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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:59:37 -0600
From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] drive transactions (was Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] Add the
 blockdev-reopen and blockdev-migrate commands)
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To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>, mtosatti@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, armbru@redhat.com, Federico Simoncelli <fsimonce@redhat.com>, Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>

On 02/27/2012 10:54 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 02/27/2012 05:53 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>> It looks like this is exactly
>>> the case where the core infrastructure (transactions) is missing.
>>
>> Batch requests are incredibly easy to add.  I'm stuck in meetings for
>> the next couple days but I'm sure Luiz throw it together in no time at all.
>
> Batch requests are unnecessary.  They should be a convenience, not a
> correctness feature.

I think this discussion has gotten a bit unwieldy as I'm having trouble keeping 
up with the various proposals.  Can we move to something more formal and written 
on the wiki?

Can we start with a clear description of what the various requirements are?

Regards,

Anthony Liguroi

>
> Paolo
>