Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Clean up around bdrv_getlength()

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 11:48:13AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Issues addressed in this series:
> 
> * BlockDriver method bdrv_getlength() generally returns -errno, but
>   some implementations return -1 instead.  Fix them [PATCH 1].
> 
> * Frequent conversions between sectors and bytes complicate the code
>   needlessly.  Clean up some [PATCH 2+3].
> 
> * bdrv_getlength() always returns a multiple of BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, but
>   some places appear to be confused about that, and align the result
>   up or down.  Don't [PATCH 4].
> 
> * bdrv_get_geometry() hides errors.  Don't use it in places where
>   errors should be detected [PATCH 5].
> 
> Issues not addressed:
> 
> * There are quite a few literals left in the code where
>   BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, BDRV_SECTOR_BITS or BDRV_SECTOR_MASK should be
>   used instead.
> 
> * Error handling is missing in places, but it's not always obvious
>   whether errors can actually happen, and if yes, how to handle them.
> 
> Markus Armbruster (5):
>   raw-posix: Fix raw_getlength() to always return -errno on error
>   block: New bdrv_nb_sectors()
>   block: Use bdrv_nb_sectors() when sectors, not bytes are wanted
>   block: Drop superfluous aligning of bdrv_getlength()'s value
>   block: Avoid bdrv_get_geometry() where errors should be detected
> 
>  block-migration.c     |  9 +++--
>  block.c               | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  block/qapi.c          | 14 +++++---
>  block/qcow2.c         |  3 +-
>  block/raw-posix.c     | 28 ++++++++++++----
>  block/vmdk.c          |  5 ++-
>  include/block/block.h |  1 +
>  qemu-img.c            | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  8 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 
> 

Thanks, applied to my block tree:
https://github.com/stefanha/qemu/commits/block

Stefan