Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] /sys/hypervisor/uuid

[Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 14:24 +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 22 May 2006, at 13:44, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> >> If we allowed unprivileged read access to xenstore, that would require
> >> only a smaller and more general patch to the kernel. Then you could 
> >> put
> >> the uuid extraction logic in user space?
> >
> > But if you still require xs transactions, then it remains complicated
> > and a potential way to introduce fun problems for dom0 from a domU.
> > Especially as I would expect that then people will start coding their
> > own stuff instead of bringing a dep on libxs into domUs
> 
> Well, the bottom line is: I will apply the uuid patch for sysfs if you 
> want it. But don't be surprised if the whole lot goes in the bin at 
> some point when we have the inevitable fight with the kernel 
> maintainers. In contrast, libxs presents a stable supported interface.

I really think the "do transactions via xenstore in domU" is going to
have as much or more of a fight involved.

Having the UUID easily accessible via sysfs definitely seems like it
would be advantageous to more than just me based on the comments here.  

Jeremy


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