Re: [PATCH for 5.0.0] qemu: Temporary disable owner remembering

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On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 17:05:50 +0000, Daniel Berrange wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 06:01:24PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 17:57:39 +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> > > Turns out, that there are few bugs that are not that trivial to
> > > fix (e.g. around block jobs). Instead of rushing in not
> > > thoroughly tested fixes disable the feature temporarily for the
> > > release.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> > > diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
> > > index 20952e9607..b03e38b831 100644
> > > --- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
> > > +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
> > > @@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ virQEMUDriverConfigPtr virQEMUDriverConfigNew(bool privileged)
> > >          cfg->group = (gid_t)-1;
> > >      }
> > >      cfg->dynamicOwnership = privileged;
> > > -    cfg->rememberOwner = privileged;
> > 
> > Can't we just set this to false and add a note to the qemu.conf file
> > that it's currently disabled as being unstable so that you don't have to
> > delete the qemu_conf.c changes?
> 
> If we do that, then people can turn it on. Then we have to ensure we can
> handle upgrades correctly.  If it is buggy, it is safer to never let users
> turn it on so we don't get ourselves into a painful place with upgrades
> from the buggy version

I would not feel bad for anybody enabling a option which is clearly
marked as broken which would make their stuff blow up.

Anyways.

ACK even to the original patch since I don't care that much.

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