include/block/block_int: Document protocol related functions

Clarify that:

- for protocols the brdv_file_open function is used instead
of bdrv_open;

- when protocol_name is set, a driver should expect
to be given only a filename and no other options.

Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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Fabiano Rosas 2018-03-12 19:07:53 -03:00 committed by Kevin Wolf
parent 8140e786f0
commit 1e486cf30a

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@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ struct BlockDriver {
int (*bdrv_open)(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
Error **errp);
/* Protocol drivers should implement this instead of bdrv_open */
int (*bdrv_file_open)(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
Error **errp);
void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
@ -251,6 +253,12 @@ struct BlockDriver {
*/
int coroutine_fn (*bdrv_co_flush_to_os)(BlockDriverState *bs);
/*
* Drivers setting this field must be able to work with just a plain
* filename with '<protocol_name>:' as a prefix, and no other options.
* Options may be extracted from the filename by implementing
* bdrv_parse_filename.
*/
const char *protocol_name;
int (*bdrv_truncate)(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
PreallocMode prealloc, Error **errp);