Message ID | 20230515195343.1915857-1-eblake@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | qemu patches for 64-bit NBD extensions | expand |
Adding qemu-block for the cover letter (not sure how I missed that the first time). On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 02:53:29PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > > v2 was here: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2022-11/msg02340.html > > Since then: > - upstream NBD has accepted the extension on a branch; once multiple > implementations interoperate based on that spec, it will be promoted > to mainline (my plan: qemu with this series, libnbd nearly ready to > go, nbdkit a bit further out) > - rebase to block changes in meantime > - drop RFC patches for 64-bit NBD_CMD_READ (NBD spec did not take them) > - per upstream spec decision, extended headers now mandates use of > NBD_REPLY_TYPE_BLOCK_STATUS_EXT rather than server choice based on > reply size, which in turn required rearranging server patches a bit > - other changes that I noticed while testing with parallel changes > being added to libnbd (link to those patches to follow in the next > week or so) If it helps review, I compared to my v2 posting as follows: 001/14:[0007] [FC] 'nbd/client: Use smarter assert' 002/14:[----] [--] 'nbd/client: Add safety check on chunk payload length' 003/14:[----] [-C] 'nbd/server: Prepare for alternate-size headers' 004/14:[0099] [FC] 'nbd: Prepare for 64-bit request effect lengths' 005/14:[0002] [FC] 'nbd: Add types for extended headers' 006/14:[0012] [FC] 'nbd/server: Refactor handling of request payload' 007/14:[0026] [FC] 'nbd/server: Refactor to pass full request around' 008/14:[0052] [FC] 'nbd/server: Support 64-bit block status' 009/14:[0032] [FC] 'nbd/server: Initial support for extended headers' 010/14:[0020] [FC] 'nbd/client: Initial support for extended headers' 011/14:[0015] [FC] 'nbd/client: Accept 64-bit block status chunks' 012/14:[0042] [FC] 'nbd/client: Request extended headers during negotiation' 013/14:[0005] [FC] 'nbd/server: Prepare for per-request filtering of BLOCK_STATUS' 014/14:[0004] [FC] 'nbd/server: Add FLAG_PAYLOAD support to CMD_BLOCK_STATUS'