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        "name": "QEMU Development",
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    "date": "2017-08-31T08:22:10",
    "name": "[PULL,for-2.10,15/15] qcow2: allocate cluster_cache/cluster_data on demand",
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    "submitter": {
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        "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/17227/?format=api",
        "name": "Stefan Hajnoczi",
        "email": "stefanha@redhat.com"
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            "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/qemu-devel/list/?series=766",
            "date": "2017-08-31T08:21:55",
            "name": "[PULL,for-2.10,01/15] nvme: Fix get/set number of queues feature, again",
            "version": 1,
            "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/766/mbox/"
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        "From": "Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>",
        "To": "<qemu-devel@nongnu.org>",
        "Date": "Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:22:10 +0100",
        "Message-Id": "<20170831082210.8362-16-stefanha@redhat.com>",
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        "Subject": "[Qemu-devel] [PULL for-2.10 15/15] qcow2: allocate\n\tcluster_cache/cluster_data on demand",
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        "Cc": "Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>, \n\tStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>",
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    "content": "Most qcow2 files are uncompressed so it is wasteful to allocate (32 + 1)\n* cluster_size + 512 bytes upfront.  Allocate s->cluster_cache and\ns->cluster_data when the first read operation is performance on a\ncompressed cluster.\n\nThe buffers are freed in .bdrv_close().  .bdrv_open() no longer has any\ncode paths that can allocate these buffers, so remove the free functions\nin the error code path.\n\nThis patch can result in significant memory savings when many qcow2\ndisks are attached or backing file chains are long:\n\nBefore 12.81% (1,023,193,088B)\nAfter   5.36% (393,893,888B)\n\nReported-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>\nTested-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>\nReviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>\nSigned-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>\nMessage-id: 20170821135530.32344-1-stefanha@redhat.com\nCc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>\nSigned-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>\n---\n block/qcow2-cluster.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++\n block/qcow2.c         | 12 ------------\n 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c\nindex f06c08f64c..8538533102 100644\n--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c\n+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c\n@@ -1516,6 +1516,23 @@ int qcow2_decompress_cluster(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t cluster_offset)\n         nb_csectors = ((cluster_offset >> s->csize_shift) & s->csize_mask) + 1;\n         sector_offset = coffset & 511;\n         csize = nb_csectors * 512 - sector_offset;\n+\n+        /* Allocate buffers on first decompress operation, most images are\n+         * uncompressed and the memory overhead can be avoided.  The buffers\n+         * are freed in .bdrv_close().\n+         */\n+        if (!s->cluster_data) {\n+            /* one more sector for decompressed data alignment */\n+            s->cluster_data = qemu_try_blockalign(bs->file->bs,\n+                    QCOW_MAX_CRYPT_CLUSTERS * s->cluster_size + 512);\n+            if (!s->cluster_data) {\n+                return -ENOMEM;\n+            }\n+        }\n+        if (!s->cluster_cache) {\n+            s->cluster_cache = g_malloc(s->cluster_size);\n+        }\n+\n         BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_READ_COMPRESSED);\n         ret = bdrv_read(bs->file, coffset >> 9, s->cluster_data,\n                         nb_csectors);\ndiff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c\nindex fbfffadc76..a3679c69e8 100644\n--- a/block/qcow2.c\n+++ b/block/qcow2.c\n@@ -1360,16 +1360,6 @@ static int qcow2_do_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,\n         goto fail;\n     }\n \n-    s->cluster_cache = g_malloc(s->cluster_size);\n-    /* one more sector for decompressed data alignment */\n-    s->cluster_data = qemu_try_blockalign(bs->file->bs, QCOW_MAX_CRYPT_CLUSTERS\n-                                                    * s->cluster_size + 512);\n-    if (s->cluster_data == NULL) {\n-        error_setg(errp, \"Could not allocate temporary cluster buffer\");\n-        ret = -ENOMEM;\n-        goto fail;\n-    }\n-\n     s->cluster_cache_offset = -1;\n     s->flags = flags;\n \n@@ -1507,8 +1497,6 @@ static int qcow2_do_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,\n     if (s->refcount_block_cache) {\n         qcow2_cache_destroy(bs, s->refcount_block_cache);\n     }\n-    g_free(s->cluster_cache);\n-    qemu_vfree(s->cluster_data);\n     qcrypto_block_free(s->crypto);\n     qapi_free_QCryptoBlockOpenOptions(s->crypto_opts);\n     return ret;\n",
    "prefixes": [
        "PULL",
        "for-2.10",
        "15/15"
    ]
}