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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 3/4] qcow2: add shrink image support
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Max Reitz |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 3/4] qcow2: add shrink image support |
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Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:36:08 +0200 |
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On 2017-07-13 10:41, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 12.07.2017 um 18:58 hat Max Reitz geschrieben:
>> On 2017-07-12 16:52, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>>> Am 12.07.2017 um 13:46 hat Pavel Butsykin geschrieben:
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Butsykin <address@hidden>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
>>>> ---
>>>> block/qcow2-cluster.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>> block/qcow2-refcount.c | 110
>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> block/qcow2.c | 43 +++++++++++++++----
>>>> block/qcow2.h | 14 +++++++
>>>> qapi/block-core.json | 3 +-
>>>> 5 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
>>>> index f06c08f64c..518429c64b 100644
>>>> --- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
>>>> +++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
>>>> @@ -32,6 +32,46 @@
>>>> #include "qemu/bswap.h"
>>>> #include "trace.h"
>>>>
>>>> +int qcow2_shrink_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t exact_size)
>>>> +{
>>>> + BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
>>>> + int new_l1_size, i, ret;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (exact_size >= s->l1_size) {
>>>> + return 0;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + new_l1_size = exact_size;
>>>> +
>>>> +#ifdef DEBUG_ALLOC2
>>>> + fprintf(stderr, "shrink l1_table from %d to %d\n", s->l1_size,
>>>> new_l1_size);
>>>> +#endif
>>>> +
>>>> + BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_SHRINK_WRITE_TABLE);
>>>> + ret = bdrv_pwrite_zeroes(bs->file, s->l1_table_offset +
>>>> + sizeof(uint64_t) * new_l1_size,
>>>> + (s->l1_size - new_l1_size) *
>>>> sizeof(uint64_t), 0);
>>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>>> + return ret;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + ret = bdrv_flush(bs->file->bs);
>>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>>> + return ret;
>>>> + }
>>>
>>> If we have an error here (or after a partial bdrv_pwrite_zeroes()), we
>>> have entries zeroed out on disk, but in memory we still have the
>>> original L1 table.
>>>
>>> Should the in-memory L1 table be zeroed first? Then we can't
>>> accidentally reuse stale entries, but would have to allocate new ones,
>>> which would get on-disk state and in-memory state back in sync again.
>>
>> Yes, I thought of the same. But this implies that the allocation is
>> able to modify the L1 table, and I find that unlikely if that
>> bdrv_flush() failed already...
>>
>> So I concluded not to have an opinion on which order is better.
>
> Well, let me ask the other way round: Is there any disadvantage in first
> zeroing the in-memory table and then writing to the image?
I was informed that the code would be harder to write. :-)
> If I have a choice between "always safe" and "not completely safe, but I
> think it's unlikely to happen", especially in image formats, then I will
> certainly take the "always safe".
>
>>>> + BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L1_SHRINK_FREE_L2_CLUSTERS);
>>>> + for (i = s->l1_size - 1; i > new_l1_size - 1; i--) {
>>>> + if ((s->l1_table[i] & L1E_OFFSET_MASK) == 0) {
>>>> + continue;
>>>> + }
>>>> + qcow2_free_clusters(bs, s->l1_table[i] & L1E_OFFSET_MASK,
>>>> + s->cluster_size, QCOW2_DISCARD_ALWAYS);
>>>> + s->l1_table[i] = 0;
>>>> + }
>>>> + return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> int qcow2_grow_l1_table(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t min_size,
>>>> bool exact_size)
>>>> {
>>>
>>> I haven't checked qcow2_shrink_reftable() for similar kinds of problems,
>>> I hope Max has.
>>
>> Well, it's exactly the same there.
>
> Ok, so I'll object to this code without really having looked at it.
I won't object to your objection. O:-)
Max
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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 2/4] qcow2: add qcow2_cache_discard, Pavel Butsykin, 2017/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 1/4] qemu-img: add --shrink flag for resize, Pavel Butsykin, 2017/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 4/4] qemu-iotests: add shrinking image test, Pavel Butsykin, 2017/07/12
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2, Max Reitz, 2017/07/12