Re: [PATCH v3] 9pfs: deprecate 'proxy' backend

[Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:16:46 +0200
Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 3:41:36 PM CEST Greg Kurz wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:32:39 +0200
> > Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thursday, June 15, 2023 11:35:05 AM CEST Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > > > On Saturday, June 10, 2023 3:39:44 PM CEST Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> > > > > As recent CVE-2023-2861 once again showed, the 9p 'proxy' fs driver is 
> in
> > > > > bad shape. Using the 'proxy' backend was already discouraged for 
> safety
> > > > > reasons before and we recommended to use the 'local' backend instead,
> > > > > but now it is time to officially deprecate the 'proxy' backend.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>
> > > 
> > > Ping
> > > 
> > 
> > It seems you missed the review I posted last week :
> > 
> > https://patchew.org/QEMU/E1q7ytt-0005Fl-JX@lizzy.crudebyte.com/
> #20230612165742.3333ea08@bahia
> 
> Oh, I never received your email. I'll check the logs what happened there.
> 
> I'll send a v4 with your suggestions, they make sense.
> 
> Do you want me to add your "for the records" comments as well in the
> deprecation notice?
> 

This was more targeting qemu-devel archives or git log, but feel
free to provide relevant details in the deprecation notice.

I agree with Daniel that virtiofsd should also be mentioned as
an alternative.

> Best regards,
> Christian Schoenebeck
> 
> 

Cheers,

-- 
Greg