Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 5/5] qemu_aio_get used to clear all allocated buffer

[Frediano Ziglio]

2011/7/20 Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>:
> Am 20.07.2011 09:57, schrieb Frediano Ziglio:
>> Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  block/qcow.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
>> index 007fb57..8fd1ee5 100644
>> --- a/block/qcow.c
>> +++ b/block/qcow.c
>> @@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static QCowAIOCB *qcow_aio_setup(BlockDriverState *bs,
>>          int64_t sector_num, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int nb_sectors,
>>          int is_write, QCowAIOCB *acb)
>>  {
>> -    memset(acb, 0, sizeof(*acb));
>>      acb->bs = bs;
>>      acb->sector_num = sector_num;
>>      acb->qiov = qiov;
>> @@ -509,6 +508,7 @@ static QCowAIOCB *qcow_aio_setup(BlockDriverState *bs,
>>          if (is_write)
>>              qemu_iovec_to_buffer(qiov, acb->buf);
>>      } else {
>> +        acb->orig_buf = NULL;
>>          acb->buf = (uint8_t *)qiov->iov->iov_base;
>>      }
>>      acb->nb_sectors = nb_sectors;
>
> What does this fix? Removing the memset looks like changing code for no
> obvious reason. Is there any state in acb that must survive qcow_aio_setup?
>
> Kevin
>

No, this is not a fix, just an optimization, memset was used to clear
entire structure but all fields are set by qcow_aio_setup, only
orig_buf left.
The comment, I must admit is terrible! And it's mine! I'll rewrite all
comments, perhaps merge some commits and send all patches again.

Frediano