Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] block: Fix permissions after ro/rw reopen

[Fam Zheng]

On Mon, 09/18 10:11, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > 2) Don't change the prototypes at all, just change .bdrv_reopen_prepare 
> > contract
> > so that after it returns, .bdrv_child_perm/.bdrv_check_perm should comply 
> > to the
> > new state that would be commited once .bdrv_reopen_commit() is called, or
> > reverted if .bdrv_reopen_abort().
> 
> Hm, .bdrv_reopen_prepare already gets the whole queue passed, so I guess
> this could technically work. I'm not sure if it is a good idea, though.
> 
> Such a change would still make .bdrv_child_perm depend on the reopen
> queue, just without actually passing it as a parameter. I like such
> hidden data flows even less than adding an explicit one.
> 
> It would also mean that each block driver would have to save the queue
> in its local bs->opaque structure so that .bdrv_child_perm can access it
> later. Alternatively, bdrv_reopen_prepare could already store the new
> cumulative parent permissions, but it would still involve two new fields
> in bs->opaque for storing something of a rather temporary nature.

What about this?

1) drv->bdrv_reopen_prepare() saves the desired new perms in BDRVReopenState.
2) bdrv_reopen_prepare() checks the new perms after drv->bdrv_reopen_prepare()
   returns.
3) bdrv_reopen_commit() updates the bs to new perms.

Fam