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* [PATCH v3 0/8] util: Introduce qemu_get_runtime_dir()
@ 2023-09-21  7:54 Akihiko Odaki
  2023-09-21  7:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] " Akihiko Odaki
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  0 siblings, 9 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Akihiko Odaki @ 2023-09-21  7:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: qemu-devel, qemu-block, virtio-fs, Yuval Shaia, Marcel Apfelbaum,
	Konstantin Kostiuk, Michael Roth, Paolo Bonzini, Fam Zheng,
	Dr . David Alan Gilbert, Stefan Hajnoczi, Gerd Hoffmann,
	Stefan Weil, Yan Vugenfirer, Akihiko Odaki

qemu_get_runtime_dir() returns a dynamically allocated directory path
that is appropriate for storing runtime files. It corresponds to "run"
directory in Unix.

With a tree-wide search, it was found that there are several cases
where such a functionality is implemented so let's have one as a common
utlity function.

A notable feature of qemu_get_runtime_dir() is that it uses
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if available. While the function is often called by
executables which requires root privileges, it is still possible that
they are called from a user without privilege to write the system
runtime directory. In fact, I decided to write this patch when I ran
virtiofsd in a Linux namespace created by a normal user and realized
it tries to write the system runtime directory, not writable in this
case. $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR should provide a writable directory in such
cases.

This function does not use qemu_get_local_state_dir() or its logic
for Windows. Actually the implementation of qemu_get_local_state_dir()
for Windows seems not right as it calls g_get_system_data_dirs(),
which refers to $XDG_DATA_DIRS. In Unix terminology, it is basically
"/usr/share", not "/var", which qemu_get_local_state_dir() is intended
to provide. Instead, this function try to use the following in order:
- $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
- LocalAppData folder
- get_relocated_path(CONFIG_QEMU_LOCALSTATEDIR "/run")

This function does not use g_get_user_runtime_dir() either as it
falls back to g_get_user_cache_dir() when $XDG_DATA_DIRS is not
available. In the case, we rather use:
get_relocated_path(CONFIG_QEMU_LOCALSTATEDIR "/run")

V2 -> V3:
  Rebase to the current master.
  Dropped patch "qga: Remove platform GUID definitions" since it is
  irrelevant.

V1 -> V2:
  Rebased to the current master since Patchew complains.

Akihiko Odaki (8):
  util: Introduce qemu_get_runtime_dir()
  ivshmem-server: Use qemu_get_runtime_dir()
  contrib/rdmacm-mux: Use qemu_get_runtime_dir()
  qga: Use qemu_get_runtime_dir()
  scsi: Use qemu_get_runtime_dir()
  module: Use qemu_get_runtime_dir()
  util: Remove qemu_get_local_state_dir()
  spice-app: Use qemu_get_runtime_dir()

 include/qemu/osdep.h           | 10 +++++++---
 contrib/ivshmem-server/main.c  | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 contrib/rdmacm-mux/main.c      | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 qga/main.c                     |  9 ++++-----
 scsi/qemu-pr-helper.c          |  6 +++---
 ui/spice-app.c                 |  4 ++--
 util/module.c                  |  3 ++-
 util/oslib-posix.c             |  9 +++++++--
 util/oslib-win32.c             | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 contrib/rdmacm-mux/meson.build |  2 +-
 10 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

-- 
2.41.0



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