[Libguestfs] [PATCH v3 5/6] spec: Introduce NBD_FLAG_BLOCK_STATUS_PAYLOAD
Wouter Verhelst
w at uter.be
Tue Apr 18 12:30:08 UTC 2023
On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 05:02:40PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
[...]
> + If extended headers were negotiated, a server MAY optionally
> + advertise, via the transmission flag
> + `NBD_FLAG_BLOCK_STATUS_PAYLOAD`, that it supports an alternative
> + request form where the client sets `NBD_CMD_FLAG_PAYLOAD_LEN` in
> + order to pass a payload that informs the server to limit its
> + replies to the metacontext id(s) in the client's request payload,
> + rather than giving an answer on all possible metacontext ids. If
> + the server does not support the payload form, or detects duplicate
> + or unknown metacontext ids in the client's payload, the server
> + MUST gracefully consume the client's payload before failing with
> + `NBD_EINVAL`. The payload form MUST occupy 8 + n*4 bytes, where n
> + is the number of metacontext ids the client is interested in (as
> + implied by the payload length), laid out as:
> +
> + 64 bits, effect length
> + n * 32 bits, list of metacontext ids to use
This doesn't follow our usual format:
C: 64 bits, effect length
C: n * 32 bits, list of metacontext ids to use
Other than that,
Reviewed-By: Wouter Verhelst <w at uter.be>
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