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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v4 09/18] block/dirty-bitmap: add bdrv_dirty_bit


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v4 09/18] block/dirty-bitmap: add bdrv_dirty_bitmap_merge_internal
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:38:14 +0200
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On 10.07.19 01:25, John Snow wrote:
> I'm surprised it didn't come up sooner, but sometimes we have a +busy
> bitmap as a source. This is dangerous from the QMP API, but if we are
> the owner that marked the bitmap busy, it's safe to merge it using it as
> a read only source.
> 
> It is not safe in the general case to allow users to read from in-use
> bitmaps, so create an internal variant that foregoes the safety
> checking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/dirty-bitmap.c      | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/block/block_int.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

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