[Libvirt-cim] [PATCH 0 of 9] Reorganized association provider registration

[Kaitlin Rupert]

Dan Smith wrote:
> KR> Applying these patches didn't fix the dups for me (btw, thanks for
> KR> finding the dups!).  I think the Virt_ provider still gets called
> KR> twice.
>
> Yeah, with more testing, I still get dups as well.  Changing back to a
> unified provider name doesn't change the fact that the CIMOM still
> calls the provider once per registered class.  The unified case
> prevents us from having a key to filter on too.
>
> My previous statement about connect_by_classname() is invalid too,
> because we use the ref for connecting, which will be, for example,
> Xen_Foo in both cases (for the KVM instance and the Xen instance of
> the provider's registration).
>
> So, I think the bottom line is:  We still need ASSOC_MATCH() and it is
> the proper way to fix this problem for the associations that we
> currently have without it.
>
> Right?
>   
Right..  ASSOC_MATCH() solves this problem.  There might be another 
solution, but I'm not sure of one at the moment.

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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
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