From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Block layer core <qemu-block@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 for-2.4] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:31:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55892785.5060004@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h9py4x4l.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org>
On 23/06/2015 11:00, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> My point is: the problem is more general than just block nodes. Doesn't
> mean we mustn't solve the special problem unless we solve the general
> problem. Does mean we should at least try to solve the general problem,
> and if we fail, try our best to solve the special problem in a way that
> fits into a general solution.
>
> Have you tried to solve or at least discuss the general problem?
IIRC blockdevs are special because some of them (the backing files) are
opened without request from the user.
The same happens for board-created devices, but we can just say they
aren't unpluggable.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-23 9:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-22 23:10 [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 for-2.4] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry Eric Blake
2015-06-23 7:14 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " Alberto Garcia
2015-06-23 9:00 ` [Qemu-devel] " Markus Armbruster
2015-06-23 9:31 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2015-06-23 11:24 ` Markus Armbruster
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