Sage Weil writes:
> Hi Anthony, Stefan, Paolo,
>
> [Resurrecting an old thread, here!]
>
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 Anthony Liguori wrote:
>
> Has any progress been made toward a generic dynamic linking solution for
> block drivers? It is a conceptually simple change, but non-trivial for
> anyone u
--On 21 June 2013 11:42:34 -0700 Sage Weil wrote:
Has any progress been made toward a generic dynamic linking solution for
block drivers? It is a conceptually simple change, but non-trivial for
anyone unfamiliar with the build system.
In the mean time, the inability to dynamically link libr
Hi Anthony, Stefan, Paolo,
[Resurrecting an old thread, here!]
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Stefan Hajnoczi writes:
> > NACK
> >
> > I think we're solving the problem at the wrong level. Writing our own
> > dynamic linker and adding boilerplate to juggle function pointers
> > ev
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:19:03PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 10/04/2013 17:08, Anthony Liguori ha scritto:
> > /* This should not be used directly. Use block_init etc. instead. */
> > #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE
> > #define module_init(function, type)\
> > const gchar *g_module_check_
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:08:20AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Stefan Hajnoczi writes:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Josh Durgin
> > wrote:
> > NACK
> >
> > I think we're solving the problem at the wrong level. Writing our own
> > dynamic linker and adding boilerplate to juggle fu
Il 10/04/2013 17:08, Anthony Liguori ha scritto:
> /* This should not be used directly. Use block_init etc. instead. */
> #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE
> #define module_init(function, type) \
> const gchar *g_module_check_init(GModule *module) \
> {
Stefan Hajnoczi writes:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Josh Durgin wrote:
> NACK
>
> I think we're solving the problem at the wrong level. Writing our own
> dynamic linker and adding boilerplate to juggle function pointers
> every time we use a library dependency is ugly.
>
> There are two
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Josh Durgin wrote:
> This allows the rbd block driver to detect symbols in the installed
> version of librbd, and enable or disable features appropriately. This
> obviates the #ifdefs regarding librbd versions.
>
> Loading librbd dynamically also makes the rbd blo
This allows the rbd block driver to detect symbols in the installed
version of librbd, and enable or disable features appropriately. This
obviates the #ifdefs regarding librbd versions.
Loading librbd dynamically also makes the rbd block driver easier to
install and package, since it removes the
