Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 01/10] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry

2014-06-16 Thread Jeff Cody
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 04:10:41PM +0200, Benoît Canet wrote: > The Friday 13 Jun 2014 à 14:52:29 (-0400), Jeff Cody wrote : > > Currently, node_name is only filled in when done so explicitly by the > > user. If no node_name is specified, then the node name field is not > > populated. > > > > If

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 01/10] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry

2014-06-16 Thread Eric Blake
On 06/16/2014 08:10 AM, Benoît Canet wrote: >> The prefix is to aid in identifying it as a qemu-generated name, the >> numeric portion is to guarantee uniqueness in a given qemu session, and >> the random characters are to further avoid any accidental collisions >> with user-specified node-names.

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 01/10] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry

2014-06-16 Thread Benoît Canet
The Friday 13 Jun 2014 à 14:52:29 (-0400), Jeff Cody wrote : > Currently, node_name is only filled in when done so explicitly by the > user. If no node_name is specified, then the node name field is not > populated. > > If node_names are automatically generated when not specified, that means > th

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 01/10] block: Auto-generate node_names for each BDS entry

2014-06-13 Thread Jeff Cody
Currently, node_name is only filled in when done so explicitly by the user. If no node_name is specified, then the node name field is not populated. If node_names are automatically generated when not specified, that means that all block job operations can be done by reference to the unique node_n