Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 2/4] qemu-nbd: support internal snapshot export

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Il 24/09/2013 04:56, Wenchao Xia ha scritto:
> 于 2013/9/23 18:25, Paolo Bonzini 写道:
>> Il 22/09/2013 11:39, Wenchao Xia ha scritto:
>>> Now it is possible to directly export an internal snapshot, which
>>> can be used to probe the snapshot's contents without qemu-img
>>> convert.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wenchao Xia<xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>> ---
>>>   qemu-nbd.c |   54
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>   1 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
>>> index c26c98e..e450d04 100644
>>> --- a/qemu-nbd.c
>>> +++ b/qemu-nbd.c
>>> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>>>   #include "block/block.h"
>>>   #include "block/nbd.h"
>>>   #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
>>> +#include "block/snapshot.h"
>>>
>>>   #include<stdarg.h>
>>>   #include<stdio.h>
>>> @@ -304,6 +305,23 @@ static void nbd_accept(void *opaque)
>>>       }
>>>   }
>>>
>>> +#define SNAPSHOT_OPT_ID         "id"
>>> +#define SNAPSHOT_OPT_NAME       "name"
>>> +
>>> +static QEMUOptionParameter snapshot_options[] = {
>>> +    {
>>> +        .name = SNAPSHOT_OPT_ID,
>>> +        .type = OPT_STRING,
>>> +        .help = "snapshot id"
>>> +    },
>>> +    {
>>> +        .name = SNAPSHOT_OPT_NAME,
>>> +        .type = OPT_STRING,
>>> +        .help = "snapshot name"
>>> +    },
>>> +    { NULL }
>>> +};
>> I think whatever mechanism you use here to pick a snapshot id or name
>> should be implemented in qemu-img too.
> qemu-img already pick up snapshot by mixed id and name, do you like to
> add a new
> interface like the above(Keep old interface untouched for compatiablity)?

Yes, please.  And also implement the "mixed" method here.

>> Also, I think QEMUOptionParameter is being phased out.
>>
> Is QemuOptsList the recommanded method?

Yes.

Paolo