Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 15/16] block/mirror: Add copy mode QAPI interface

[Eric Blake]

On 02/28/2018 12:05 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> This patch allows the user to specify whether to use active or only
> background mode for mirror block jobs.  Currently, this setting will
> remain constant for the duration of the entire block job.
>
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> ---
>   qapi/block-core.json      | 11 +++++++++--
>   include/block/block_int.h |  4 +++-
>   block/mirror.c            | 12 +++++++-----
>   blockdev.c                |  9 ++++++++-
>   4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
> index c73b769c27..1186c007ae 100644
> --- a/qapi/block-core.json
> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> @@ -1573,6 +1573,9 @@
>   #         written. Both will result in identical contents.
>   #         Default is true. (Since 2.4)
>   #
> +# @copy-mode: when to copy data to the destination; defaults to 'background'
> +#             (Since: 2.12)
> +#

Are we still aiming for 2.12, or is this a feature which missed 
softfreeze and should therefore be 2.13?

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