From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B37C5DF63 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 17:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BBE0921848 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 17:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="IflMVPK+" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BBE0921848 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:33466 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSOt5-0003Un-UP for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:14:31 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43481) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSOsB-0002wD-G6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:13:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSOs9-0002a0-EK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:13:34 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([207.211.31.120]:47595 helo=us-smtp-1.mimecast.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSOs9-0002V9-16 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:13:33 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1573060411; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=yZXRXYQyer9AWzMpJ0JxIiqDSXDkwJH87MufxInH82I=; b=IflMVPK+rzks4Vegt6UddcFa6tfUgbXdVIWAXlheUGvNfSyR/tvABPWU3JiNFE3XG/5p01 k2Nir7hSdH5Zi73VYIQYtJZ/811cKLjb9D6p4L0B14UATsGw+evW/CfjzMOsX9QZTDBjib YccWLJ3uomzFBxXjOMerDo/Bf6mM3vc= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-115-d412yJz4MdWe9hhs5DS7tw-1; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:13:28 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E24A3477; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 17:13:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.117.38] (ovpn-117-38.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.117.38]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 525E710013D9; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 17:13:27 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/18] Add qemu-storage-daemon To: Kevin Wolf , Max Reitz References: <20191017130204.16131-1-kwolf@redhat.com> <8a9a5eae-d388-867b-f4a1-080e876389b3@redhat.com> <20191106145800.GC7548@dhcp-200-226.str.redhat.com> From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 11:13:26 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20191106145800.GC7548@dhcp-200-226.str.redhat.com> Content-Language: en-US X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-MC-Unique: d412yJz4MdWe9hhs5DS7tw-1 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 207.211.31.120 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: pkrempa@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 11/6/19 8:58 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote: >> Well, but anyway. Just as I didn=E2=80=99t have anything against adding= QMP to >> qemu-nbd, I don=E2=80=99t have anything against adding a new application= that >> kind of fulfills the same purpose. And I think introducing a new >> application instead of reusing qemu-nbd that focuses on all-around QAPI >> compatibility (which qemu-nbd decidedly does not have) makes sense. >=20 > Yes, QAPI is one big reason for creating a new tool that doesn't need to > support the old qemu-nbd command line. Another is that we can add other > types of exports that are not NBD. If we could make qemu-nbd a thin wrapper around the new tool (even if=20 the two are not necessarily command-line compatible), that might be=20 worthwhile. >=20 >> The only thing I don=E2=80=99t like is the name, but that=E2=80=99s what= is for. >> :-) >=20 > I'm open for suggestions, but I thought 'qsd' was a bit too terse. :-) >=20 > (Actually, maybe we could even pick something that doesn't mention > storage or block? After all, it can do all kinds of QEMU backends in > theory. Not sure if there's any standalone use for them, but who > knows...) Maybe 'qback', for qemu-backend? --=20 Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org