Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V4 4/7] qmp: Allow to change password on names block driver states.

["Benoît Canet" <benoit.canet@irqsave.net>]

Le Friday 06 Dec 2013 à 11:52:15 (-0500), Luiz Capitulino a écrit :
> On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:24:33 -0700
> Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 12/06/2013 07:27 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > > On Thu,  5 Dec 2013 18:15:00 +0100
> > > Benoît Canet <benoit@irqsave.net> wrote:
> > 
> > >> -{ 'command': 'block_passwd', 'data': {'device': 'str', 'password': 'str'} }
> > >> +{ 'command': 'block_passwd', 'data': {'*device': 'str',
> > >> +                                      '*node-name': 'str', 'password': 'str'} }
> > > 
> > > What about:
> > > 
> > > { 'command': 'block_passwd', 'data': {'device': 'str',
> > >                                       '*device-is-node': 'bool', 'password': 'str'} }
> > 
> > That would also work; the naming is a bit more awkward, but then you
> > don't have the issue of mutually-exclusive optional arguments where
> > exactly one of the two arguments is required.
> 
> Yes, and I dislike that very much.

Luiz, I will rewrite these patch using your boolean.

Best regards

Benoît

> 
> Btw, can anyone remind me why we can't have new commands instead?

That would mean doubling the whole QMP block command set once the work is done.

> 
> > I'm leaning slightly towards the approach that Benoît took, if only for
> > the naming aspect (that is, I also thought of the idea of a bool flag,
> > but didn't suggest it because I didn't like the implications on the
> > naming).  But I can live with either approach, if anyone else has a
> > strong opinion.
> 
> Well, we can pick up any descriptive name 'treat-device-as-a-node',
> 'device-is-a-graph-node'...
>