[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu v5 03/32] PVE backup: implement backup access setup and teardown API for external providers

[Fiona Ebner]

Am 24.03.25 um 14:02 schrieb Wolfgang Bumiller:
> The code below can also be factored out as AFAICT it, too, is a copy, if
> `backup_file` is a parameter (which which `NULL` may be passed, as
> `g_strdup()` explicitly maps NULL to NULL), and `uuid` as well I guess
> (here it's not touched but may as well be cleared (or the function would
> ignore it when NULL is passed)).

I now wonder if it's actually better to also generate a UUID for the
backup access just like for the usual backup? It's returned as part of
the result for query-backup and like that call sides could use the
information (e.g. to see if it's still the same backup access) if ever
required.