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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v3 for-2.9 06/11] rbd: Clean up runtime_opts


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC v3 for-2.9 06/11] rbd: Clean up runtime_opts, fix -drive to reject filename
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:38:32 +0200
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On 27.03.2017 15:26, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> runtime_opts is used for three different purposes:
> 
> * qemu_rbd_open() uses it to accept options it recognizes, such as
>   "pool" and "image".  Other .bdrv_open() methods do it similarly.
> 
> * qemu_rbd_open() accepts additional list-valued options
>   auth-supported and server, with the help of qemu_rbd_array_opts().
>   The list elements are again dictionaries.  qemu_rbd_array_opts()
>   uses runtime_opts to accept their members.  Thus, runtime_opts
>   contains recognized sub-sub-options "auth", "host", "port" in
>   addition to recognized options.  No other block driver does that.
> 
> * qemu_rbd_create() uses it to convert the QDict produced by
>   qemu_rbd_parse_filename() to QemuOpts.  No other block driver does
>   that.  The keys produced by qemu_rbd_parse_filename() are "pool",
>   "image", "snapshot", "conf", "user" and "keyvalue-pairs".
>   qemu_rbd_open() accepts these, so no additional ones here.
> 
> This is a confusing mess.  Dates back to commit 0f9d252.  First step
> to clean it up is documenting runtime_opts.desc[]:
> 
> * Reorder entries to match the QAPI schema, like we do in other block
>   drivers.
> 
> * Document why the schema's "server" and "auth-supported" aren't in
>   .desc[].
> 
> * Document why "keyvalue-pairs", "host", "port" and "auth" are in
>   .desc[], but not the schema.
> 
> * Delete "filename", because none of the three users actually uses it.
>   This fixes -drive to reject parameter filename instead of silently
>   ignoring it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/rbd.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

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