From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: david.edmondson@oracle.com, Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>,
qemu-block@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] block: Add new BDRV_ZERO_OPEN flag
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:03:31 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cfefd70e-5cfe-7f32-8740-0be6337ee558@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200131174436.2961874-11-eblake@redhat.com>
On 1/31/20 11:44 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> Knowing that a file reads as all zeroes when created is useful, but
> limited in scope to drivers that can create images. However, there
> are also situations where pre-existing images can quickly be
> determined to read as all zeroes, even when the image was not just
> created by the same process. The optimization used in qemu-img
> convert to avoid a pre-zeroing pass on the destination is just as
> useful in such a scenario. As such, it is worth the block layer
> adding another bit to bdrv_known_zeroes().
>
> Note that while BDRV_ZERO_CREATE cannot chase through backing layers
> (because it only applies at creation time, but the backing layer was
> not created at the same time as the active layer being created), it IS
> okay for BDRV_ZERO_OPEN to chase through layers (as long as all layers
> currently read as zero, the image reads as zero).
>
> Upcoming patches will update the qcow2, file-posix, and nbd drivers to
> advertise the new bit when appropriate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
> ---
[Is it bad when I review my own patches?]
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -5078,7 +5078,7 @@ int bdrv_known_zeroes_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs)
>
> int bdrv_known_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs)
> {
> - int mask = BDRV_ZERO_CREATE | BDRV_ZERO_TRUNCATE;
> + int mask = BDRV_ZERO_CREATE | BDRV_ZERO_TRUNCATE | BDRV_ZERO_OPEN;
>
> if (!bs->drv) {
> return 0;
> @@ -5100,17 +5100,17 @@ int bdrv_known_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs)
> * ZERO_CREATE is not viable. If the current layer is smaller
> * than the backing layer, truncation may expose backing data,
> * restricting ZERO_TRUNCATE; treat failure to query size in the
> - * same manner. Otherwise, we can trust the driver.
> + * same manner. For ZERO_OPEN, we insist that both backing and
> + * current layer report the bit.
> */
> -
> if (bs->backing) {
Spurious line deletion caused by rebasing.
> +++ b/include/block/block.h
> @@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ typedef enum {
> * for drivers that set .bdrv_co_truncate.
> */
> BDRV_ZERO_TRUNCATE = 0x2,
> +
> + /*
> + * bdrv_known_zeroes() should include this bit if an image is
> + * known to read as all zeroes when first opened; this bit should
> + * not be relied on after any writes to the image. This can be
> + * set even if BDRV_ZERO_INIT is clear, but should only be set if
Rebasing snafu - I renamed that bit BDRV_ZERO_CREATE in patch 9.
--
Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226
Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-31 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-31 17:44 [PATCH 00/17] Improve qcow2 all-zero detection Eric Blake
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 01/17] qcow2: Comment typo fixes Eric Blake
2020-02-04 14:12 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-09 19:34 ` Alberto Garcia
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 02/17] qcow2: List autoclear bit names in header Eric Blake
2020-02-04 14:26 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 03/17] qcow2: Avoid feature name extension on small cluster size Eric Blake
2020-02-04 14:39 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-09 19:28 ` Alberto Garcia
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 04/17] block: Improve documentation of .bdrv_has_zero_init Eric Blake
2020-02-04 15:03 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-04 15:16 ` Eric Blake
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 05/17] block: Don't advertise zero_init_truncate with encryption Eric Blake
2020-02-10 18:12 ` Alberto Garcia
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 06/17] block: Improve bdrv_has_zero_init_truncate with backing file Eric Blake
2020-02-10 18:13 ` Alberto Garcia
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 07/17] gluster: Drop useless has_zero_init callback Eric Blake
2020-02-04 15:06 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-10 18:21 ` Alberto Garcia
2020-02-17 8:06 ` [GEDI] " Niels de Vos
2020-02-17 12:03 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-17 12:22 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-17 14:01 ` Niels de Vos
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 08/17] sheepdog: Consistently set bdrv_has_zero_init_truncate Eric Blake
2020-02-04 15:09 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 09/17] block: Refactor bdrv_has_zero_init{,_truncate} Eric Blake
2020-02-04 15:35 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-04 15:49 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-04 16:07 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-04 17:42 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-04 17:51 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 16:43 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-05 7:51 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 14:07 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 14:25 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 14:36 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 17:55 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-04 17:53 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-04 19:03 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 17:22 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-05 18:39 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-06 9:18 ` Max Reitz
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 10/17] block: Add new BDRV_ZERO_OPEN flag Eric Blake
2020-01-31 18:03 ` Eric Blake [this message]
2020-02-04 17:34 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-04 17:50 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 8:39 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 17:26 ` Max Reitz
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 11/17] file-posix: Support BDRV_ZERO_OPEN Eric Blake
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 12/17] gluster: " Eric Blake
2020-02-17 8:16 ` [GEDI] " Niels de Vos
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 13/17] qcow2: Add new autoclear feature for all zero image Eric Blake
2020-02-03 17:45 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-04 13:12 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-04 13:29 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 14/17] qcow2: Expose all zero bit through .bdrv_known_zeroes Eric Blake
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 15/17] qcow2: Implement all-zero autoclear bit Eric Blake
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 16/17] iotests: Add new test for qcow2 all-zero bit Eric Blake
2020-01-31 17:44 ` [PATCH 17/17] qcow2: Let qemu-img check cover " Eric Blake
2020-02-04 17:32 ` [PATCH 00/17] Improve qcow2 all-zero detection Max Reitz
2020-02-04 18:53 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 17:04 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-05 19:21 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-06 9:12 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-05 9:04 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 9:25 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 14:26 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 14:47 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 15:14 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 17:58 ` Max Reitz
2020-02-05 14:22 ` Eric Blake
2020-02-05 14:43 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2020-02-05 14:58 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
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