Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/19] block: Fix some filename generation issues

[Alberto Garcia]

On Tue 26 Apr 2016 11:31:59 PM CEST, Max Reitz wrote:

> There are some issues regarding filename generation right now:
>
> - You always get a JSON filename if you set even a single qcow2-specific
>   runtime options (as long as it does not have a dot in it, which is a
>   bug, too, but here it is working in our favor...). That is not nice
>   and actually breaks the usage of backing files with relative
>   filenames with such qcow2 BDS.
>
> - As hinted above, you cannot use relative backing filenames with BDS
>   that have a JSON filename only, even though qemu might be able to
>   obtain the directory name by walking through the BDS graph to the
>   protocol level.
>
> - Overriding the backing file at runtime should invalidate the filename
>   because it actually changes the BDS's data. Therefore, we need to
>   force a JSON filename in that case, containing the backing file
>   override.
>
> - Much of our code assumes paths never to exceed PATH_MAX in length.
>   This is wrong, at least because of JSON filenames. This should be
>   fixed wherever the opportunity arises.

Hi Max,

I'd like to retake the review of this series. It can be rebased easily
and it still seems to work fine. Shall I take a look at the patches as
they are now or shall I better wait for a new version?

Berto