Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 14/16] blockjob: Store device name at job creation

[Alberto Garcia]

On Thu 01 Oct 2015 03:13:32 PM CEST, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Some block jobs change the block device graph on completion. This means
> that the device that owns the job and originally was addressed with its
> device name may no longer be what the corresponding BlockBackend points
> to.
>
> Previously, the effects of bdrv_swap() ensured that the job was (at
> least partially) transferred to the target image. Events that contain
> the device name could still use bdrv_get_device_name(job->bs) and get
> the same result.
>
> After removing bdrv_swap(), this won't work any more. Instead, save the
> device name at job creation and use that copy for QMP events and
> anything else identifying the job.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>

Berto