Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] Eliminate drive_get_next()

[Markus Armbruster]

Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> writes:

> drive_get_next() is basically a bad idea.  It returns the "next" block
> backend of a certain interface type.  "Next" means bus=0,unit=N, where
> subsequent calls count N up from zero, per interface type.
>
> This lets you define unit numbers implicitly by execution order.  If
> the order changes, or new calls appear "in the middle", unit numbers
> change.  ABI break.  Hard to spot in review.  Replace its uses by
> drive_get(), then delete it.

Queued for 7.0.