From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, "Gabriel L. Somlo" <somlo@cmu.edu>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, armbru@redhat.com, kraxel@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vl.c: disallow command line fw cfg without opt/
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:24:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160316222258-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56E9B0BB.8040700@redhat.com>
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:15:07PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> >> I liked (and like) the "mechanism, not
> >> policy" thing. Letting developers pass in whatever they want, for
> >> development / debugging / testing purposes, is a plus to me.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Laszlo
> >
> > Could you flesh out the development / debugging / testing and
> > how is inserting files in PC namespace useful for that?
>
> I don't know -- which is part of the argument. Lack of a ready example
> doesn't imply (to me) that the possibility should be excluded.
When it comes to an interface that has to be maintained indefinitely,
only allowing what you absolutely need seems like exactly the correct
design.
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-16 20:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-15 14:47 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vl.c: disallow command line fw cfg without opt/ Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-16 16:29 ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-16 16:50 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-16 18:15 ` Gabriel L. Somlo
2016-03-16 18:35 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-16 18:43 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-16 19:15 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-16 20:22 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-16 20:24 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2016-03-16 20:31 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 8:49 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-17 9:40 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 11:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 13:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 13:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 8:42 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2016-03-17 9:43 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-17 10:22 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2016-03-17 13:28 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-17 13:35 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 13:37 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 16:59 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2016-03-17 13:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 9:49 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-17 10:09 ` Markus Armbruster
2016-03-17 13:13 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 13:30 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 13:49 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-03-17 13:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 13:55 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 14:17 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 14:50 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 15:40 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-03-17 17:17 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2016-03-17 19:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-17 19:55 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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