From: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Cc: "Kevin Wolf" <kwolf@redhat.com>, "John Snow" <jsnow@redhat.com>,
"Daniel P.Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] block/qcow2: implement blockdev-amend
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:14:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e49ef0f8fd1044d846bc7c089154294505bea083.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875zl1j81y.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org>
On Mon, 2019-10-07 at 10:04 +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > On 13.09.19 00:30, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > > Currently only for changing crypto parameters
> >
> > Yep, that elegantly avoids most of the problems we’d have otherwise. :-)
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
>
> [...]
> > > diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
> > > index 4a6db98938..0eb4e45168 100644
> > > --- a/qapi/block-core.json
> > > +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> > > @@ -4294,6 +4294,7 @@
> > > # Driver specific image creation options for qcow2.
> > > #
> > > # @file Node to create the image format on
> > > +# Mandatory for create
> > > # @data-file Node to use as an external data file in which all guest
> > > # data is stored so that only metadata remains in the qcow2
> > > # file (since: 4.0)
> > > @@ -4301,6 +4302,7 @@
> > > # standalone (read-only) raw image without looking at qcow2
> > > # metadata (default: false; since: 4.0)
> > > # @size Size of the virtual disk in bytes
> > > +# Mandatory for create
> > > # @version Compatibility level (default: v3)
> > > # @backing-file File name of the backing file if a backing file
> > > # should be used
> > > @@ -4315,10 +4317,10 @@
> > > # Since: 2.12
> > > ##
> > > { 'struct': 'BlockdevCreateOptionsQcow2',
> > > - 'data': { 'file': 'BlockdevRef',
> > > + 'data': { '*file': 'BlockdevRef',
> > > '*data-file': 'BlockdevRef',
> > > '*data-file-raw': 'bool',
> > > - 'size': 'size',
> > > + '*size': 'size',
> > > '*version': 'BlockdevQcow2Version',
> > > '*backing-file': 'str',
> > > '*backing-fmt': 'BlockdevDriver',
> > >
>
> My comments to the previous patch apply.
>
> > Making these fields optional makes me wonder whether it actually make
> > sense to have both create and amend share a single QAPI structure.
> > Wouldn’t it better to have a separate amend structure that then actually
> > reflects what we support? (This would also solve the problem of how to
> > express in the code what is and what isn’t supported through
> > blockdev-amend.)
>
> Good point. As is, the schema is rather confusing, at least to me. We
> reduce or avoid the confusion in documentation or in code. I'd prefer
> code unless it leads to too much duplication. "Too much" is of course
> subjective. Maxim, would you mind exploring it for us?
Nothing against having a separate amend structure, I actually prefer this,
and I don't think it will complicate the code.
Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-08 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-12 22:30 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/11] RFC crypto/luks: encryption key managment using amend interface Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 01/11] qcrypto: add suport for amend options Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-23 13:08 ` Eric Blake
2019-09-23 13:24 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 02/11] qcrypto-luks: extend the create options for upcoming encryption key management Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-04 17:42 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 9:28 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-11-08 10:48 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 11:48 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-07 7:49 ` [Qemu-devel] " Markus Armbruster
2019-11-08 9:28 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-10 13:44 ` Kevin Wolf
2019-11-08 10:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/11] qcrypto-luks: implement the " Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 04/11] block: amend: add 'force' option Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 05/11] block/crypto: implement the encryption key management Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-04 18:41 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 9:30 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-11-08 10:49 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 11:04 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-11-08 13:12 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 13:20 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/11] qcow2: implement crypto amend options Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 07/11] block: add x-blockdev-amend qmp command Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-04 18:53 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 9:26 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-11-08 10:36 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 13:37 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-11-08 9:27 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-07 7:53 ` [Qemu-devel] " Markus Armbruster
2019-11-08 15:38 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 08/11] block/crypto: implement blockdev-amend Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-07 7:58 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-11-08 15:36 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 09/11] block/qcow2: " Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-04 19:03 ` Max Reitz
2019-10-07 8:04 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-11-08 15:14 ` Maxim Levitsky [this message]
2019-11-08 15:18 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 10/11] iotests: filter few more luks specific create options Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-12 22:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 11/11] iotests : add tests for encryption key management Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-04 19:11 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 9:28 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-20 21:14 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/11] RFC crypto/luks: encryption key managment using amend interface John Snow
2019-09-22 8:17 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-07 8:05 ` Markus Armbruster
2019-11-06 16:43 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-09-30 17:11 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-10-04 19:10 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-08 15:07 ` Maxim Levitsky
2019-11-12 11:58 ` Max Reitz
2019-11-12 12:07 ` Maxim Levitsky
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