Re: [PATCH 0/2] yank: Always link full yank code

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:22:42PM +0100, Lukas Straub wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 19:09:15 +0000
> Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 06:52:19PM +0100, Lukas Straub wrote:
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > > These patches remove yank's dependency on qiochannel and always link it in.
> > > Please Review.  
> > 
> > It would be useful if the cover letter or commit messages explained
> > to potential reviewers why this is being changed... The first patch
> > feels like a regression to me, without seeing an explanation why
> > it is desirable.
> 
> Yes, sorry. There are two reasons for this patchset:
> -To exercise the full yank code (with checks for registering and unregistering
>  of yank functions and instances) in existing tests and in the new yank test
>  (https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/cover.1616521487.git.lukasstraub2@web.de/)
> -To replace "[PATCH] yank: Avoid linking into executables that don't want it"
>  (https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210316135907.3646901-1-armbru@redhat.com/)
>  Now we always link in yank, but without pulling in other dependencies.

Conceptually, the real world usage of yank is in combination with parts
of QEMU doing I/O, and so they will always have the "io" subsystem
available. Thus it feels wrong to be refactoring this to avoid an
"io" dependancy.  I think this probably suggests that the yank code
shouldn't be in libqemuutil.la, but instead part of the "io" subsystem
to make the association/dependency explicit


Regards,
Daniel
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