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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v10 03/16] block: Use block_job_add_bdrv() in mi


From: Alberto Garcia
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v10 03/16] block: Use block_job_add_bdrv() in mirror_start_job()
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:46:56 +0200
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On Mon 10 Oct 2016 06:03:41 PM CEST, Kevin Wolf wrote:

>> Use block_job_add_bdrv() instead of blocking all operations in
>> mirror_start_job() and unblocking them in mirror_exit().
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
>
> Compared to the old code, this unblocks BLOCK_OP_TYPE_DATAPLANE, i.e.
> you can now run a dataplane device on a BDS used as the mirror target.
>
> This means that the target could require a different AioContext than
> the source, which we can't support. So it seems unlikely to me that we
> can lift this restriction.

Thanks, I'll fix it.

What happens if you run a dataplane on the source, though? That's
currently allowed as far as I'm aware. Wouldn't that have a similar
effect?

Berto



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