On (Tue) 16 Jun 2015 [11:26:18], Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com>
>
> qemu_get_buffer always copies the data it reads to a users buffer,
> however in many cases the file buffer inside qemu_file could be given
> back to the caller, avoiding the copy. This isn't always possible
> depending on the size and alignment of the data.
>
> Thus 'qemu_get_buffer_less_copy' either copies the data to a supplied
> buffer or updates a pointer to the internal buffer if convenient.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com>
Amit
