Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.10 09/10] migration: Unshare MigrationParameters struct for now

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 03:41:25PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Commit de63ab6 "migrate: Share common MigrationParameters struct"
> reused MigrationParameters for the arguments of
> migrate-set-parameters, with the following rationale:
> 
>     It is rather verbose, and slightly error-prone, to repeat
>     the same set of parameters for input (migrate-set-parameters)
>     as for output (query-migrate-parameters), where the only
>     difference is whether the members are optional.  We can just
>     document that the optional members will always be present
>     on output, and then share a common struct between both
>     commands.  The next patch can then reduce the amount of
>     code needed on input.
> 
> I need to unshare them to correct a design flaw in a stupid, but
> minimally invasive way, in the next commit.  We can restore the
> sharing when we redo that patch in a less stupid way.  Add a suitable
> TODO comment.
> 
> Note that I revert only the sharing part of commit de63ab6, not the
> part that made the members of query-migrate-parameters' result
> optional.  The schema (and thus introspection) remains inaccurate for
> query-migrate-parameters.  If we decide not to restore the sharing, we
> should revert that part, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hmp.c                 |  4 +--
>  migration/migration.c | 12 +++++---
>  qapi-schema.json      | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>


Regards,
Daniel
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