On 16.08.2012 18:58, Iustin Pop wrote: > Commit 947995c (block: protect path_has_protocol from filenames with > colons) introduced a way to handle filenames with colons based on > whether the path contains a slash or not. IMHO this is not optimal, > since we shouldn't rely on the contents of the path but rather on > whether the given path exists as a file or not. > > As such, this patch tries to handle both files with and without > slashes by falling back to opening them as files if no drivers > supporting the protocol has been identified.
I for one dislike this idea entirely: I think there should be a way to stop qemu from trying to open something as a file. It opens a security hole after all, "what if" such a file will actually exist? If I can vote, I'm voting against this with both hands. Thanks, /mjt
