Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/12] dirty-bitmap: Drop unused functions

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

On 04/13/2017 05:19 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> 13.04.2017 02:40, John Snow wrote:
>>
>> On 04/12/2017 07:36 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> On 04/12/2017 05:47 PM, John Snow wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 04/12/2017 01:49 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>>>> We had several functions that no one was using, and which used
>>>>> sector-based interfaces.  I'm trying to convert towards byte-based
>>>>> interfaces, so it's easier to just drop the unused functions:
>>>>>
>>>>> bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size
>>>>> bdrv_dirty_bitmap_get_meta
>>>>> bdrv_dirty_bitmap_reset_meta
>>>>> bdrv_dirty_bitmap_meta_granularity
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   include/block/dirty-bitmap.h |  8 --------
>>>>>   block/dirty-bitmap.c         | 34 ----------------------------------
>>>>>   2 files changed, 42 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>> I think it's likely Vladimir is or at least was relying on some of
>>>> these
>>>> for his migration and persistence series.
>>>>
>>>> Might be nice to let him chime in to see how much of a hassle this is.
>>> Then let's add him in cc ;)
>>>
>> Err... I can't just summon people by mentioning them?
>>
>>> I'm okay if these functions stay because they have a user, but it would
>>> also be nice if they were properly byte-based (like everything else in
>>> dirty-bitmap at the end of my series).  So even if we remove them here,
>>> we can revert the removal, and re-add them but with a sane interface.
>>>
>> OK, but I will offer to do the work in the interest of not slowing
>> things down any further.
>>
>> Do you use any of these, Vladimir?
>>
>> --js
> HI all!
> 
> only bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size() is used. No problem to add it back with my
> series next update
> 
> 

Excellent, thanks!

In that case:

Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>

Should be for the whole series, IIRC.

--js