Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC 4/8] block: add block_backup QMP command

[Eric Blake]

On 03/09/2013 03:22 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> @block-backup
> 
> Start a point-in-time copy of a block device to a new destination.
> 

Is a BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED event emitted when the copy is completed?  If
not, it should be.

> +# Since 1.5
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'block-backup',
> +  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'target': 'str', '*format': 'str',
> +            '*mode': 'NewImageMode', '*speed': 'int' } }

This creates a new job type - do you need to update other locations
(such as BlockJobInfo's @type, and in QMP/qmp-events.txt under
BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED/BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED @type) to call out what string
is used for the new job type?  For that matter, is it finally time to
introduce a new enum type for all valid block job types, and use that
enum type instead of 'str' anywhere QMP data structures distinguish
based on job type?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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