On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 08:56:34AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > Externally, libnbd exposed the 64-bit opaque marker for each client > NBD packet as the "cookie", because it was less confusing when > contrasted with 'struct nbd_handle *' holding all libnbd state. It > also avoids confusion between the nown 'handle' as a way to identify a
noun > packet and the verb 'handle' for reacting to things like signals. > Upstream NBD changed their spec to favor the name "cookie" based on > libnbd's recommendations[1], so we can do likewise. > > [1] https://github.com/NetworkBlockDevice/nbd/commit/ca4392eb2b > > Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> > --- -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
