Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2

[Max Reitz]

On 2017-07-11 14:40, Pavel Butsykin wrote:
> This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this allows
> us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without
> copying the image. Image can be fragmented and shrink is done by punching 
> holes
> in the image file.

Looks good, but will need a rebase on my preallocated truncation series.
 (Should be rather simple, however; just adjusting an enum value in
patch 1, some contextual changes, and adding a condition in patch 3 to
return an error if you try to shrink a qcow2 image with a prealloc value
other than PREALLOC_MODE_OFF.)

Max

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