On 05/08/2015 11:21 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Currently, the block layer assumes that any block node can have only one
> parent, and if it has a parent, that it inherits some options/flags from
> this parent.
> 
> This is not true any more: With references used in block device
> creation, a single node can be used by multiple parents, or it can be
> created separately and not inherit flags from any parent.
> 
> To handle reopens correctly, a node must know from which parent it
> inherited options. This patch adds the information to BlockDriverState.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com>
> ---
>  block.c                   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  include/block/block_int.h |  4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>

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Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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