On 7/17/19 3:13 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 7/17/19 12:39 PM, John Snow wrote:
>> From: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@virtuozzo.com>
>>
>> Let's add a possibility to query dirty-bitmaps not only on root nodes.
>> It is useful when dealing both with snapshots and incremental backups.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@virtuozzo.com>
>> [Added deprecation information. --js]
>> Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> block/qapi.c | 5 +++++
>> qapi/block-core.json | 6 +++++-
>> qemu-deprecated.texi | 12 ++++++++++++
>> 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
>> @@ -360,6 +360,9 @@
>> # @write_threshold: configured write threshold for the device.
>> # 0 if disabled. (Since 2.3)
>> #
>> +# @dirty-bitmaps: dirty bitmaps information (only present if node
>> +# has one or more dirty bitmaps) (Since 4.2)
>> +#
>
> Naming-wise, everything else in this struct uses 'foo_bar' while your
> addition uses 'foo-bar'. But at this point, I don't know if it's worth
> uglifying this addition just to fit in.
>
>> # Since: 0.14.0
>> #
>> ##
>> @@ -378,7 +381,7 @@
>> '*bps_wr_max_length': 'int', '*iops_max_length': 'int',
>> '*iops_rd_max_length': 'int', '*iops_wr_max_length': 'int',
>> '*iops_size': 'int', '*group': 'str', 'cache':
>> 'BlockdevCacheInfo',
>> - 'write_threshold': 'int' } }
>> + 'write_threshold': 'int', '*dirty-bitmaps': ['BlockDirtyInfo']
>> } }
>>
>> ##
>> # @BlockDeviceIoStatus:
>> @@ -656,6 +659,7 @@
>> #
>> # @dirty-bitmaps: dirty bitmaps information (only present if the
>> # driver has one or more dirty bitmaps) (Since 2.0)
>> +# Deprecated in 4.2; see BlockDirtyInfo instead.
>
> s/BlockDirtyInfo/BlockDeviceInfo/
>
> With the spelling fix,
>
Sigh, oops.
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
>
> Is this worth squeezing into 4.1, to start the deprecation clock one
> cycle earlier (on the grounds that the missing information for anonymous
> nodes is a bug)? Or am I pushing the boundaries too far, where keeping
> this as 4.2 material remains the best course of action?
>
Appealing option. If you think the deprecation plan is actionable enough
for libvirt, I'm in favor.
--js