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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 9/9] block: Allow changing 'force-share' on reop


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 9/9] block: Allow changing 'force-share' on reopen
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:01:27 +0200
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On 2018-08-26 16:09, Alberto Garcia wrote:
> 'force-share' is one of the basic BlockdevOptions available for all
> drivers, but it's silently ignored by bdrv_reopen_prepare/commit(), so
> the user cannot change it and doesn't get an error explaining that it
> can't be changed.
> 
> One example of how this option is being ignored is that on a
> read-write image this should produce an error:
> 
>    (qemu) qemu-io virtio0 "reopen -o force-share=on"
>    force-share=on can only be used with read-only images
> 
> Since there's no reason why we shouldn't allow changing it and the
> implementation is simple let's just do it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block.c               | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  include/block/block.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

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