Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V5 1/4] Implement sync modes for drive-backup.

[Eric Blake]

On 07/19/2013 11:03 AM, Ian Main wrote:
> This patch adds sync-modes to the drive-backup interface and
> implements the FULL, NONE and TOP modes of synchronization.
> 

> Signed-off-by: Ian Main <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/backup.c            | 91 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  blockdev.c                | 25 ++++++++-----
>  include/block/block_int.h |  4 ++-
>  qapi-schema.json          |  4 +++
>  qmp-commands.hx           |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> 

> +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> @@ -1807,6 +1807,10 @@
>  # @format: #optional the format of the new destination, default is to
>  #          probe if @mode is 'existing', else the format of the source
>  #
> +# @sync: what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination
> +#        (all the disk, only the sectors allocated in the topmost image, or
> +#        only new I/O).
> +#
>  # @mode: #optional whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
>  #        'absolute-paths'.
>  #

This hunk is still wrong.  And we still haven't answered the
meta-question on whether @format should be mandatory (which I'd rather
fix that first, then rebase this on top of that).

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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