Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] docs: update bitmaps.md

[John Snow]

On 11/10/2015 06:09 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 11/10/2015 04:00 PM, John Snow wrote:
>> Include new error handling scenarios for 2.5.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  docs/bitmaps.md | 157 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 157 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/bitmaps.md b/docs/bitmaps.md
>> index 9fd8ea6..a2e8d51 100644
>> --- a/docs/bitmaps.md
>> +++ b/docs/bitmaps.md
>> @@ -19,12 +19,20 @@ which is included at the end of this document.
>>  * A dirty bitmap's name is unique to the node, but bitmaps attached to 
>> different
>>    nodes can share the same name.
>>  
>> +* Dirty bitmaps created for internal use by QEMU may be anonymous and have 
>> no
>> +  name, but any user-created bitmaps may not be. There can be any number of
>> +  anonymous bitmaps per node.
> 
> may not be what?  Maybe:
> 
> Dirty bitmaps ... have no name, but any user-created bitmaps will have a
> name.  There can be...
> 
> 
>> +
>> +### Grouped Completion Mode
>> +
> 
>> +    * Later, QEMU sends notice that the second job has errored out,
>> +      but that the first job was also cancelled:
>> +        ```json
>> +        { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1447193702, "microseconds": 632377 },
>> +          "data": { "device": "drive1", "action": "report",
>> +                    "operation": "read" },
>> +          "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR" }
>> +        ```
>> +
>> +        ```json
>> +        { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1447193702, "microseconds": 640074 },
>> +          "data": { "speed": 0, "offset": 0, "len": 67108864,
>> +                    "error": "Input/output error",
>> +                    "device": "drive1", "type": "backup" },
>> +          "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED" }
>> +        ```
> 
> So we get both an error and a completion notice on failed jobs?  I guess
> it's because you can configure jobs to report errors but continue on, so
> the error notification alone doesn't say whether the job ends.
> 

Not a design choice of mine; that's just what already happens when a
block job fails. You get the error notice *AND* the "completion" notice
with the error field set.

>> +
>> +        ```json
>> +        { "timestamp": { "seconds": 1447193702, "microseconds": 640163 },
>> +          "data": { "device": "drive0", "type": "backup", "speed": 0,
>> +                    "len": 67108864, "offset": 16777216 },
>> +          "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED" }
>> +        ```
>> +
> 
> Thanks; these examples are very useful.
> 

I'm glad.

> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> 

Thanks,
--js