[openstack-dev] [nova][live migration] Request to merge initial storage pool patches
Michael Still
mikal at stillhq.com
Thu May 5 23:30:53 UTC 2016
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:50 AM, Matthew Booth <mbooth at redhat.com> wrote:
> I mentioned in the meeting last Tuesday that there are now 2 of us working
> on the persistent storage metadata patches: myself and Diana Clarke. I've
> also been talking to Paul Carlton today trying to work out how he can get
> moving with the subsequent libvirt storage pools work without a huge amount
> of conflict. We're going to work that out, but something which would help
> us enormously while we work together is to knock off some semi-dependent
> patches at the beginning of the series.
>
> Specifically there are 5 patches which precede the series. None of these 5
> patches are really part of the series, but the series depends on all 5 to a
> greater or lesser degree. In order, they are:
>
> Only attempt to inject files if the injection disk exists
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/250872/
>
> Remove fake_imagebackend.Raw and cleanup dependent tests
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/267661/
>
> Rename Image.check_image_exists to Image.exists()
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/270998/
>
> Rename Raw backend to NoBacking
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/279626/
>
> Remove deprecated option libvirt.remove_unused_kernels
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/265886/
>
> These have all been reviewed previously and attracted +1s. I just rebased
> them, so they may have been lost, but I'm pretty sure they're ready for
> prime time. These patches aren't really what the series is about, but they
> are currently the principal source of merge conflicts. If we could get
> these out of the way it would make it much easier for the 3 of us working
> on the substantive series. Any chance of some core reviewer attention to
> get these moving?
>
> As for the status of the rest of the series, there are 2 more which I
> don't expect to change:
>
> Add a lock() context manager to image backend
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/279625/
>
> Introduce ImageCacheLocalPool
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/279669/
>
> Please review these too. However, these patches aren't ready to be merged
> because they don't add users of the interfaces they introduce.
>
> Everything after that is definitely changing. Diana and I are currently
> working on cranking through these backend by backend. I'll provide a weekly
> progress update in the live migration meeting.
>
> TL;DR Core reviewers: please review the first 5 patches listed above.
> There will be cake.
>
I'm very open to bribes. How will this cake be delivered?
Michael
--
Rackspace Australia
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/attachments/20160506/87a8627c/attachment.html>
More information about the OpenStack-dev
mailing list