From: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
To: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org, armbru@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 21/40] job: Convert block_job_cancel_async() to Job
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 15:22:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180529132225.GQ20558@paraplu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180529131058.GP20558@paraplu>
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 03:10:58PM +0200, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 02:30:47PM +0200, Max Reitz wrote:
[...]
> > The special behavior is that you can use block-job-cancel after
> > BLOCK_JOB_READY to complete the job, but not pivot to it. I don't think
> > we have a real plan on how to represent that with the generic job
> > commands, we just know that we don't want to use job-cancel.
>
> Ah, thanks for clarifying. Yes, what you say makes sense — not using
> 'job-cancel' to represent completion.
>
> > (Maybe we can add a flag to job-complete (which to me does not sound
> > like a good idea), or you could set flags on jobs while they are
> > running, so you can set a do-not-pivot flag on the mirror job before you
> > complete it.)
>
> Yeah, spelling that out, 'do-not-pivot' or something along those lines,
> as a flag makes it clearer. "Implicit is better than explicit".
Oops, I got the quote reverse :P. Correct: "Explicit is better than
implicit". But you've auto-corrected in your head already...
--
/kashyap
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-29 13:22 UTC|newest]
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2018-05-18 13:20 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/40] Generic background jobs Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 01/40] blockjob: Update block-job-pause/resume documentation Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 14:20 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-18 17:12 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 02/40] blockjob: Improve BlockJobInfo.offset/len documentation Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 14:25 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-18 17:47 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/40] job: Create Job, JobDriver and job_create() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 04/40] job: Rename BlockJobType into JobType Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 05/40] job: Add JobDriver.job_type Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/40] job: Add job_delete() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 07/40] job: Maintain a list of all jobs Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 08/40] job: Move state transitions to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 14:36 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 09/40] job: Add reference counting Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 10/40] job: Move cancelled to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 11/40] job: Add Job.aio_context Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 12/40] job: Move defer_to_main_loop to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 17:56 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 13/40] job: Move coroutine and related code " Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 18:43 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 14/40] job: Add job_sleep_ns() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 15/40] job: Move pause/resume functions to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 16/40] job: Replace BlockJob.completed with job_is_completed() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 17/40] job: Move BlockJobCreateFlags to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-23 22:24 ` John Snow
2018-05-24 8:17 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-24 17:46 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 18/40] blockjob: Split block_job_event_pending() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 19/40] job: Add job_event_*() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 20/40] job: Move single job finalisation to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 18:00 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 21/40] job: Convert block_job_cancel_async() " Kevin Wolf
2018-05-23 23:18 ` John Snow
2018-05-24 8:24 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-24 17:42 ` John Snow
2018-05-25 8:00 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-25 17:43 ` John Snow
2018-05-29 11:59 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " Kashyap Chamarthy
2018-05-29 12:30 ` Max Reitz
2018-05-29 13:10 ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2018-05-29 13:22 ` Kashyap Chamarthy [this message]
2018-05-30 20:33 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 22/40] job: Add job_drain() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 23/40] job: Move .complete callback to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 24/40] job: Move job_finish_sync() " Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 25/40] job: Switch transactions to JobTxn Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 26/40] job: Move transactions to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 27/40] job: Move completion and cancellation " Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 28/40] block: Cancel job in bdrv_close_all() callers Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 29/40] job: Add job_yield() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 30/40] job: Add job_dismiss() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 31/40] job: Add job_is_ready() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-23 23:42 ` John Snow
2018-05-24 8:30 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-24 17:25 ` John Snow
2018-05-25 8:06 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 32/40] job: Add job_transition_to_ready() Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 33/40] job: Move progress fields to Job Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 34/40] job: Introduce qapi/job.json Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 15:59 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-31 21:21 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 35/40] job: Add JOB_STATUS_CHANGE QMP event Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 17:55 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-24 0:02 ` John Snow
2018-05-24 8:36 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-24 17:36 ` John Snow
2018-05-24 18:22 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-24 18:32 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 36/40] job: Add lifecycle QMP commands Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 18:12 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-22 10:40 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-23 23:56 ` John Snow
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 37/40] job: Add query-jobs QMP command Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 18:14 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-18 18:22 ` Eric Blake
2018-05-22 10:44 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 38/40] blockjob: Remove BlockJob.driver Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 39/40] iotests: Move qmp_to_opts() to VM Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 13:21 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 40/40] qemu-iotests: Test job-* with block jobs Kevin Wolf
2018-05-18 14:05 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/40] Generic background jobs no-reply
2018-05-18 18:41 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-05-22 11:01 ` Kevin Wolf
2018-05-22 17:15 ` Marc-André Lureau
2018-05-29 17:16 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-05-23 12:31 ` Kevin Wolf
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