMLM). New APIs (like

[...]

> >> @@ -366,7 +379,7 @@ cmdSnapshotCreateAs(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
> >>      const char *desc = NULL;
> >>      const char *memspec = NULL;
> >>      virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
> >> -    unsigned int flags = 0;
> >> +    unsigned int flags = VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_VALIDATE;
> > 
> > ... just to validate something we always generated ourselves.
> 
> ...but I can drop the use here, if you think we are safe.
> 
> > 
> > ACK if you remove the use of the flag in cmdSnapshotCreateAs. Other are
> > at your discretion.

Hmm, on a second thought, the XML is created from user-provided bits
which may be validated insufficiently, so if you didn't follow through
on this one you can use my ACK even with the compat glue and explicit
validation.
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