From nobody Sat Feb 7 18:07:39 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.183.28; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=mx1.redhat.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1567523567; cv=none; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; b=oHnlN2sywxjq2/qTTI5oYl1h5y31RhzKGulUFYyBlTjWCT088GMK4SLQUFaC4IWAUfFVDuEay1SI1ECXOycELS1LS8UgcCTvcvMgRVlztAtp6qmSR5WyDKN8rnmbbNKAo3rxsvVu32O/leiRQg+mc8lAwMaflQY0ldIkcxJy9os= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; t=1567523567; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:From:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Sender:Subject:To:ARC-Authentication-Results; bh=S8/rxDoS7z5wdTtIjqdzcJHFM/hsz20muxZecKxpI+E=; b=j5x6kZ/1lp4+8SJvng/Hq6rY1teyf6ExN0eAU6X44wy8HrU/A5hQLyYO58GhYOMvdejUyszSQsPVaQ9tj/1ls2vr02fM0fYUtNFL16gr39JtCmHp4FhxD/chO2Iwl0/8vavZeroY21gq8XIVainFscoi5lmkJ96lGdOQVUcswb0= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of redhat.com designates 209.132.183.28 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass header.from= (p=none dis=none) header.from= Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1567523567905113.91600330262554; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 08:12:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9826CC057FA6; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (colo-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.21]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C19111001947; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:12:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.19.33]) by colo-mx.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7134EE96; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:12:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id x83FCcOp013938 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:12:38 -0400 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 759BC5C220; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain.com (ovpn-112-33.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.33]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1445C299; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:12:34 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= To: libvir-list@redhat.com Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 16:12:32 +0100 Message-Id: <20190903151232.31792-1-berrange@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-loop: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [libvirt] [PATCH] news: rewording wrt NSS, virt-login-shell & split daemons X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.32]); Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Laine Stump --- docs/news.xml | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index bd112d56dc..f376e991cb 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ - Split libvirtd into separate daemons + Experimental split of libvirtd into separate daemons The big monolithic libvirtd daemon can now be replaced by smaller - per-driver daemons. Distributions can chose if they want the for= mer - or the latter. The libvirtd is still kept around for backwards - compatibility. + per-driver daemons. The new split daemons are considered experim= ental + at this time and distributions are encouraged to continue using = the + traditional libvirtd by default. @@ -136,13 +136,22 @@ - Stop linking virt-login-shell and NSS plugins with libvirt.so + Stop linking NSS plugins with libvirt.so - In order to allow libvirt to abort on out of memory, we need to = stop - linking libvirt.so to virt-login-shell or the NSS plugins where = we - don't want to abort. This change also resulted in smaller binari= es - and libraries. + This reduces the amount of code and 3rd party libraries are that + loaded into all processes. + + + + + Split the setuid virt-login-shell binary into two pieces + + + The setuid virt-login-shell binary is now a tiny shim that + sanitizes the process execution environment variables and + arguments, before launching the trusted virt-login-shell-helper + binary. --=20 2.21.0 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list