Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 13/16] block: Implement bdrv_append() without bdrv_swap()

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 12.10.2015 um 16:27 hat Alberto Garcia geschrieben:
> On Fri 09 Oct 2015 02:15:38 PM CEST, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > +static void change_parent_backing_link(BlockDriverState *from,
> > +                                       BlockDriverState *to)
> > +{
> > +    BdrvChild *c, *next;
> > +
> > +    QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(c, &from->parents, next_parent, next) {
> > +        assert(c->role != &child_backing);
> > +        c->bs = to;
> > +        QLIST_REMOVE(c, next_parent);
> > +        QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&to->parents, c, next_parent);
> > +        bdrv_ref(to);
> > +        bdrv_unref(from);
> > +    }
> > +    if (from->blk) {
> > +        blk_set_bs(from->blk, to);
> > +        if (!to->device_list.tqe_prev) {
> > +            QTAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(from, to, device_list);
> > +        }
> 
> Is it even possible that this last condition is false? In what case
> would 'to' be already in bdrv_states?
> 
> I understand that it would mean that it would already be attached to a
> BlockBackend, but that's not possible in this case.

Yes, I think it's not possible currently (hopefully, because that would
cause other bugs), just being careful. Eventually we'll allow more than
one BlockBackend pointing to the same BDS, and then this is a scenario
that could happen.

Kevin