Re: [PATCH] storage: don't read storage volumes in nonblock mode

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On 11/26/2013 10:19 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> On 25.11.2013 22:49, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Commit 348b4e2 introduced a potential problem (thankfully not
>> in any release): we are attempting to use virFileReadHeaderFD()
>> on a file that was opened with O_NONBLOCK.  While this
>> shouldn't be a problem in practice (because O_NONBLOCK
>> typically doesn't affect regular or block files, and fifos and
>> sockets cannot be storage volumes), it's better to play it safe
>> to avoid races from opening an unexpected file type while also
>> avoiding problems with having to handle EAGAIN while read()ing.
>>
>> Based on a report by Dan Berrange.
>>
>> * src/storage/storage_backend.c
>> (virStorageBackendVolOpenCheckMode): Fix up fd after avoiding race.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  src/storage/storage_backend.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

> 
> ACK

Thanks; pushed.

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