Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] docs: update bitmaps.md

[Eric Blake]

On 11/10/2015 04:00 PM, John Snow wrote:
> Include new error handling scenarios for 2.5.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
> ---
>  docs/bitmaps.md | 157 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 157 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/bitmaps.md b/docs/bitmaps.md
> index 9fd8ea6..a2e8d51 100644
> --- a/docs/bitmaps.md
> +++ b/docs/bitmaps.md
> @@ -19,12 +19,20 @@ which is included at the end of this document.
>  * A dirty bitmap's name is unique to the node, but bitmaps attached to 
> different
>    nodes can share the same name.
>  
> +* Dirty bitmaps created for internal use by QEMU may be anonymous and have no
> +  name, but any user-created bitmaps may not be. There can be any number of
> +  anonymous bitmaps per node.

may not be what?  Maybe:

Dirty bitmaps ... have no name, but any user-created bitmaps will have a
name.  There can be...


> +
> +### Grouped Completion Mode
> +

> +    * Later, QEMU sends notice that the second job has errored out,
> +      but that the first job was also cancelled:
> +        ```json
> +        { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1447193702, "microseconds": 632377 },
> +          "data": { "device": "drive1", "action": "report",
> +                    "operation": "read" },
> +          "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR" }
> +        ```
> +
> +        ```json
> +        { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1447193702, "microseconds": 640074 },
> +          "data": { "speed": 0, "offset": 0, "len": 67108864,
> +                    "error": "Input/output error",
> +                    "device": "drive1", "type": "backup" },
> +          "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED" }
> +        ```

So we get both an error and a completion notice on failed jobs?  I guess
it's because you can configure jobs to report errors but continue on, so
the error notification alone doesn't say whether the job ends.

> +
> +        ```json
> +        { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1447193702, "microseconds": 640163 },
> +          "data": { "device": "drive0", "type": "backup", "speed": 0,
> +                    "len": 67108864, "offset": 16777216 },
> +          "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED" }
> +        ```
> +

Thanks; these examples are very useful.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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