Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/16] sockets: allow port to be NULL when listening on IP address

[Eric Blake]

On 10/12/2015 05:14 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> If the port in the SocketAddress struct is NULL, it can allow
> the kernel to automatically select a free port. This is useful
> in particular in unit tests to avoid a race trying to find a
> free port to run a test case on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
> ---
>  util/qemu-sockets.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Right now, the qapi documents InetSocketAddress.port as mandatory.
Should we relax it to be optional, rather than special-casing the empty
string "" to mean no port?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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