Re: [Qemu-devel] BlockBackend next steps

[Markus Armbruster]

Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 02:16:37PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> "Need BlockBackend" has been a recurring theme for a long time.  It's
>> finally on master now.  Plenty of work left to do.  Let's coordinate
>> next steps to avoid duplicate work.
>
> Great job.  Thanks for sending this email.  I haven't followed closely
> and it helps me understand the current status.
>
> Looks like many of these tasks can be done in parallel.

Indeed!

>> * Convert block jobs
>> 
>>   We want to divorce jobs from the block layer, but since that'll
>>   probably take a while, lift them for now.
>
> Breaking the 1:1 relationship between block jobs and BDS is nice
> conceptually, but is there a concrete requirement?  Unless there is a
> use case that someone needs supported it's best to focus on more urgent
> issues.

I agree it's not a priority by itself.  It may be required to wean code
outside the block system off BDS.  We'll find out as we do the work.