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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 01/20] block: Add .bdrv_co_block_status() cal
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Fam Zheng |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 01/20] block: Add .bdrv_co_block_status() callback |
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Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:35:55 +0800 |
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Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) |
On Thu, 12/07 14:30, Eric Blake wrote:
> We are gradually moving away from sector-based interfaces, towards
> byte-based. Now that the block layer exposes byte-based allocation,
> it's time to tackle the drivers. Add a new callback that operates
> on as small as byte boundaries. Subsequent patches will then update
> individual drivers, then finally remove .bdrv_co_get_block_status().
>
> The new code also passes through the 'want_zero' hint, which will
> allow subsequent patches to further optimize callers that only care
> about how much of the image is allocated (want_zero is false),
> rather than full details about runs of zeroes and which offsets the
> allocation actually maps to (want_zero is true). As part of this
> effort, fix another part of the documentation: the claim in commit
> 4c41cb4 that BDRV_BLOCK_ALLOCATED is short for 'DATA || ZERO' is a
> lie at the block layer (see commit e88ae2264), even though it is
> how the bit is computed from the driver layer. After all, there
> are intentionally cases where we return ZERO but not ALLOCATED at
> the block layer, when we know that a read sees zero because the
> backing file is too short. Note that the driver interface is thus
> slightly different than the public interface with regards to which
> bits will be set, and what guarantees are provided on input.
>
> We also add an assertion that any driver using the new callback will
> make progress (the only time pnum will be 0 is if the block layer
> already handled an out-of-bounds request, or if there is an error);
> the old driver interface did not provide this guarantee, which
> could lead to some inf-loops in drastic corner-case failures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
>
> ---
> v6: drop now-useless rounding of mid-sector end-of-file hole [Kevin],
> better documentation of 'want_zero' [Kevin]
Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 00/20] add byte-based block_status driver callbacks, Eric Blake, 2017/12/07
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 01/20] block: Add .bdrv_co_block_status() callback, Eric Blake, 2017/12/07
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 02/20] block: Switch passthrough drivers to .bdrv_co_block_status(), Eric Blake, 2017/12/07
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 03/20] file-posix: Switch to .bdrv_co_block_status(), Eric Blake, 2017/12/07
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 04/20] gluster: Switch to .bdrv_co_block_status(), Eric Blake, 2017/12/07
- [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 05/20] iscsi: Switch cluster_sectors to byte-based, Eric Blake, 2017/12/07