conf: Drop restrictions on rng backend path

Currently we only allow /dev/random and /dev/hwrng as host input
for <rng><backend model='random'/> device. This was added after
various upstream discussions in commit 4932ef45

However this restriction has generated quite a few complaints over
the years, so a new discussion was initiated:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-April/msg00987.html

Several people suggested removing the restriction, and nobody really
spoke up to defend it. So this patch drops the path restriction
entirely

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074464
(cherry picked from commit 67f2b72723)
This commit is contained in:
Cole Robinson 2016-04-13 15:09:30 -04:00
parent b68f421ac2
commit bc858f4682
6 changed files with 25 additions and 37 deletions

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@ -6116,31 +6116,28 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
to be used for the domain. The source model is configured using the
<code>model</code> attribute. Supported source models are:
</p>
<ul>
<li>'random' &mdash; /dev/random (default) or /dev/hwrng
device as source (for now, no other sources are permitted)</li>
<li>'egd' &mdash; a EGD protocol backend</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt><code>random</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>
This backend type expects a non-blocking character device as
input. The file name is specified as contents of the
<code>backend</code> element. When no file name is specified
the hypervisor default is used. For qemu, the default is
/dev/random
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>egd</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>
This backend connects to a source using the EGD protocol.
The source is specified as a character device. Refer to
<a href='#elementsCharHostInterface'>character device host interface</a>
for more information.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt><code>backend model='random'</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>
This backend type expects a non-blocking character device as input.
The only accepted paths are /dev/random and /dev/hwrng. The file
name is specified as contents of the <code>backend</code> element.
When no file name is specified the hypervisor default is used.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>backend model='egd'</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>
This backend connects to a source using the EGD protocol.
The source is specified as a character device. Refer to
<a href='#elementsCharHostInterface'>character device host interface</a>
for more information.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h4><a name="elementsTpm">TPM device</a></h4>

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@ -4671,8 +4671,7 @@
<value>random</value>
</attribute>
<choice>
<value>/dev/random</value>
<value>/dev/hwrng</value>
<ref name='absFilePath'/>
<empty/>
</choice>
</group>

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@ -11463,14 +11463,6 @@ virDomainRNGDefParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
switch ((virDomainRNGBackend) def->backend) {
case VIR_DOMAIN_RNG_BACKEND_RANDOM:
def->source.file = virXPathString("string(./backend)", ctxt);
if (def->source.file &&
STRNEQ(def->source.file, "/dev/random") &&
STRNEQ(def->source.file, "/dev/hwrng")) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
_("file '%s' is not a supported random source"),
def->source.file);
goto error;
}
break;
case VIR_DOMAIN_RNG_BACKEND_EGD:

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@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-boot c \
-usb \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/hwrng \
-object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/urandom \
-device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,max-bytes=123,period=1234,bus=pci.0,\
addr=0x4

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@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
<memballoon model='virtio'/>
<rng model='virtio'>
<rate bytes='123' period='1234'/>
<backend model='random'>/dev/hwrng</backend>
<backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
</rng>
</devices>
</domain>

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
</memballoon>
<rng model='virtio'>
<rate bytes='123' period='1234'/>
<backend model='random'>/dev/hwrng</backend>
<backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</rng>
</devices>