Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/7] block: add live block commit functionality

[Eric Blake]

On 09/25/2012 12:58 PM, Jeff Cody wrote:
> On 09/25/2012 02:12 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 09/25/2012 10:29 AM, Jeff Cody wrote:
>>> This adds the live commit coroutine.  This iteration focuses on the
>>> commit only below the active layer, and not the active layer itself.
>>>

>> I think you are missing a check here that base is on the backing chain
>> of top.  See also my comments to 5/7.
>>
> 
> Did you mean your comments on 6/7 (or am I missing an email)?

Shoot.  You're right, and I messed myself up by reviewing out of order :)

> 
> This does get partially validated in patch 5/7, in the
> qmp_block_commit() handler - both base and top are verified to be in the
> chain 'bs'.  What is not validated, however, is that you did not swap
> your 'top' and 'base' arguments.  I'll add a check here for that, to
> make sure that base is reachable from overlay_bs.

At any rate, it sounds like I got my point across, in spite of myself.

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