March 2007 - Devel - libvirt List Archives

[Libvir] ABI compatibility question: static strings returned from some functions
by Richard W.M. Jones 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

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++ -- 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)

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[Libvir] Patch: Driver private data
by Richard W.M. Jones 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

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. -- 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)

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[Libvir] Request for libvirt/ChangeLog
by Atsushi SAKAI 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

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

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