From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7KYi-0002fz-KP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:32:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z7KYh-0004sZ-QH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:32:00 -0400 Message-ID: <55892785.5060004@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:31:49 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1435014639-27341-1-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com> <87h9py4x4l.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> In-Reply-To: <87h9py4x4l.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 for-2.4] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Markus Armbruster , Eric Blake Cc: Kevin Wolf , Jeff Cody , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Block layer core On 23/06/2015 11:00, Markus Armbruster wrote: > My point is: the problem is more general than just block nodes. Doesn't > mean we mustn't solve the special problem unless we solve the general > problem. Does mean we should at least try to solve the general problem, > and if we fail, try our best to solve the special problem in a way that > fits into a general solution. > > Have you tried to solve or at least discuss the general problem? IIRC blockdevs are special because some of them (the backing files) are opened without request from the user. The same happens for board-created devices, but we can just say they aren't unpluggable. Paolo