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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] blockdev: Add dynamic module l


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] blockdev: Add dynamic module loading for block drivers
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:12:00 +0200
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On 16/06/2016 16:10, Colin Lord wrote:
> On 06/16/2016 10:05 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 16/06/2016 16:00, Colin Lord wrote:
>>>>>> The only block drivers that can be converted into modules are the drivers
>>>>>> that don't perform any init operation except for registering themselves. 
>>>>>> This
>>>>>> is why libiscsi has been disabled as a module.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it has in this patch :) but you can also move the
>>>> iscsi_opts registration to vl.c.
>>>
>>> Yeah I think Stefan mentioned this point in one of the earlier threads
>>> but he said to do it in a separate commit, which I took to mean I
>>> shouldn't include it here. Should I add it as a third part to this patch
>>> series or leave it for a completely separate commit?
>>
>> The patches in the series are left separate when including them in QEMU.
>>  Therefore, a separate patch *is* (or will become :)) a separate commit.
> 
> Yep, mostly just wasn't sure whether it was considered to be related
> enough to include with the other two.

I think it is, since you had to refer to (the lack of) it in a commit
message.

In general, the beauty of patch series is that it's relatively cheap to
add a patch.  One should not overdo it, but a long series of
dependencies benefits neither the author nor the reviewer.

Paolo

>> Therefore, putting the change before this patch, or alternatively as the
>> first patch in the series, will be fine.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paolo
>>
> 
> Sounds good, I'll work on putting that in the next version then.
> 
> Colin
> 



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