Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v4 00/15] Network filtering (ACL) extensions for libvirt

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 02:41:30PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 03/26/2010 02:04:26 
> PM:
> 
> 
> > 
> > Please respond to "Daniel P. Berrange"
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 01:45:58PM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > This is a repost of this set of patches with some of the suggested 
> fixes
> > > applied and ipv6 support on the ebtables layer added.
> > > 
> > > Between V3 and V4 of this patch series the following changes were 
> made:
> > > - occurrences of typo 'scp' were changed to 'sctp'
> > > - the root ebtables chain for each interface now has the previx 
> of'libvirt-'
> > > - additional calls into tear-down functions in case something goes 
> wrong
> > >   while starting the qemu/kvm VM in 2nd level error paths
> > > - additional functions in the driver interface to split up the 
> application
> > >   of firewall rules into 
> > >   - creation of new firewall rules 'tree'
> > >   - switch-over to new firewall rules 'tree', tear down of old one and
> > >     renaming of new firewall 'tree'
> > >   - tear down of new firewall rules 'tree' in case an error happend
> > >     during update of several VMs.
> > > - additional patch with example filters
> > 
> > FYI, I have pushed this whole v4 series to libvirt GIT.
> > 
> > I had to re-order the patches to make the series bisectable, and fix one
> > or two minor syntax check problems, but no code changes.
> > 
> > There is one problem I would like to see fixed asap though
> > 
> >  src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c 
> > 
> > has a dependancy on the driver implementation nwfilter/
> > nwfilter_gentech_driver.h
> > which is not good. The 'conf' directory is only allowed to depend on 
> stuff 
> > in util/, or itself, never depend on driver code.
> 
> 
> From nwfilter_conf.c I call several functions of the 
> nwfilter_gentech_driver.c from within an iterator callback function. Is 
> the general right solution for this to have nwfilter_gentech_driver.c 
> register an interface with nwfilter_conf.c that provides the addresses of 
> those functions call from within nwfilter_conf.c now? If so, I think I 
> could pass the callback function to the nwfilter_conf.c and move the 
> actual callback function in nwfilter_gentech_driver.c and pass its address 
> via the initialization function I call in nwfilter_conf.c from 
> nwfilter_gentech_driver.c.

Cool, that sounds like a good plan

Regards,
Daniel
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