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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Xen Development Mailing List <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] vnc port selection
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:54:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B121D6.6060008@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48ADB58D.9070409@codemonkey.ws>

Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
>> Alternatively, have the management application pass an fd denoting 
>> the socket.
>
> If you are allocating the ports in the management tool, then just tell 
> QEMU what port to open up.  I don't think you gain anything passing an 
> fd.
>

It prevents races, allows listening on non-traditional sockets (vnc over 
unix-domain), and allows privilege separation.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-08-24  8:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-21 16:37 [Qemu-devel] vnc port selection Gerd Hoffmann
2008-08-21 16:37 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-08-21 17:31 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2008-08-21 14:34   ` acue
2008-08-21 14:34     ` acue
2008-08-21 18:30 ` [Qemu-devel] " Avi Kivity
2008-08-21 18:35   ` Anthony Liguori
2008-08-21 19:53     ` [Xen-devel] " Daniel P. Berrange
2008-08-21 19:53       ` Daniel P. Berrange
2008-08-24  8:54     ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2008-08-24 10:01       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-24 10:01         ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-26 10:15     ` [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] " Ian Jackson
2008-08-26 10:15       ` Ian Jackson
2008-08-21 19:52   ` [Xen-devel] " Daniel P. Berrange
2008-08-21 19:52     ` Daniel P. Berrange

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