Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 07/10] snapshot: qmp use new internal API for external snapshot transaction

[Wenchao Xia]

于 2013-3-13 18:18, Kevin Wolf 写道:
> Am 12.03.2013 um 09:30 hat Wenchao Xia geschrieben:
> >    I redesigned the structure, Following is the fake code:
> >
> > typedef struct BdrvActionOps {
> >      /* check the request's validation, allocate p_opaque if needed */
> >      int (*check)(BlockdevAction *action, void **p_opaque, Error **errp);
> >      /* take the action */
> >      int (*submit)(BlockdevAction *action, void *opaque, Error **errp);
> >      /* update emulator */
> >      int (*commit)(BlockdevAction *action, void *opaque, Error **errp);
> >      /* cancel the action */
> >      int (*rollback)(BlockdevAction *action, void *opaque, Error **errp);
> > } BdrvActionOps;
>
> Why do you need the split of prepare into check/submit?
>
> If you have prepare/commit/abort, everybody will recognise this as the
> standard transaction pattern because this is just how it's done.
> Deviating from it needs a good justification in my opinion.
>
> Kevin

  My thought is rejecting the request in *check if parameter invalid
before take any action, while submit do the real action, to reduce
the chance to of rolling back when some request not valid in the batch.

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Best Regards

Wenchao Xia