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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 14/42] block: Use CAFs when working with back
From: |
Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 14/42] block: Use CAFs when working with backing chains |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:39:31 +0000 |
14.06.2019 19:02, Max Reitz wrote:
> On 14.06.19 16:31, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
>> 14.06.2019 16:50, Max Reitz wrote:
>>> On 14.06.19 15:26, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
>>>> 13.06.2019 1:09, Max Reitz wrote:
>>>>> Use child access functions when iterating through backing chains so
>>>>> filters do not break the chain.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> block.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
>>>>> index 11f37983d9..505b3e9a01 100644
>>>>> --- a/block.c
>>>>> +++ b/block.c
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> @@ -4273,11 +4274,18 @@ int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
>>>>> BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
>>>>> BlockDriverState *bs)
>>>>> {
>>>>> - while (active && bs != backing_bs(active)) {
>>>>> - active = backing_bs(active);
>>>>> + bs = bdrv_skip_rw_filters(bs);
>>>>> + active = bdrv_skip_rw_filters(active);
>>>>> +
>>>>> + while (active) {
>>>>> + BlockDriverState *next = bdrv_backing_chain_next(active);
>>>>> + if (bs == next) {
>>>>> + return active;
>>>>> + }
>>>>> + active = next;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> - return active;
>>>>> + return NULL;
>>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Semantics changed for this function.
>>>> It is used in two places
>>>> 1. from bdrv_find_base wtih @bs=NULL, it should be unchanged, as I hope we
>>>> will never have
>>>> filter node as a bottom of some valid chain
>>>>
>>>> 2. from qmp_block_commit, only to check op-blocker... hmmm. I really don't
>>>> understand,
>>>> why do we check BLOCK_OP_TYPE_COMMIT_TARGET on top_bs overlay.. top_bs
>>>> overlay is out of the job,
>>>> what is this check for?
>>>
>>> There is a loop before this check which checks that the same blocker is
>>> not set on any nodes between top and base (both inclusive). I guess
>>> non-active commit checks the node above @top, too, because its backing
>>> file will change.
>>
>> So in this case frozen chain works better.
>
> Perhaps. The op blockers are in this weird state anyway. I don’t think
> we even need them any more, because the permissions were intended to
> replace them (they were originally called “fine-grained op blockers”, I
> seem to remember).
>
> I dare not touch them.
>
>>>>> /* Given a BDS, searches for the base layer. */
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> @@ -5149,7 +5165,7 @@ BlockDriverState
>>>>> *bdrv_find_backing_image(BlockDriverState *bs,
>>>>> char *backing_file_full_ret;
>>>>>
>>>>> if (strcmp(backing_file, curr_bs->backing_file) == 0) {
>>>>
>>>> hmm, interesting, what bs->backing_file now means? It's strange enough to
>>>> store such field on
>>>> bds, when we have backing link anyway..
>>>
>>> Patch 37 has you covered. :-)
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, if it has removed this field, but it doesn't)
>
> Because it’s needed. (Just not in the current form, but that’s what 37
> is for.)
>
>> So, we finished with some object, called "overlay", but it is not an overlay
>> of bs, it's overlay of
>> first non-implicit filtered node in bs backing chain, it may be found by
>> bdrv_find_overlay() helper (which is
>> almost unused and my be safely dropped), and filename of this "overlay" is
>> stored in bs->backing_file string
>> variable, keeping in mind that bs->backing is pointer to backing child of bs
>> which is completely another thing?
>
> I don’t quite see what you mean. There is no “overlay” in this function.
Hmm, sorry, I kept in mind overlay from the next patch..
>
>> Oh, no, everything related to filename-based backing chain logic is not for
>> me o_O. If something doesn't work
>> with filename-based logic users should use node-names..
>
> In theory yes, but that isn’t an option for qemu-img commit, for example.
And if something doesn't work with qemu-img, users should use qemu process in
stopped state. And I'd prefer to
deprecate most of qemu-img :) Actually we in Virtuozzo already go this way for
some things. QMP interface is
a lot more useful than qemu-img, and it's always simpler to maintain and
develop one thing than two.
>
>> And I'd prefer to deprecate filename based interfaces at all.
>
> Me too.
>
> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-09/msg04878.html
>
> :-/
>
Really sad..
--
Best regards,
Vladimir
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 11/42] block: Add bdrv_supports_compressed_writes(), (continued)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 15/42] block: Re-evaluate backing file handling in reopen, Max Reitz, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 16/42] block: Use child access functions when flushing, Max Reitz, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 17/42] block: Use CAFs in bdrv_refresh_limits(), Max Reitz, 2019/06/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 18/42] block: Use CAFs in bdrv_refresh_filename(), Max Reitz, 2019/06/12