Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] iotests: Don't mention bdrv_swap in comments

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 17.12.2015 um 13:44 hat Fam Zheng geschrieben:
> On Thu, 12/17 09:21, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > Am 17.12.2015 um 06:09 hat Fam Zheng geschrieben:
> > > Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > >  tests/qemu-iotests/094 | 4 +---
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/094 b/tests/qemu-iotests/094
> > > index 27a2be2..d30c78d 100755
> > > --- a/tests/qemu-iotests/094
> > > +++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/094
> > > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> > >  #!/bin/bash
> > >  #
> > > -# Test case for drive-mirror to NBD (especially bdrv_swap() on NBD BDS)
> > > +# Test case for drive-mirror to NBD
> > >  #
> > >  # Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
> > >  #
> > > @@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE \
> > >      "{'execute': 'qmp_capabilities'}" \
> > >      'return'
> > >  
> > > -# 'format': 'nbd' is not actually "correct", but this is probably the 
> > > only way
> > > -# to test bdrv_swap() on an NBD BDS
> > >  _send_qemu_cmd $QEMU_HANDLE  \
> > >      "{'execute': 'drive-mirror',
> > >        'arguments': {'device': 'src',
> > 
> > Just completely removing the comment doesn't seem right to me if we
> > leave the "bad" option around.
> > 
> > The test seems to be a regression test for what was fixed in commit
> > f53a829, i.e. a direct effect of bdrv_swap(). This effect can't exist
> > any more, so we would keep the test just for some additional coverage
> > for NBD. Do we still need 'format': 'nbd' (if so, with a comment why we
> > do that) or should we make it 'raw' now?
> > 
> 
> I prefer keeping it as is, because making it raw would spoil the purpose as a
> regression test (the fix was on nbd).
> 
> Can we re-comment it as below?
> 
>     # 'format': 'nbd' is not actually "correct", but this was the only way to
>     # test the bug fixed in commit f53a829.  Though the bug's related code
>     # bdrv_swap() was replaced later, let's make sure we don't fall in the 
> same
>     # pit again.

That's fine with me.

Kevin