Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V5 0/7] Giving names to BlockDriverState graph nodes

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 12.12.2013 um 16:33 hat Benoît Canet geschrieben:
> v5:
>     block empty node names [Kevin]
>     factorize setting of node-name option [Kevin]
>     NULL terminate node_name on removal [Kevin]
>     make query-named-block-nodes return BlockDeviceInfo structure [Eric]
>     Change some doc in query-named-block-nodes [Eric]
>     Document the choice of the QMP API for node name [Eric]
>     Use the same authorization as snapshot on block resize [Kevin]
>     Rebase the series [Kevin]
> 
> Benoît Canet (7):
>   block: Add bs->node_name to hold the name of a bs node of the bs
>     graph.
>   block: Allow the user to define "node-name" option.
>   qmp: Add a command to list the named BlockDriverState nodes.
>   qmp: Allow to change password on named block driver states.
>   block: Create authorizations mechanism for external snapshot and
>     resize.
>   qmp: Allow block_resize to manipulate bs graph nodes.
>   qmp: Allow to take external snapshots on bs graphs node.

One more general question: Now that we have node names, should
bdrv_file_open() use node names rather than device names for references?
(Well, no, come to think of it, it's not really a question, but more of
a request ;-))

Kevin