On 5/17/19 5:45 PM, John Snow wrote: > > > On 5/17/19 11:21 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: >> Add new optional parameter making possible to merge bitmaps from >> different nodes. It is needed to maintain external snapshots during >> incremental backup chain history. >> >> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@virtuozzo.com> >> ---
>> +# Since: 4.1
>> +##
>> +{ 'alternate': 'BlockDirtyBitmapMergeSource',
>> + 'data': { 'local': 'str',
>> + 'external': 'BlockDirtyBitmap' } }
>> +
>
> We might be able to use something more generic to name this type of
> thing, but I think such changes are wire compatible, so we can rename it
> to be more generic if we decide to use this for something else in the
> future, so this is good.
Correct - type names are not API, so we can rename them later if it
makes sense.
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