Re: [PATCH 00/30] virtiofs daemon (base)

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Michael S. Tsirkin (address@hidden) wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 11:58:02AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>
> > 
> > Hi,
> >   This is the 1st set for the virtiofsd - a daemon
> > that implements the user space side of virtiofs.
> > 
> >   The kernel and qemu device parts recently went in,
> > so the daemon is the only thing missing to have a working
> > set.
> > 
> >   This set is the absolute minimal base set of patches;
> > it's not yet safe to use (from security or correctness);
> 
> So based on this I'm guessing we don't want to rush this in
> before the soft freeze.
> If you have a different opinion, let me know pls.

With the 2nd set that I posted on thursday, the '(security)' set
it becomes safe - with full sandboxing and path verification.
Now, we do have a pile of separate small fixes, and threading code
stuff; but we cna leave those off.

Dave

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