Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.6 1/7] block/vpc: fix VPC 'qemu-img create' regression

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 13.04.2016 um 17:40 hat Jeff Cody geschrieben:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:33:38PM -0400, Jeff Cody wrote:
> > Commit 'b8f45cdf7827e39f9a1e6cc446f5972cc6144237' switched VPC
> > over to using blk_pwrite() instead of bdrv_pwrite_sync().  The
> > return value of bdrv_pwrite_sync() was always 0 for success, and
> > create_dynamic_disk() in one instance checked for a non-zero return
> > value to indicate error.  However, blk_pwrite() may return positive
> > values for success.
> > 
> > This fails silently as well, since vpc_create() did not set errp
> > in this failuer case.  Set errp in all instances in vpc_create().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <address@hidden>
> 
> Ping on this series - ideally the whole series for 2.6, but this patch
> in particular is needed for 2.6 to prevent a regression from 2.5 (QEMU
> can no longer create VPC/VHD images without this patch).

The regression was already fixed in commit 40a99aac. With some changes
in the commit message, the rest of this patch is still useful.

Kevin