Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v3] leaseshelper: improvements to support all events

This patch enables the helper program to detect event(s) triggered when there is a change in lease length or expiry and client-id. This transfers complete control of leases database to libvirt and obsoletes use of the lease database file (<network-name>.leases). That file will not be created, read, or written. This is achieved by adding the option --leasefile-ro to dnsmasq and passing a custom env var to leaseshelper, which helps us map events related to leases with their corresponding network bridges, no matter what the event be. Also, this requires the addition of a new non-lease entry in our custom lease database: "server-duid". It is required to identify a DHCPv6 server. Now that dnsmasq doesn't maintain its own leases database, it relies on our helper program to tell it about previous leases and server duid. Thus, this patch makes our leases program honor an extra action: "init", in which it sends the known info in a particular format to dnsmasq by printing it to stdout. --- This is compatible with libvirt 1.2.6 as only additions have been introduced, and the old leases file (*.status) will still be supported. v3: * Add server-duid as an entry in the lease object for every ipv6 lease. * Remove unnecessary variables and double copies. * Take value from DNSMASQ_OLD_HOSTNAME if hostname is not known. v2: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-July/msg01109.html v1: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-July/msg00568.html

diff --git a/src/network/leaseshelper.c b/src/network/leaseshelper.c index c8543a2..e984cbb 100644 --- a/src/network/leaseshelper.c +++ b/src/network/leaseshelper.c

@@ -176,6 +188,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) if (argc == 5) hostname = argv[4]; + /* In case hostname is still unkown, use the last known one */

+ if (!hostname) + hostname = virGetEnvAllowSUID("DNSMASQ_OLD_HOSTNAME"); +