Re: [Qemu-devel] [libvirt patch] qemu: adds support for virtfs 9p argument 'vii'

[Christian Schoenebeck via Qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>]

On Dienstag, 7. Mai 2019 17:42:39 CEST Greg Kurz wrote:
> > Sorry that I caused a bit of confusion, You were actually commenting
> > mostly on v2 of the patch set, where my email client replaced the message
> > IDs and hence screwed threading.
> > 
> > This is v3 that I sent yesterday and which has correct threading:
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01143.html
> 
> For a reason yet to be investigated, I haven't received it yet...

Here are the archive links for latest v3 patch set [5(+1) patches total]:

[PATCH v3 0/5] 9p: Fix file ID collisions:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01143.html

[PATCH v3 1/5] 9p: mitigates most QID path collisions:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01142.html

[PATCH v3 2/5] 9P: trivial cleanup of QID path collision mitigation:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01140.html

[PATCH v3 3/5] 9p: persistency of QID path beyond reboots / suspensions:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01144.html

[PATCH v3 4/5] 9p: use variable length suffixes for inode mapping:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01141.html

[PATCH v3 5/5] 9p: adds virtfs 'vii' device parameter
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01138.html

And the optional libvirt patch:

[libvirt patch] qemu: adds support for virtfs 9p argument 'vii':
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg01223.html

> > Please just have a glimpse on that v3 thread, and before I address the
> > details that you requested (I have reviewed them all already and will
> > address them), I would like you to ask you for a coarse feedback on
> > design/features first.
> > Because there are some things where I am unresolved on design level yet:
> I'll try but probably not before next week.

No problem, take your time!

Best regards,
Christian Schoenebeck