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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 4/4] libxl: remove code added to use the 'phy' backend with CDROM devices



On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 06:13:39PM +0200, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> This is a partial revert of 612f15, that allowed CDROM devices to use the
> 'phy' PV backend. Due to limitations in the current implementation of the
> libxl_cdrom_insert function, the PV backend used in conjunction with an
> emulated CDROM device must always be Qdisk at the moment. This is due to
> libxl_cdrom_insert not running disk hotplug scripts on plug and unplug of PV
> CDROM backends (and possibly other yet to be identified issues).

LGTM

> 
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - Added a proper commit message.
> ---
>  tools/libxl/libxl_device.c | 9 +--------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c
> index ce53520..82405a7 100644
> --- a/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c
> +++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_device.c
> @@ -191,20 +191,13 @@ static int disk_try_backend(disk_try_backend_args *a,
>  
>      switch (backend) {
>      case LIBXL_DISK_BACKEND_PHY:
> -        if (!(a->disk->format == LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_RAW ||
> -              a->disk->format == LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_EMPTY)) {
> +        if (a->disk->format != LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_RAW) {
>              goto bad_format;
>          }
>  
>          if (libxl_defbool_val(a->disk->colo_enable))
>              goto bad_colo;
>  
> -        if (a->disk->format == LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_EMPTY) {
> -            LOG(DEBUG, "Disk vdev=%s is empty, skipping physical device 
> check",
> -                a->disk->vdev);
> -            return backend;
> -        }
> -
>          if (a->disk->backend_domid != LIBXL_TOOLSTACK_DOMID) {
>              LOG(DEBUG, "Disk vdev=%s, is using a storage driver domain, "
>                         "skipping physical device check", a->disk->vdev);
> -- 
> 2.6.4 (Apple Git-63)
> 

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