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Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC v2 for-2.9 09/10] squash! nbd: Tidy up blockdev-ad


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC v2 for-2.9 09/10] squash! nbd: Tidy up blockdev-add interface
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:19:55 -0500
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On 03/30/2017 08:15 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Drop backward -drive server.data.* compatibility gunk.  On squash,
> replace commit message's last paragraph "Unfortunately, SocketAddress
> is also visible..." by:

Maybe I should glance at the whole thread before reviewing without
realizing what is coming later ;)

> 
> Unfortunately, SocketAddress is also visible in -drive since 2.8:
> 
>     -drive 
> if=none,driver=nbd,server.type=inet,server.data.host=127.0.0.1,server.data.port=12345
> 
> Nobody should be using it, as it's fairly new and has never been
> documented, so adding still more compatibility gunk to keep it working
> isn't worth the trouble.  You now have to use
> 
>     -drive 
> if=none,driver=nbd,server.type=inet,server.host=127.0.0.1,server.port=12345

As pointed out on 8/10, it might be worth documenting that while legacy
'port' is optional, the new 'server.port' is mandatory.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/nbd.c | 41 +----------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 40 deletions(-)
> 

When squashed with 8/10, it does make that patch more palatable (all the
concerns I expressed there were ripped out here).  So if no one else has
a strong argument for keeping 'server.data.*' back-compat, then the
squash of 8+9 together can have:

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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