[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] PATCH: Fix name uniqueness check
Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > Changeset 15124:f5459c358575 altered check_name() in XendDomainInfo so that > it compares domain IDs instead of UUIDs. This breaks a number of things > > - You can no longer use 'xm new' to define a persistent config file for > a running guest. This breaks the key OS provisioning scenario where > you boot a kenrel+initrd for the installer, and at the same time define > a permanent config with pygrub. > > - It lets you define multiple inactive guests with different UUIDs, but > the same name because all inactive guests have a domid of None. So you > can now end up with multiple guests with same name, which is contrary > to the goal implied by the patch which was name uniqueness. > > It is unclear from the original commit logs just what scenario it was trying > to protect against, but the original checking of uniqueness based on UUID > was correct & is what was used in previous releases XenD. > Yes, I was not sure what this patch was attempting to fix either. There was some discussion about the patch in this thread http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-05/msg00887.html At any rate, the patch was giving me some problems with reboot so I added to the misery with this http://xenbits2.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/9f4f70233041 Regards, Jim _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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