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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/4] block/rbd: Attempt to parse leg


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/4] block/rbd: Attempt to parse legacy filenames
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:49:22 -0500
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On 9/12/18 8:18 AM, Jeff Cody wrote:
When we converted rbd to get rid of the older key/value-centric
encoding format, we broke compatibility with image files with backing
file strings encoded in the old format.

This leaves a bit of an ugly conundrum, and a hacky solution.


+        /* Take care whenever deciding to actually deprecate; once this ability
+         * is removed, we will not be able to open any images with 
legacy-styled
+         * backing image strings. */
+        error_report("RBD options encoded in the filename as keyvalue pairs "
+                     "is deprecated.  Future versions may cease to parse "
+                     "these options in the future.");

Fam spotted offline that " in the future" is redundant with "Future versions", if you want to respin the pull request.

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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