Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-11 Thread John Snow
On 12/11/2017 12:05 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 2017-12-11 17:47, John Snow wrote: >> On 12/11/2017 11:31 AM, Max Reitz wrote: >>> On 2017-12-08 18:09, John Snow wrote: On 12/08/2017 09:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 2017-12-05 01:48, John Snow wrote: >> >> I would say that a bitmap

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-11 Thread Max Reitz
On 2017-12-11 17:47, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/11/2017 11:31 AM, Max Reitz wrote: >> On 2017-12-08 18:09, John Snow wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 12/08/2017 09:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote: On 2017-12-05 01:48, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/04/2017 05:21 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >> On

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-11 Thread John Snow
On 12/11/2017 11:31 AM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 2017-12-08 18:09, John Snow wrote: >> >> >> On 12/08/2017 09:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote: >>> On 2017-12-05 01:48, John Snow wrote: On 12/04/2017 05:21 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 2017-12-04 23:15, John Snow wrote: >> >> >> On

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-11 Thread Max Reitz
On 2017-12-08 18:09, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/08/2017 09:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote: >> On 2017-12-05 01:48, John Snow wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 12/04/2017 05:21 PM, Max Reitz wrote: On 2017-12-04 23:15, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/01/2017 02:41 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >> ((By the

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-08 Thread John Snow
On 12/08/2017 09:30 AM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 2017-12-05 01:48, John Snow wrote: >> >> >> On 12/04/2017 05:21 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >>> On 2017-12-04 23:15, John Snow wrote: On 12/01/2017 02:41 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > ((By the way, I don't suppose that's how it should work...

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-08 Thread Max Reitz
On 2017-12-05 01:48, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/04/2017 05:21 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >> On 2017-12-04 23:15, John Snow wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 12/01/2017 02:41 PM, Max Reitz wrote: ((By the way, I don't suppose that's how it should work... But I don't suppose that we want propagation of

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-04 Thread John Snow
On 12/04/2017 05:21 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 2017-12-04 23:15, John Snow wrote: >> >> >> On 12/01/2017 02:41 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >>> ((By the way, I don't suppose that's how it should work... But I don't >>> suppose that we want propagation of dirtying towards the BDS roots, do >>> we? :-/))

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-04 Thread Max Reitz
On 2017-12-04 23:15, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/01/2017 02:41 PM, Max Reitz wrote: >> ((By the way, I don't suppose that's how it should work... But I don't >> suppose that we want propagation of dirtying towards the BDS roots, do >> we? :-/)) > > I have never really satisfactorily explained

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-12-04 Thread John Snow
On 12/01/2017 02:41 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > ((By the way, I don't suppose that's how it should work... But I don't > suppose that we want propagation of dirtying towards the BDS roots, do > we? :-/)) I have never really satisfactorily explained to myself what bitmaps on intermediate notes truly

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] blockdev-backup: enable non-root nodes for backup

2017-11-09 Thread John Snow
On 11/09/2017 09:16 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > What was the reason to abandon non-root nodes? Eric had it correct: we were never convinced it work would properly, so we went with a smaller set.