Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 6/7] block: Handle null backing link

[Eric Blake]

On 02/24/2018 09:40 AM, Max Reitz wrote:
> Instead of converting all "backing": null instances into "backing": "",
> handle a null value directly in bdrv_open_inherit().
>
> This enables explicitly null backing links for json:{} filenames.
>
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
> ---
>   block.c                    |  4 +++-
>   blockdev.c                 | 14 --------------
>   tests/qemu-iotests/089     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   tests/qemu-iotests/089.out |  8 ++++++++
>   4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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