Public bug reported: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/foo\" -writeconfig - # qemu config file
[drive] file = "/tmp/foo"" For bonus points, try to construct a valid qemu config file that contains a quoted value. It's pretty clear (from looking at the code also) that this is not possible. Also: - maximum value length is hard-coded in the parser at 1023 characters (for no apparent reason) - the format is undocumented - don't use sscanf for parsing! ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/foo\" -writeconfig - # qemu config file [drive] - file = "/tmp/foo"" + file = "/tmp/foo"" - For bonus points, try to construct a value qemu config file that + For bonus points, try to construct a valid qemu config file that contains a quoted value. It's pretty clear (from looking at the code also) that this is not possible. Also: - maximum value length is hard-coded in the parser at 1023 characters (for no apparent reason) - the format is undocumented - don't use sscanf for parsing! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686364 Title: qemu -readconfig/-writeconfig cannot handle quotes in values Status in QEMU: New Bug description: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/foo\" -writeconfig - # qemu config file [drive] file = "/tmp/foo"" For bonus points, try to construct a valid qemu config file that contains a quoted value. It's pretty clear (from looking at the code also) that this is not possible. Also: - maximum value length is hard-coded in the parser at 1023 characters (for no apparent reason) - the format is undocumented - don't use sscanf for parsing! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1686364/+subscriptions