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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qapi: Add "backing" and "file" to BlockStats
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qapi: Add "backing" and "file" to BlockStats |
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:35:53 +0100 |
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Am 22.01.2014 um 04:30 hat Fam Zheng geschrieben:
> Currently there is no way to query BlockStats of the backing chain. This
> adds "backing" and "file" fields into BlockStats to make it possible.
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> The old optional field "parent", which has the information for "file",
> is kept there for backward compatibility, as an alias for "file".
> However field name "file" is more consistent with "file" option name in
> the block device configuration interface.
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> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
I don't think it's a good idea to duplicate a field just because we like
the new name better. Eric?
Kevin