[Xen-changelog] [xen master] libxl: remove the gate that only allows block or regular backing images

[patchbot@xxxxxxx]

commit ebbcc0bf0f052e70de2e6d68731dd3224eed4bbe
Author:     Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun 19 18:32:47 2014 +0200
Commit:     Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Jun 27 14:13:23 2014 +0100

    libxl: remove the gate that only allows block or regular backing images
    
    On FreeBSD ZVOLs/disks/partitions are char devices, so libxl must
    allow it's usage. This is already taken care in the OS-specific bits
    of libxl by libxl__try_phy_backend, so remove the generic gate.
    
    Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/libxl/libxl_device.c |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c
index 788895b..f8a2e1b 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c
@@ -265,12 +265,6 @@ int libxl__device_disk_set_backend(libxl__gc *gc, 
libxl_device_disk *disk) {
                         disk->vdev, disk->pdev_path);
             return ERROR_INVAL;
         }
-        if (!S_ISBLK(a.stab.st_mode) &
-            !S_ISREG(a.stab.st_mode)) {
-            LOG(ERROR, "Disk vdev=%s phys path is not a block dev or file: %s",
-                       disk->vdev, disk->pdev_path);
-            return ERROR_INVAL;
-        }
     }
 
     if (disk->backend != LIBXL_DISK_BACKEND_UNKNOWN) {
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#master

_______________________________________________
Xen-changelog mailing list
Xen-changelog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-changelog