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...d, 54 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/plugins.c b/src/plugins.c index 3600293..085366b 100644 --- a/src/plugins.c +++ b/src/plugins.c @@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ plugin_dump_fields (void) plugin.dump_plugin (); } -void -plugin_config (const char *key, const char *value) +static int +final_plugin_config (const char *key, const char *value) { assert (dl); @@ -422,21 +422,68 @@ plugin_config (const char *key, const char *value) exit (EXIT_FAILURE); } - if (plugin.config (key, value) == -1) - exit (EXIT_FAILURE); + return plugin.config (key, value); +} + +static int +filter_plugi...

This patch isn't complete (patch 6/6 isn't finished) so it's just for discussion, although it does compile and run. This introduces to nbdkit a concept of "filters" which can be placed in front of plugins to modify their behaviour. Some examples where you might use filters: * Serve a subset of the data, such as (offset, range) or a single partition from a disk image.