Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Merge .bdrv_co_writev{, _flags} in drivers

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 05:01:57PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> We have too many driver callback interfaces; simplify the mess
> somewhat by merging the flags parameter of .bdrv_co_writev_flags()
> into .bdrv_co_writev_flags().  Note that as long as a driver doesn't

Typo - this should be just  .bdrv_co_writev

> set .supported_write_flags, the flags argument will be 0 and behavior
> is identical.  Also note that the public function bdrv_co_writev()
> still lacks a flags argument; so the driver signature is thus
> intentionally slightly different.  But that's not the end of the
> world, nor the first time that the driver interface differs slightly
> from the public interface.
> 
> Ideally, we should be rewriting all of these drivers to use modern
> byte-based interfaces.  But that's a more invasive patch to write
> and audit, compared to the simplification done here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---
> 
> Based-on: <address@hidden>
> ([PATCH v2 0/6] block: byte-based AIO read/write)
> 
>  include/block/block_int.h |  2 --
>  block/io.c                | 13 ++++---------
>  block/gluster.c           |  4 +++-
>  block/iscsi.c             |  8 ++++----
>  block/parallels.c         |  4 +++-
>  block/qcow.c              |  6 ++++--
>  block/qed.c               |  3 ++-
>  block/replication.c       |  4 +++-
>  block/sheepdog.c          |  4 +++-
>  block/ssh.c               |  4 +++-
>  block/vhdx.c              |  4 +++-
>  11 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>


Regards,
Daniel
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