Re: [Qemu-devel] Regarding the status of Gluster's multi volfile server patches

[Prasanna Kalever]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Prasanna Kalever <address@hidden>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:30 AM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 06/14/2016 06:36 AM, Jeff Cody wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:27:55PM +0530, Prasanna Kalever wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please help me in tracking the QAPI changes for union
>>>> discriminator addition,
>>>> the below [1] gluster related patches are awaiting from very long,
>>>> because of the dependency with QMP design changes.
>>>>
>>>> These patches [1] also stuck changes in libvirt/vdsm. It will be
>>>> really helpful for us, if someone can suggest what can be done to
>>>> accept this patches as early as possible.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg06324.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Prasanna,
>>>
>>> The last I know, as of v15 / v16, is that the libvirt team (Eric Blake)
>>> still has outstanding concerns on the QAPI interface.
>>>
>>> Eric, are your concerns regarding the API for this series still
outstanding,
>>> or is this something you'd be comfortable supporting in libvirt with the
>>> current proposed interface?
>>
>> I've currently posted all patches in my working tree, but review says I
>> need another round of review before it gets merged:
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03569.html
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg03900.html
>>
>> I'm also one or two patches shy of being able to use one union type as
>> the branch of another flat union type, where I still have to write the
>> patch, but it should be easy on top of the qapi patches that have landed
>> so far.
>>
>> I also know that we want to get NBD converted for blockdev-add at the
>> same time, and that NBD, gluster, sheepdog, and other network-based
>> devices will share similar issues, so on my plate is to review this
series:
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01048.html
>>
>> Can you please point me to the last proposal for gluster, and/or repost
>> any series you have for proposing the idea?  I want to help get working
>> blockdev-add into 2.7 if at all possible.
>>
>
> Eric, here are the series of patches that are posted from my side for
> the very last time (2-3 months old).
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg06324.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg06326.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg06325.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg06327.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg06328.html
>
> I expect that they face merge conflicts on latest master, I'll re-base
> them and send sometime today.

Here are the series of patches, re-based on latest master:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg04122.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg04123.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg04124.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg04125.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg04126.html

Regards,
--
Prasanna