Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/6] block: allow commit active as top

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 26.11.2013 um 06:45 hat Fam Zheng geschrieben:
> Previously live commit of active block device is not supported, this series
> implements it and updates corresponding qemu-iotests cases.
> 
> This series is based on BlockJobType enum QAPI series.
> 
> v6: Address comments from Stefan:
> 
>     [04/06] commit: support commit active layer
>             Fix wording.
>     [05/06] qemu-iotests: update test cases for commit active
>             Drop is_active.
> 
>     Experimental for reviewers: the side by side diff against previous series:
> 
>         http://goo.gl/vgN6mc
> 
> v5: Address comments from Eric and Paolo:
>     Add mirror_start_job and front end wrapper. [Paolo]
>     Base on BlockJobType enum in QAPI. [Eric]
>     Drop "common" sync mode. [Eric]
> 
> v4: Rewrite to reuse block/mirror.c.
>     When committing the active layer, the job is internally a mirror job with
>     type name faked to "commit".
>     When the job completes, the BDSes are swapped, so the base image become
>     active and [top, base) dropped.
> 
> Fam Zheng (6):
>   mirror: don't close target
>   mirror: move base to MirrorBlockJob
>   block: add commit_active_start()
>   commit: support commit active layer
>   qemu-iotests: update test cases for commit active
>   commit: remove unused check
> 
>  block/commit.c            |  8 +----
>  block/mirror.c            | 77 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  blockdev.c                |  9 ++++--
>  include/block/block_int.h | 22 ++++++++++++--
>  qapi-schema.json          |  5 +--
>  tests/qemu-iotests/040    | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  6 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

Patches 1-3 and 6 are: Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>

Patch 4 needs a fix, patch 5 didn't apply any more and needs a rebase.

Kevin