[Libvir] ABI compatibility question: static strings returned from some functions
by Richard W.M. Jones
We have some functions such as virConnectGetType which are defined to
return statically allocated strings:
/**
* virConnectGetType:
* @conn: pointer to the hypervisor connection
*
* Get the name of the Hypervisor software used.
*
* Returns NULL in case of error, a static zero terminated string
otherwise.
*/
const char *
virConnectGetType(virConnectPtr conn)
[...]
This is all well and good in the typical local case, but when working
over a remote connection the string we return is allocated and requires
freeing at some point. Unfortunately I don't see a good thing to do in
this case except to change the semantics of virConnectGetType, which
arguably breaks ABI compatibility.
Suggestions from anyone?
Rich.
garbage.collection++
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[Libvir] Patch: Driver private data
by Richard W.M. Jones
This patch is more aspirational than currently useful. Only the remote
patch would use driver->private, but I think others should be changed to
do so too.
Rich.
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Emerging Technologies, Red Hat http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/
64 Baker Street, London, W1U 7DF Mobile: +44 7866 314 421
"[Negative numbers] darken the very whole doctrines of the equations
and make dark of the things which are in their nature excessively
obvious and simple" (Francis Maseres FRS, mathematician, 1759)
18 years, 1 month
[Libvir] Request for libvirt/ChangeLog
by Atsushi SAKAI
Hi, Dan
I have one request for libvirt/ChangeLog.
Please add the submitter Mail address to libvirt/ChangeLog
for ease of contribution counting.
Or If you have any good Idea to get the contribution statistics,
please notice me.
If you consider this, I would be appreciate it.
Thanks
Atsushi SAKAI
18 years, 1 month
