Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/4] block/qapi: always report full_backing_filename

2015-12-14 Thread Max Reitz
On 14.12.2015 17:38, John Snow wrote: > > > On 12/14/2015 11:36 AM, Max Reitz wrote: >> On 12.12.2015 02:25, John Snow wrote: >>> Always report full_backing_filename, even if it's the same as >>> backing_filename. In the next patch, full_backing_filename may be >>> omitted if it cannot be generat

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/4] block/qapi: always report full_backing_filename

2015-12-14 Thread Max Reitz
On 12.12.2015 02:25, John Snow wrote: > Always report full_backing_filename, even if it's the same as > backing_filename. In the next patch, full_backing_filename may be > omitted if it cannot be generated instead of allowing e.g. drive_query > to abort if it runs into this scenario. > > The prese

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/4] block/qapi: always report full_backing_filename

2015-12-14 Thread John Snow
On 12/14/2015 11:36 AM, Max Reitz wrote: > On 12.12.2015 02:25, John Snow wrote: >> Always report full_backing_filename, even if it's the same as >> backing_filename. In the next patch, full_backing_filename may be >> omitted if it cannot be generated instead of allowing e.g. drive_query >> to ab

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/4] block/qapi: always report full_backing_filename

2015-12-11 Thread John Snow
Always report full_backing_filename, even if it's the same as backing_filename. In the next patch, full_backing_filename may be omitted if it cannot be generated instead of allowing e.g. drive_query to abort if it runs into this scenario. The presence or absence of the "full" field becomes useful