Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rng: restrict passthrough names to known-good files

2013-03-04 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/04/2013 04:31 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Eric Blake writes: > >> There is some controversy[1] on the qemu list on whether qemu should >> have ever allowed arbitrary file name passthrough, or whether it >> should be restricted to JUST /dev/random and /dev/hwrng. It is >> always easier to

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rng: restrict passthrough names to known-good files

2013-03-04 Thread Anthony Liguori
Eric Blake writes: > There is some controversy[1] on the qemu list on whether qemu should > have ever allowed arbitrary file name passthrough, or whether it > should be restricted to JUST /dev/random and /dev/hwrng. It is > always easier to add support for additional filenames than it is > to re

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rng: restrict passthrough names to known-good files

2013-03-04 Thread Eric Blake
There is some controversy[1] on the qemu list on whether qemu should have ever allowed arbitrary file name passthrough, or whether it should be restricted to JUST /dev/random and /dev/hwrng. It is always easier to add support for additional filenames than it is to remove support for something once