Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/12] char: rename qemu_chr_write() to qemu_chr_fe_write()

[Avi Kivity]

On 08/01/2011 05:22 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> The char layer is confusing.  There is a front-end, typically a device, that
> can send and receive data.  The front-end sends data by calling
> qemu_chr_write().
>
> The back-end, typically created via -chardev, can also send and receive data.
> Oddly, it sends data by calling qemu_chr_read().
>
> Let's be explicit about which function is for which party.

A different way to accomplish this would be to have each pipe expose two 
interfaces (a front end and a back end), and use the same functions for 
both.  Just like a unix pipe.

The back end interface would typically be an internal object.

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