Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 2/3] block: Use bdrv_get_backing_file_ancestors_count()

["Benoît Canet" <benoit.canet@irqsave.net>]

Le Wednesday 25 Jul 2012 à 12:57:05 (+0200), Kevin Wolf a écrit :
> Am 25.07.2012 10:11, schrieb benoit.canet@gmail.com:
> > From: Benoît Canet <benoit@irqsave.net>
> > 
> > Use the dedicated counting function in qmp_query_block in order to
> > propagate the backing file count to HMP.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benoit Canet <benoit@irqsave.net>
> > ---
> >  block.c          |    2 ++
> >  qapi-schema.json |    9 ++++++---
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> > index 03e0860..4aa3ea9 100644
> > --- a/block.c
> > +++ b/block.c
> > @@ -2448,6 +2448,8 @@ BlockInfoList *qmp_query_block(Error **errp)
> >              if (bs->backing_file[0]) {
> >                  info->value->inserted->has_backing_file = true;
> >                  info->value->inserted->backing_file = g_strdup(bs->backing_file);
> > +                info->value->inserted->backing_file_ancestors_count =
> > +                    bdrv_get_backing_file_ancestors_count(bs);
> >              }
> >  
> >              if (bs->io_limits_enabled) {
> > diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
> > index a92adb1..eb72c16 100644
> > --- a/qapi-schema.json
> > +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> > @@ -398,6 +398,8 @@
> >  #
> >  # @backing_file: #optional the name of the backing file (for copy-on-write)
> >  #
> > +# @backing_file_ancestors_count: #optional the count of ancestors backing files (for copy-on-write)
> > +#
> 
> Why is it optional? Would it be omitted rather than set to 0 if there
> are no backing files?

I made it optional because backing_file=something is optional.
So It seemed coherent to make it also optional.
However I'll change it if you confirm it should be changed.

> 
> Could also use a "(since: 1.2)" note.
> 
> Kevin