Xen devel - Dec 2007 - [PATCH] [Xend] Extend Xen-API with function to reset the policy

This patch extends the Xen-API and the legacy XML-RPC interface with a
function to reset the policy on the system (through an update with the
default policy). I adapted the code in ''xm resetpolicy'' to use
this now.

This patch also extends libxen and the documentation to reflect the new
function.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@us.ibm.com>



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On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:43:08PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> --- root.orig/xen-unstable.hg/docs/xen-api/xenapi-datamodel.tex
> +++ root/xen-unstable.hg/docs/xen-api/xenapi-datamodel.tex
> @@ -14735,6 +14735,45 @@ xs\_policystate
>  State information about the policy. In case an error occurred, the
''xs\_err''
>  field contains the error code. The ''errors'' may contain
further information
>  about the error.
> + \vspace{0.3cm}
> +\vspace{0.3cm}
> +\vspace{0.3cm}
> +\subsubsection{RPC name:~reset\_xspolicy}
> +
> +{\bf Overview:}
> +Attempt to reset the system''s policy by installing the default
policy.
> +Since this function is implemented as an update to the current policy, it
> +underlies the same restrictions. This function may fail if for example
This might have happened before, but I just noticed that the API docs
are being modified without any version control - or any indication of
when new things were added.

Programming against such API docs is generally a horrible experience as
you never have any idea what is there and what isn''t.

Can we please start a changelog for the API, and version it
appropriately?

thanks
john

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xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com wrote on 12/10/2007 03:47:40 PM:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:43:08PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> 
> > --- root.orig/xen-unstable.hg/docs/xen-api/xenapi-datamodel.tex
> > +++ root/xen-unstable.hg/docs/xen-api/xenapi-datamodel.tex
> > @@ -14735,6 +14735,45 @@ xs\_policystate
> >  State information about the policy. In case an error occurred, 
> the ''xs\_err''
> >  field contains the error code. The ''errors'' may
contain further
information
> >  about the error.
> > + \vspace{0.3cm}
> > +\vspace{0.3cm}
> > +\vspace{0.3cm}
> > +\subsubsection{RPC name:~reset\_xspolicy}
> > +
> > +{\bf Overview:}
> > +Attempt to reset the system''s policy by installing the
default
policy.
> > +Since this function is implemented as an update to the current 
policy, it
> > +underlies the same restrictions. This function may fail if for 
example
> 
> This might have happened before, but I just noticed that the API docs
> are being modified without any version control - or any indication of
> when new things were added.
> 
> Programming against such API docs is generally a horrible experience as
> you never have any idea what is there and what isn''t.
> 
> Can we please start a changelog for the API, and version it
> appropriately?
Ok, I will do start a change log, increase the revision to 1.0.1 and 
adjust the date.

Thanks.

   Stefan
> 
> thanks
> john
> 
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 04:51:16PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Ok, I will do start a change log, increase the revision to 1.0.1 and 
> adjust the date.
Thanks a lot! Below are the only changes to that file in particular
since 3.1 branched. I think my changes were clarification only, so it''s
just yours that need to be clearly labelled as 1.0.1.

regards
john

changeset:   16168:51f521303df7
user:        Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
date:        Thu Oct 11 09:41:16 2007 +0100
summary:     [vTPM] Add set/get_other_config to Xen-API.

changeset:   16081:2e5e948bf69d
user:        Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
date:        Wed Oct 03 14:04:51 2007 +0100
summary:     Extend ''xm dumppolicy'' to support Xen-API

changeset:   15692:fdc602720f11
user:        kfraser@localhost.localdomain
date:        Thu Jul 19 17:00:31 2007 +0100
summary:     Update xen-api docs.

changeset:   15654:bd2f9628114e
user:        kfraser@localhost.localdomain
date:        Thu Jul 12 10:06:44 2007 +0100
summary:     [Docs] Documentation of extension of the Xen-API for managing
security policies

changeset:   15593:73290f6fe70a
user:        kfraser@localhost.localdomain
date:        Tue Jul 10 10:22:41 2007 +0100
summary:     Xen API specification improvements.



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