Re: [Qemu-block] [RFC PATCH 0/8] quorum: Implement .bdrv_co_preadv/pwritev()

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 10/11/2016 18:19, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> This is part of a series that I'm working on and that aims to remove the
> bdrv_aio_*() emulation in io.c. blkdebug and blkverify were easy, but for
> quorum I need a few more patches, so I'm sending this out as an RFC while I
> continue work on the rest (QED, and then possibly some polishing).
> 
> After the series, quorum doesn't only use the preferred interfaces, but the
> code becomes a little easier to follow and byte granularity requests are
> supported. There is probably still some potential for additional cleanups in a
> follow-up series, but this should already be enough to be worth merging.

Honestly I don't see the point.  It seems easier, more practical and
more effective to convert bdrv_aio_* to byte ranges, especially since
QED would be basically a rewrite.

Paolo