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From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, libguestfs@redhat.com,
	 Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com>,
	 "open list:Network Block Dev..." <qemu-block@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] nbd: Prepare for 64-bit request effect lengths
Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 13:23:28 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <y6aacamrljxcqzncawzgg5kriq2c5lqkoopd3keolcsnrvj4mf@q2hgmxzwk7cd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15122ad7-bc5b-a54c-d412-ac82ce7215b0@yandex-team.ru>

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 04:05:14PM +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> On 15.05.23 22:53, Eric Blake wrote:
> > Widen the length field of NBDRequest to 64-bits, although we can
> > assert that all current uses are still under 32 bits.  Move the
> > request magic number to nbd.h, to live alongside the reply magic
> > number.  Convert 'bool structured_reply' into a tri-state enum that
> > will eventually track whether the client successfully negotiated
> > extended headers with the server, allowing the nbd driver to pass
> > larger requests along where possible; although in this patch the enum
> > never surpasses structured replies, for no semantic change yet.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Blake<eblake@redhat.com>
> 
> Seems too much for one patch, could it could be split into
> - Convert 'bool structured_reply'
> - introduce third parameter for nbd_send_request()
> - rework len to 64bit

Okay, will give that a shot for v4.

> 
> otherwise, looks good to me
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Vladimir
> 

-- 
Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.           +1-919-301-3266
Virtualization:  qemu.org | libvirt.org



  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-30 18:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-15 19:53 [PATCH v3 00/14] qemu patches for 64-bit NBD extensions Eric Blake
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] nbd/client: Use smarter assert Eric Blake
2023-05-29  8:20   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] nbd/client: Add safety check on chunk payload length Eric Blake
2023-05-29  8:25   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] nbd/server: Prepare for alternate-size headers Eric Blake
2023-05-29 14:26   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-30 16:29     ` Eric Blake
2023-05-31  7:28       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] nbd: Prepare for 64-bit request effect lengths Eric Blake
2023-05-30 13:05   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-30 18:23     ` Eric Blake [this message]
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] nbd: Add types for extended headers Eric Blake
2023-05-30 13:23   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-30 18:22     ` [Libguestfs] " Eric Blake
2023-05-31  7:30       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] nbd/server: Refactor handling of request payload Eric Blake
2023-05-31  8:04   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] nbd/server: Refactor to pass full request around Eric Blake
2023-05-31  8:13   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] nbd/server: Support 64-bit block status Eric Blake
2023-05-31 14:10   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] nbd/server: Initial support for extended headers Eric Blake
2023-05-31 14:46   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-06-07 11:39     ` Eric Blake
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] nbd/client: " Eric Blake
2023-05-31 15:26   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-06-07 18:22     ` Eric Blake
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] nbd/client: Accept 64-bit block status chunks Eric Blake
2023-05-31 17:00   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] nbd/client: Request extended headers during negotiation Eric Blake
     [not found]   ` <1af7f692-b5de-c767-2568-1fc024a57133@yandex-team.ru>
     [not found]     ` <cqb3yww5ceeinh2pb5nqaljrsllu3ejkjsdueuw32cwcocumsn@okgujto2lzmn>
     [not found]       ` <cd83b0bc-0e6b-fc94-1cc2-9bf00d516140@yandex-team.ru>
     [not found]         ` <hbjtjovry4e5kb6oyii4g2hncetfo2uic67r5ipufcikvgyb5x@idenexfxits4>
2023-06-01  8:43           ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] nbd/server: Prepare for per-request filtering of BLOCK_STATUS Eric Blake
2023-06-01  9:57   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-05-15 19:53 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] nbd/server: Add FLAG_PAYLOAD support to CMD_BLOCK_STATUS Eric Blake
2023-06-02  9:13   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2023-06-02 13:14     ` [Libguestfs] " Eric Blake
2023-05-15 21:05 ` [Libguestfs] [PATCH v3 00/14] qemu patches for 64-bit NBD extensions Eric Blake

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