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Re: [PATCH v20 1/4] qcow2: introduce compression type feature


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 1/4] qcow2: introduce compression type feature
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:35:47 +0200
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On 21.04.20 10:11, Denis Plotnikov wrote:
> The patch adds some preparation parts for incompatible compression type
> feature to qcow2 allowing the use different compression methods for
> image clusters (de)compressing.
> 
> It is implied that the compression type is set on the image creation and
> can be changed only later by image conversion, thus compression type
> defines the only compression algorithm used for the image, and thus,
> for all image clusters.
> 
> The goal of the feature is to add support of other compression methods
> to qcow2. For example, ZSTD which is more effective on compression than ZLIB.
> 
> The default compression is ZLIB. Images created with ZLIB compression type
> are backward compatible with older qemu versions.
> 
> Adding of the compression type breaks a number of tests because now the
> compression type is reported on image creation and there are some changes
> in the qcow2 header in size and offsets.
> 
> The tests are fixed in the following ways:
>     * filter out compression_type for many tests
>     * fix header size, feature table size and backing file offset
>       affected tests: 031, 036, 061, 080
>       header_size +=8: 1 byte compression type
>                        7 bytes padding
>       feature_table += 48: incompatible feature compression type
>       backing_file_offset += 56 (8 + 48 -> header_change + 
> feature_table_change)
>     * add "compression type" for test output matching when it isn't filtered
>       affected tests: 049, 060, 061, 065, 144, 182, 242, 255
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis Plotnikov <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> QAPI part:
> Acked-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  qapi/block-core.json             |  22 +++++-
>  block/qcow2.h                    |  20 +++++-
>  include/block/block_int.h        |   1 +
>  block/qcow2.c                    | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/qemu-iotests/031.out       |  14 ++--
>  tests/qemu-iotests/036.out       |   4 +-
>  tests/qemu-iotests/049.out       | 102 ++++++++++++++--------------
>  tests/qemu-iotests/060.out       |   1 +
>  tests/qemu-iotests/061.out       |  34 ++++++----
>  tests/qemu-iotests/065           |  28 +++++---
>  tests/qemu-iotests/080           |   2 +-
>  tests/qemu-iotests/144.out       |   4 +-
>  tests/qemu-iotests/182.out       |   2 +-
>  tests/qemu-iotests/242.out       |   5 ++
>  tests/qemu-iotests/255.out       |   8 +--
>  tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter |   3 +-
>  16 files changed, 267 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

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