Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 4/5] Split the QEMU buffered file code out

[David Gibson]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:27:57AM -0200, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 09:24:11AM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > * David Gibson (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:13:41AM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) 
> > > wrote:
> > > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>
> > > > 
> > > > The splitting of qemu-file and addition of the buffered file landed
> > > > at the same time; so now split the buffered file code out.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <address@hidden>
> > > > ---
> > > >  migration/Makefile.objs   |   2 +-
> > > >  migration/qemu-file-buf.c | 486 
> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  migration/qemu-file.c     | 455 
> > > > -------------------------------------------
> > > >  tests/Makefile            |   3 +-
> > > >  4 files changed, 489 insertions(+), 457 deletions(-)
> > > >  create mode 100644 migration/qemu-file-buf.c
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/migration/Makefile.objs b/migration/Makefile.objs
> > > > index ce1e3c7..d929e96 100644
> > > > --- a/migration/Makefile.objs
> > > > +++ b/migration/Makefile.objs
> > > > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
> > > >  common-obj-y += migration.o tcp.o
> > > >  common-obj-y += vmstate.o
> > > > -common-obj-y += qemu-file.o qemu-file-unix.o qemu-file-stdio.o
> > > > +common-obj-y += qemu-file.o qemu-file-buf.o qemu-file-unix.o 
> > > > qemu-file-stdio.o
> > > >  common-obj-y += xbzrle.o
> > > >  
> > > >  common-obj-$(CONFIG_RDMA) += rdma.o
> > > > diff --git a/migration/qemu-file-buf.c b/migration/qemu-file-buf.c
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 0000000..d33dd44
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/migration/qemu-file-buf.c
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,486 @@
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * QEMU System Emulator
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> > > 
> > > Bit hard to believe that only Fabrice listed on this file is correct,
> > > given the buffered file stuff is fairly new.
> > 
> > Yes, I'd be happy to add Stefan and Joel's name to that, although
> > they never added it in their original patch, and when splitting files
> > we do normally take the copyright header from what we split out of;
> > but you are right it's misleading.
> 
> This is often a problem when we split source files, as the copyright
> notices are rarely updated when people add new code. IANAL, but copying
> the existing copyright header from the original file seems to be the
> most reasonable thing to do. If people are unhappy with the existing
> copyright header, they can submit patches for it.

Yeah, good point.

> Perhaps we could add a note just below the copyright info, indicating
> that the code was originally in ${ORIGINAL_FILE}.c, to help copyright
> archaeologists from the future.

That sounds like a good idea to me.

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