Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v4 3/5] block: qobject_is_equal() in bdrv_reopen_prepare()

[Eric Blake]

On 07/05/2017 02:04 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> Currently, bdrv_reopen_prepare() assumes that all BDS options are
> strings. However, this is not the case if the BDS has been created
> through the json: pseudo-protocol or blockdev-add.
> 
> Note that the user-invokable reopen command is an HMP command, so you
> can only specify strings there. Therefore, specifying a non-string
> option with the "same" value as it was when originally created will now
> return an error because the values are supposedly similar (and there is
> no way for the user to circumvent this but to just not specify the
> option again -- however, this is still strictly better than just
> crashing).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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