On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:26:58AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > On 05/24/2017 10:16 AM, Simon wrote: > > Hello, > > > > It seems that the monitor file path length is limited to about 100 > > characters (107 to be precise). > > Welcome to the joy of Unix socket (AF_UNIX) files. The kernel imposes a > hard length limit on sockaddr_un.sun_path[] (see 'man 7 unix') - and it > is indeed 107 characters plus a NUL terminator. > > > -monitor > > 'unix:/home/user/vmtools/test/out/foobar.iso/foobar.iso_A/foobar.iso_B/foobar.iso_C/foobar.iso_D/foobar.iso_E/monitor.sock,server,nowait' > > > > > > With this command Qemu does not produce any warning or error message but > > create the socket file "mon" instead of the expected "monitor.sock". > > Ideally, qemu should be telling you your path is too long to be created > as a unix socket, and failing up front, rather than silently truncating > and perhaps doing the wrong thing.
I just copied you on a patch todo that :-) Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
