From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NjU4Z-0006lh-8z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:55:23 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51107 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NjU4Y-0006lV-QE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:55:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NjU4X-0007H8-SI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:55:22 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44916) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NjU4X-0007Gy-Db for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:55:21 -0500 Message-ID: <4B824645.3000505@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:54:29 +0100 From: Kevin Wolf MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1266250769-5816-1-git-send-email-kwolf@redhat.com> <4B7EFEFA.60501@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] qcow2: Rewrite alloc_refcount_block List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Juan Quintela Cc: armbru@redhat.com, gleb@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, hch@lst.de Am 20.02.2010 02:49, schrieb Juan Quintela: > Anthony Liguori wrote: >> On 02/15/2010 10:19 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote: >>> The current implementation of alloc_refcount_block and grow_refcount_table has >>> fundamental problems regarding error handling. There are some places where an >>> I/O error means that the image is going to be corrupted. I have found that the >>> only way to fix this is to completely rewrite the thing. >>> >>> Just sending as an RFC to the list hasn't generated a lot of comments (to be >>> precise, not a single one). This is a critical part of qcow2 and needs reviews. >>> So let's try it another way: People in CC, please give it a review. Sooner or >>> later some of you will need to do so anyway. >>> >> >> Should I apply this series? I still don't see any review comments. > > I sent review comments on the 18th. I expect Kevin to address them. I > talked with him on irc while doing the review (i.e. he knows about > them). I was hoping for more comments as there were three more people in the CC list. But looks like they prefer reviewing the patches downstream. I'm going to send a v2 which addresses only your comments if I don't get any more comments soon. Kevin