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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/23] block: Eliminate BlockDriverState member


From: Markus Armbruster
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/23] block: Eliminate BlockDriverState member device_name[]
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:45:17 +0200
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Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> On 09/10/2014 02:13 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> device_name[] is can become non-empty only in bdrv_new_named() and
>
> s/is //

Fixing, thanks!

>> bdrv_move_feature_fields().  The latter is used only to undo damage
>> done by bdrv_swap().  The former is called only by blk_new_with_bs().
>> Therefore, when a BlockDriverState's device_name[] is non-empty, then
>> it's owned by a BlockBackend.
>> 
>> The converse is also true, because blk_attach_bs() is called only by
>> blk_new_with_bs() so far.
>> 
>> Furthermore, blk_new_with_bs() keeps the two names equal.
>> 
>> Therefore, device_name[] is redundant.  Eliminate it.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
>> ---



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