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| author | Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org> | 2018-01-08 11:18:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org> | 2018-01-08 11:18:23 +0100 |
| commit | db3b3c7281ca82e2647e072a1f97db111313dd73 (patch) | |
| tree | c921a330344373f54cdea729c5f11b87a3ffebc7 /qemu-doc.texi | |
| parent | 65603a801e14a89701b359cd12d7c5b1764e6de1 (diff) | |
9pfs: deprecate handle backend
This backend raise some concerns:
- doesn't support symlinks
- fails +100 tests in the PJD POSIX file system test suite [1]
- requires the QEMU process to run with the CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
capability, which isn't recommended for security reasons
This backend should not be used and wil be removed. The 'local'
backend is the recommended alternative.
[1] https://www.tuxera.com/community/posix-test-suite/
Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-doc.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-doc.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index ae90f7199e..454a8313d0 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -2724,6 +2724,14 @@ default channel subsystem image for guests that do not support multiple channel subsystems, all devices can be put into the default channel subsystem image. +@subsection -fsdev handle (since 2.12.0) + +The ``handle'' fsdev backend does not support symlinks and causes the 9p +filesystem in the guest to fail a fair amount of tests from the PJD POSIX +filesystem test suite. Also it requires the CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability, +which is not the recommended way to run QEMU. This backend should not be +used and it will be removed with no replacement. + @section qemu-img command line arguments @subsection convert -s (since 2.0.0) |