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| author | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2019-03-22 13:45:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> | 2019-03-24 09:21:55 +0100 |
| commit | b3fb492dbadcb7262e68ba505899944650c7494f (patch) | |
| tree | b223df991196a7fad16fe246188f780eb1609cf2 | |
| parent | 9c91609c33ee1ebe8feea9f920faae88b37e5c0e (diff) | |
| download | NetworkManager-th/nmcli-list-options.tar.gz | |
cli/trivial: add comment about partially modifying settings when failing set_fcn()th/nmcli-list-options
| -rw-r--r-- | clients/common/nm-meta-setting-desc.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/clients/common/nm-meta-setting-desc.c b/clients/common/nm-meta-setting-desc.c index 20126693d6..0529420118 100644 --- a/clients/common/nm-meta-setting-desc.c +++ b/clients/common/nm-meta-setting-desc.c @@ -3248,6 +3248,17 @@ _set_fcn_objlist (ARGS_SET_FCN) } for (i = 0; i < nstrv; i++) { + /* FIXME: there is the problem here that set_fcn() might succed on the first item + * (modifying it), and fail to parse the second one. + * + * Optimally, we would first parse all input strings before starting the + * modify the setting. The setting should only be modified if (and only if) + * the entire operation succeeds to set all items. + * + * Currently, in interactive mode this leads to odd behavior. + * + * This does not only affect objlist.set_fcn() or _pt_objlist properties. + * E.g. we also call _gobject_property_reset() before validating the input. */ if (!property_info->property_typ_data->subtype.objlist.set_fcn (setting, !_SET_FCN_DO_REMOVE (modifier, value), strv[i], |