Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/8] blockdev: Further BlockBackend work

2015-11-09 Thread Jeff Cody
On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 04:49:12AM +0100, Max Reitz wrote: > On 10.11.2015 04:45, Eric Blake wrote: > > [side question] > > > > On 11/09/2015 08:27 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > >> Overall, this series adds more uses for BlockBackends and makes the code > >> follow the "reference theory" more closely, in

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/8] blockdev: Further BlockBackend work

2015-11-09 Thread Max Reitz
On 10.11.2015 04:45, Eric Blake wrote: > [side question] > > On 11/09/2015 08:27 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >> Overall, this series adds more uses for BlockBackends and makes the code >> follow the "reference theory" more closely, in that any BlockBackend >> created (through -drive or blockdev-add) has

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/8] blockdev: Further BlockBackend work

2015-11-09 Thread Eric Blake
[side question] On 11/09/2015 08:27 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > Overall, this series adds more uses for BlockBackends and makes the code > follow the "reference theory" more closely, in that any BlockBackend > created (through -drive or blockdev-add) has a reference count of 1, and > that reference sho

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/8] blockdev: Further BlockBackend work

2015-11-09 Thread Max Reitz
Overall, this series adds more uses for BlockBackends and makes the code follow the "reference theory" more closely, in that any BlockBackend created (through -drive or blockdev-add) has a reference count of 1, and that reference should be held by the monitor. This is reflected here by introducing