[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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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)
17 years, 10 months
[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
17 years, 10 months
