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Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extensi
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Wouter Verhelst |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension |
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Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:18:56 +0100 |
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On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 08:38:12AM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 12.12.2016 um 19:12 hat Wouter Verhelst geschrieben:
> > I'm not opposed to this proposal, per se, but there seems to be some
> > disagreement (by Kevin, for instance) on whether this extension is at
> > all useful.
>
> FWIW, I'm not opposed to adding the flag. I don't think it can hurt, but
> I wanted to ask the question so that we don't end up adding a feature
> that noone actually uses. Ultimately it's your call as a maintainer
> anyway how conservative you want to be with spec additions.
I'm not opposed either, but I do agree with you that we shouldn't add
such a feature if it doesn't end up getting used. Especially so if it
burns a flag in the (16-bit) "transmission flags" field, where space is
at a premium.
--
< ron> I mean, the main *practical* problem with C++, is there's like a dozen
people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules,
and pretty much all of them are just lying to themselves too.
-- #debian-devel, OFTC, 2016-02-12
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, (continued)
Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2016/12/06
Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Wouter Verhelst, 2016/12/12
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Kevin Wolf, 2016/12/13
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension,
Wouter Verhelst <=
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Alex Bligh, 2016/12/13
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [Nbd] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Eric Blake, 2016/12/13
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Wouter Verhelst, 2016/12/14
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Eric Blake, 2016/12/14
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Alex Bligh, 2016/12/14
- Re: [Qemu-block] [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension, Wouter Verhelst, 2016/12/14