"Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" <dgilb...@redhat.com> wrote: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com> > > qemu_get_buffer always copies the data it reads to a users buffer, > however in many cases the file buffer inside qemu_file could be given > back to the caller, avoiding the copy. This isn't always possible > depending on the size and alignment of the data. > > Thus 'qemu_get_buffer_less_copy' either copies the data to a supplied > buffer or updates a pointer to the internal buffer if convenient. > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quint...@redhat.com> I don't know still where this function is used, but function is correct. Can I suggest to change th ename to: qemu_get_buffer_in_place()? less_copy sounds ambigous to me :p
