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This should not be needed, but here's what's happening: virStrToLong_*() family of functions was switched from strtol*() to g_ascii_strtol*() in order to handle corner cases on Windows (most notably parsing hex numbers with base=0) - see v9.4.0-61-g2ed41d7cd9. But what we did not realize back then, is the fact that g_ascii_strtol*() family has their own global lock rendering virStrToLong_*() function unsafe between fork() + exec(). Worse, if one of the threads has to wait for the lock (or on its corresponding condition), then errno is mangled and g_ascii_strtol*() signals an error, even though there's no error. Read more here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3034 Nevertheless, if we make glib init the g_ascii_strtol*() global state (by calling one function from g_ascii_strtol*() family), then there shouldn't be any congestion on the lock and thus no errno mangling. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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==============================
Libvirt API for virtualization
==============================
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the
virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It
includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware
vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER
Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management
daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the
API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other
languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as
mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the
website:
https://libvirt.org
License
=======
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files ``COPYING.LESSER``
and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
============
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components
the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development
mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
=======
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
* libvirt-users@redhat.com (**for user discussions**)
* libvir-list@redhat.com (**for development only**)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html