[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/3] Dynamic module loading for block drivers

[Colin Lord <clord@redhat.com>]

Here's v5 of the modularization series. Since it seems the concensus is
that modularizing the format drivers is unnecessary, this series no
longer modularizes those and is thus much shorter than before.

v5:
- No format drivers are modularized, therefore the probe functions are
  all being left completely untouched. The bdrv_find_format function is
  also left untouched as a result.
- Remove dmg from block-obj-m since it is not a target of the
  modularization effort.
- Modify module_block.py to only include the library name and protocol
  name fields in the generated struct. The other fields are no longer
  necessary for the drivers that are being modularized.

v4:
- Fix indentation of the generated header file module_block.h
- Drivers and probe functions are now all located in the block/
  directory, rather than being split between block/ and block/probe/. In
  addition the header files for each probe/driver pair are in the block/
  directory, not the include/block/driver/ directory (which no longer
  exists).
- Since the probe files are in block/ now, they follow the naming
  pattern of format-probe.c
- Renamed crypto probe file to be crypto-probe.c, luks is no longer in
  the filename
- Fixed formatting of parallels_probe() function header
- Enforced consistent naming convention for the probe functions. They
  now follow the pattern bdrv_format_probe().

Colin Lord (1):
  blockdev: prepare iSCSI block driver for dynamic loading

Marc Mari (2):
  blockdev: Add dynamic generation of module_block.h
  blockdev: Add dynamic module loading for block drivers

 Makefile                        |   7 +++
 block.c                         |  37 ++++++++++++---
 block/Makefile.objs             |   3 +-
 block/iscsi.c                   |  36 --------------
 include/qemu/module.h           |   3 ++
 scripts/modules/module_block.py | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 util/module.c                   |  38 +++++----------
 vl.c                            |  38 +++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/modules/module_block.py

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