Re: [Nbd] [PATCH v5] doc: Add NBD_CMD_BLOCK_STATUS extension (part 2)

[Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...>]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 02:12:48PM +0000, Alex Bligh wrote:
> 
> > On 12 Dec 2016, at 20:43, Wouter Verhelst <w@...112...> wrote:
> > 
> > +- `NBD_OPT_SET_META_CONTEXT` (11)
> > +
> > +    Change the set of active metadata contexts. Issuing this command
> > +    replaces all previously-set metadata contexts; clients must ensure
> > +    that all metadata contexts they're interested in are selected with
> > +    the final query that they sent.
> > +
> > +    Data:
> > +    - 32 bits, length of query
> > +    - String, query to select metadata contexts. The syntax of this
> > +      query is implementation-defined, except that it MUST start with a
> > +      namespace. This namespace may be one of the following:
> > +        - `base:`, for metadata contexts defined by this document;
> > +        - `nbd-server:`, for metadata contexts defined by the
> > +          implementation that accompanies this document (none
> > +          currently);
> > +        - `x-*:`, where `*` can be replaced by any random string not
> > +          containing colons, for local experiments. This SHOULD NOT be
> > +          used by metadata contexts that are expected to e widely used.
> > +        - third-party implementations can register additional
> > +          namespaces by simple request to the mailinglist.
> 
> Surely also we need to specify multiple queries?

Yes. See my reply to Stefan's mail ;-)


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