Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: turn on virtlockd by default
On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:54:01PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
The virtlockd daemon has existed for years now, but we have never
turned it on by default, requiring explicit user opt-in. This leaves
users unprotected against accidents out of the box.
By turning it on by default, users will at least be protected for
mistakes involving local files, and files on shared filesystems
that support fcntl() (eg NFS).
What are the implications of this for passively reading
live disks? (a la tools such as virt-df)
Rich.
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