Re: [PATCH for-4.7] libxl: set XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT for QEMU

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>]

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 04:41:53PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Wei Liu writes ("[PATCH for-4.7] libxl: set XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT for QEMU"):
> > XSA-180 provides a patch to QEMU to bodge QEMU logging issue. We
> > explicitly set the limit in libxl for 4.7.
> ...
> > +    unsigned long limit = 0;
> > +    const char *s = getenv("XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT");
> > +
> > +    limit = s ? strtoul(s,0,0) : 1*1024*1024;
> > +    flexarray_append_pair(dm_envs, "XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT",
> > +                          GCSPRINTF("%lu", limit));
> 
> This is rather more complex than it needs to be.  What would be wrong
> with
>   if (getenv("XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT")) return;
>   flexarray_append_pair(dm_envs, "XEN_QEMU_CONSOLE_LIMIT", "1048576");
> ?
> 

Nice, this is simpler. I will use this version and keep your ack.

> But I guess I don't object enough to care, so
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> 
> 
> > +    flexarray_t *dm_args, *dm_envs;
> > +    char **args, **envs;
> 
> All these parts are a bit of a palaver but I don't see a better way.
> Thanks for doing this work!
> 

YW.

Wei.

> Ian.

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