From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44572) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1agHzf-0003P7-Ua for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:24:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1agHza-0002jo-Kv for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:24:35 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:42995) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1agHza-0002jS-EP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:24:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:24:26 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20160316222258-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> References: <20160316181541.GG12454@HEDWIG.INI.CMU.EDU> <56E9A75D.60603@redhat.com> <20160316204150-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <56E9B0BB.8040700@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56E9B0BB.8040700@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vl.c: disallow command line fw cfg without opt/ List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Laszlo Ersek Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, "Gabriel L. Somlo" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, armbru@redhat.com, kraxel@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