Re: [PATCH] libxl: Fix handling XenStore errors in device creation

2024-05-10 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 07:00:49PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 10/05/2024 9:05 am, Jürgen Groß wrote: > > On 27.04.24 04:17, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: > >> If xenstored runs out of memory it is possible for it to fail operations > >> that should succeed.  libxl wasn't robust against this, and

Re: [PATCH] libxl: Fix handling XenStore errors in device creation

2024-05-10 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 10/05/2024 9:05 am, Jürgen Groß wrote: > On 27.04.24 04:17, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: >> If xenstored runs out of memory it is possible for it to fail operations >> that should succeed.  libxl wasn't robust against this, and could fail >> to ensure that the TTY path of a non-initial console was

Re: [PATCH] libxl: Fix handling XenStore errors in device creation

2024-05-10 Thread Jürgen Groß
On 27.04.24 04:17, Demi Marie Obenour wrote: If xenstored runs out of memory it is possible for it to fail operations that should succeed. libxl wasn't robust against this, and could fail to ensure that the TTY path of a non-initial console was created and read-only for guests. This doesn't

[PATCH] libxl: Fix handling XenStore errors in device creation

2024-04-26 Thread Demi Marie Obenour
If xenstored runs out of memory it is possible for it to fail operations that should succeed. libxl wasn't robust against this, and could fail to ensure that the TTY path of a non-initial console was created and read-only for guests. This doesn't qualify for an XSA because guests should not be