Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] v3 Decouple block device removal from device removal

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

Am 22.10.2010 17:48, schrieb Luiz Capitulino:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:55:51 -0500
> Ryan Harper <ryanh@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> This patch series decouples the detachment of a block device from the removal
>> of the backing pci-device.  Removal of a hotplugged pci device requires the
>> guest to respond before qemu tears down the block device. In some cases, the
>> guest may not respond leaving the guest with continued access to the block
>> device.  
>>
>> The new monitor command, drive_unplug, will revoke a guests access to the
>> block device independently of the removal of the pci device.
>>
>> The first patch adds a new drive find method, the second patch implements the
>> monitor command and block layer changes.
> 
> Reviewed the monitor part, I think we're waiting for Kevin's and/or
> Markus's ACK to get this merged?

Yes, I'm waiting for Markus' comments before applying this.

Maybe we shouldn't add this to QMP yet, drive_add doesn't exist there
either because we want to do it right with blockdev_add/del. On the
other hand Markus should know much better than me what the right thing
would look like - if he says that this interface will work with whatever
we're going to get with blockdev_*, I'm fine with merging it.

Kevin