From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50949) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGm3B-0001rd-6w for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:19:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGm3A-0000vf-CM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:19:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:18:56 +0100 From: Wouter Verhelst Message-ID: <20161213121856.b7fmjwjfkoeufz4g@grep.be> References: <20161205234235.5728-1-eblake@redhat.com> <20161212181237.3aymdmenxeu2kwjj@grep.be> <20161213073812.GA4443@noname.str.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161213073812.GA4443@noname.str.redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Nbd] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] doc: Propose NBD_FLAG_INIT_ZEROES extension List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Kevin Wolf Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net, xieyingtai@huawei.com, subo7@huawei.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, pbonzini@redhat.com On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 08:38:12AM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote: > Am 12.12.2016 um 19:12 hat Wouter Verhelst geschrieben: > > I'm not opposed to this proposal, per se, but there seems to be some > > disagreement (by Kevin, for instance) on whether this extension is at > > all useful. > > FWIW, I'm not opposed to adding the flag. I don't think it can hurt, but > I wanted to ask the question so that we don't end up adding a feature > that noone actually uses. Ultimately it's your call as a maintainer > anyway how conservative you want to be with spec additions. I'm not opposed either, but I do agree with you that we shouldn't add such a feature if it doesn't end up getting used. Especially so if it burns a flag in the (16-bit) "transmission flags" field, where space is at a premium. -- < ron> I mean, the main *practical* problem with C++, is there's like a dozen people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules, and pretty much all of them are just lying to themselves too. -- #debian-devel, OFTC, 2016-02-12