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[1/2] block: allow live commit of active image

Message ID 1374464794-13057-2-git-send-email-famz@redhat.com
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Fam Zheng July 22, 2013, 3:46 a.m. UTC
This patch eliminates limitation of committing the active device.

bdrv_drop_intermediate is reimplemented to take pointers to
(BlockDriverState *), so it can modify the caller's local pointers to
preserve their semantics, while updating active BDS in-place by
bdrv_swap active and base: we need data in 'base' as it's the only
remaining after commit, but we can't delete 'active' as it's referenced
everywhere in the program.

Guest writes to active device during the commit are tracked by dirty map
and committed like block-mirror.

Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
---
 block.c               | 102 ++++++++++----------------------
 block/commit.c        | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 include/block/block.h |   5 +-
 3 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)

Comments

Paolo Bonzini July 22, 2013, 6:34 a.m. UTC | #1
Il 22/07/2013 05:46, Fam Zheng ha scritto:
> This patch eliminates limitation of committing the active device.
> 
> bdrv_drop_intermediate is reimplemented to take pointers to
> (BlockDriverState *), so it can modify the caller's local pointers to
> preserve their semantics, while updating active BDS in-place by
> bdrv_swap active and base: we need data in 'base' as it's the only
> remaining after commit, but we can't delete 'active' as it's referenced
> everywhere in the program.
> 
> Guest writes to active device during the commit are tracked by dirty map
> and committed like block-mirror.

I have only skimmed the patch, but I think this is incomplete.
Management needs to know the moment when 'active' is not valid anymore,
thus this job needs to be completed manually with "block-job-complete".

In fact, I wonder if block/commit.c could reuse most of the code from
block/mirror.c (basically everything except that bdrv_swap should be
replaced by bdrv_drop_intermediate).

Paolo


> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
> ---
>  block.c               | 102 ++++++++++----------------------
>  block/commit.c        | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  include/block/block.h |   5 +-
>  3 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> index b560241..367e064 100644
> --- a/block.c
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -2018,18 +2018,11 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
>      return overlay;
>  }
>  
> -typedef struct BlkIntermediateStates {
> -    BlockDriverState *bs;
> -    QSIMPLEQ_ENTRY(BlkIntermediateStates) entry;
> -} BlkIntermediateStates;
> -
> -
>  /*
> - * Drops images above 'base' up to and including 'top', and sets the image
> - * above 'top' to have base as its backing file.
> - *
> - * Requires that the overlay to 'top' is opened r/w, so that the backing file
> - * information in 'bs' can be properly updated.
> + * Drops images above '*base' up to and including '*top', and sets new '*base'
> + * as backing_hd of top_overlay (the image orignally has 'top' as backing
> + * file). top_overlay may be NULL if '*top' is active, no such update needed.
> + * Requires that the top_overlay to 'top' is opened r/w.
>   *
>   * E.g., this will convert the following chain:
>   * bottom <- base <- intermediate <- top <- active
> @@ -2046,82 +2039,47 @@ typedef struct BlkIntermediateStates {
>   *
>   * base <- active
>   *
> - * Error conditions:
> - *  if active == top, that is considered an error
> + * It also allows active==top, in which case it converts:
> + *
> + * base <- intermediate <- active (also top)
> + *
> + * to
> + *
> + * base == active == top, i.e. only base remains: *top == *base when return.
>   *
>   */
> -int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
> -                           BlockDriverState *base)
> +int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top_overlay,
> +                           BlockDriverState **top,
> +                           BlockDriverState **base)
>  {
> -    BlockDriverState *intermediate;
> +    BlockDriverState *pbs;
>      BlockDriverState *base_bs = NULL;
> -    BlockDriverState *new_top_bs = NULL;
> -    BlkIntermediateStates *intermediate_state, *next;
>      int ret = -EIO;
>  
> -    QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(states_to_delete, BlkIntermediateStates) states_to_delete;
> -    QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&states_to_delete);
> -
> -    if (!top->drv || !base->drv) {
> +    if (!(*top)->drv || !(*base)->drv) {
>          goto exit;
>      }
>  
> -    new_top_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);
> -
> -    if (new_top_bs == NULL) {
> -        /* we could not find the image above 'top', this is an error */
> -        goto exit;
> +    for (pbs = (*top)->backing_hd; pbs != *base; pbs = base_bs) {
> +        assert(pbs);
> +        base_bs = pbs->backing_hd;
> +        pbs->backing_hd = NULL;
> +        bdrv_delete(pbs);
>      }
>  
> -    /* special case of new_top_bs->backing_hd already pointing to base - nothing
> -     * to do, no intermediate images */
> -    if (new_top_bs->backing_hd == base) {
> -        ret = 0;
> -        goto exit;
> -    }
> +    bdrv_swap(*base, *top);
>  
> -    intermediate = top;
> +    (*base)->backing_hd = NULL;
> +    bdrv_delete(*base);
> +    *base = *top;
>  
> -    /* now we will go down through the list, and add each BDS we find
> -     * into our deletion queue, until we hit the 'base'
> -     */
> -    while (intermediate) {
> -        intermediate_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(BlkIntermediateStates));
> -        intermediate_state->bs = intermediate;
> -        QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&states_to_delete, intermediate_state, entry);
> -
> -        if (intermediate->backing_hd == base) {
> -            base_bs = intermediate->backing_hd;
> -            break;
> -        }
> -        intermediate = intermediate->backing_hd;
> -    }
> -    if (base_bs == NULL) {
> -        /* something went wrong, we did not end at the base. safely
> -         * unravel everything, and exit with error */
> -        goto exit;
> -    }
> -
> -    /* success - we can delete the intermediate states, and link top->base */
> -    ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(new_top_bs, base_bs->filename,
> -                                   base_bs->drv ? base_bs->drv->format_name : "");
> -    if (ret) {
> -        goto exit;
> -    }
> -    new_top_bs->backing_hd = base_bs;
> -
> -
> -    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
> -        /* so that bdrv_close() does not recursively close the chain */
> -        intermediate_state->bs->backing_hd = NULL;
> -        bdrv_delete(intermediate_state->bs);
> +    /* overlay exists when active != top, need to change backing file for it */
> +    if (top_overlay) {
> +        ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(top_overlay, (*base)->filename,
> +                                       (*base)->drv ?
> +                                            (*base)->drv->format_name : "");
>      }
> -    ret = 0;
> -
>  exit:
> -    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
> -        g_free(intermediate_state);
> -    }
>      return ret;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
> index 2227fc2..c85b188 100644
> --- a/block/commit.c
> +++ b/block/commit.c
> @@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
>  #include "block/blockjob.h"
>  #include "qemu/ratelimit.h"
>  
> -enum {
> -    /*
> -     * Size of data buffer for populating the image file.  This should be large
> -     * enough to process multiple clusters in a single call, so that populating
> -     * contiguous regions of the image is efficient.
> -     */
> -    COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE = 512 * 1024, /* in bytes */
> -};
> +/*
> + * Size of data buffer for populating the image file.  This should be large
> + * enough to process multiple clusters in a single call, so that populating
> + * contiguous regions of the image is efficient.
> + */
> +#define COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS 128
> +#define COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES (COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)
>  
>  #define SLICE_TIME 100000000ULL /* ns */
>  
> @@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct CommitBlockJob {
>      BlockDriverState *active;
>      BlockDriverState *top;
>      BlockDriverState *base;
> +    BlockDriverState *overlay;
>      BlockdevOnError on_error;
>      int base_flags;
>      int orig_overlay_flags;
> @@ -65,100 +65,109 @@ static void coroutine_fn commit_run(void *opaque)
>      BlockDriverState *active = s->active;
>      BlockDriverState *top = s->top;
>      BlockDriverState *base = s->base;
> -    BlockDriverState *overlay_bs;
>      int64_t sector_num, end;
>      int ret = 0;
>      int n = 0;
>      void *buf;
> -    int bytes_written = 0;
>      int64_t base_len;
> +    int64_t next_dirty;
> +    HBitmapIter hbi;
>  
> +    buf = qemu_blockalign(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES);
>      ret = s->common.len = bdrv_getlength(top);
>  
> -
>      if (s->common.len < 0) {
> -        goto exit_restore_reopen;
> +        goto exit;
>      }
>  
>      ret = base_len = bdrv_getlength(base);
>      if (base_len < 0) {
> -        goto exit_restore_reopen;
> +        goto exit;
>      }
>  
>      if (base_len < s->common.len) {
>          ret = bdrv_truncate(base, s->common.len);
>          if (ret) {
> -            goto exit_restore_reopen;
> +            goto exit;
>          }
>      }
>  
>      end = s->common.len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
> -    buf = qemu_blockalign(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE);
>  
>      for (sector_num = 0; sector_num < end; sector_num += n) {
> -        uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
> -        bool copy;
>  
> -wait:
> -        /* Note that even when no rate limit is applied we need to yield
> -         * with no pending I/O here so that bdrv_drain_all() returns.
> -         */
> -        block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, rt_clock, delay_ns);
> -        if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> -            break;
> -        }
>          /* Copy if allocated above the base */
>          ret = bdrv_co_is_allocated_above(top, base, sector_num,
> -                                         COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
> +                                         COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS,
>                                           &n);
> -        copy = (ret == 1);
> -        trace_commit_one_iteration(s, sector_num, n, ret);
> -        if (copy) {
> -            if (s->common.speed) {
> -                delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, n);
> -                if (delay_ns > 0) {
> -                    goto wait;
> -                }
> -            }
> -            ret = commit_populate(top, base, sector_num, n, buf);
> -            bytes_written += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
> +        if (ret) {
> +            bdrv_set_dirty(top, sector_num, n);
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    while (bdrv_get_dirty_count(s->top)) {
> +        uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
> +        if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> +            goto exit;
>          }
> -        if (ret < 0) {
> -            if (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_STOP ||
> -                s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT||
> -                (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC && ret == -ENOSPC)) {
> -                goto exit_free_buf;
> -            } else {
> -                n = 0;
> -                continue;
> +
> +        bdrv_dirty_iter_init(s->top, &hbi);
> +        for (next_dirty = hbitmap_iter_next(&hbi);
> +                next_dirty >= 0;
> +                next_dirty = hbitmap_iter_next(&hbi)) {
> +            sector_num = next_dirty;
> +            if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> +                goto exit;
>              }
> +            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit,
> +                                                 COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS);
> +            /* Note that even when no rate limit is applied we need to yield
> +             * with no pending I/O here so that bdrv_drain_all() returns.
> +             */
> +            block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, rt_clock, delay_ns);
> +            trace_commit_one_iteration(s, sector_num,
> +                                       COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS, ret);
> +            ret = commit_populate(top, base, sector_num,
> +                                  COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS, buf);
> +            if (ret < 0) {
> +                if (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_STOP ||
> +                    s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT ||
> +                    (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC &&
> +                         ret == -ENOSPC)) {
> +                    goto exit;
> +                } else {
> +                    continue;
> +                }
> +            }
> +            /* Publish progress */
> +            s->common.offset += COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES;
> +            bdrv_reset_dirty(top, sector_num, COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS);
>          }
> -        /* Publish progress */
> -        s->common.offset += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
>      }
>  
> -    ret = 0;
> -
> -    if (!block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common) && sector_num == end) {
> -        /* success */
> -        ret = bdrv_drop_intermediate(active, top, base);
> +    if (!block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> +        /* Drop intermediate: [top, base) */
> +        ret = bdrv_drop_intermediate(s->overlay, &top, &base);
> +        s->common.offset = s->common.len;
>      }
>  
> -exit_free_buf:
> -    qemu_vfree(buf);
> +    ret = 0;
> +
> +exit:
> +    bdrv_set_dirty_tracking(active, 0);
>  
> -exit_restore_reopen:
>      /* restore base open flags here if appropriate (e.g., change the base back
>       * to r/o). These reopens do not need to be atomic, since we won't abort
>       * even on failure here */
> -    if (s->base_flags != bdrv_get_flags(base)) {
> +    if (s->overlay && s->base_flags != bdrv_get_flags(base)) {
>          bdrv_reopen(base, s->base_flags, NULL);
>      }
> -    overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);
> -    if (overlay_bs && s->orig_overlay_flags != bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs)) {
> -        bdrv_reopen(overlay_bs, s->orig_overlay_flags, NULL);
> +
> +    if (s->overlay && s->orig_overlay_flags != bdrv_get_flags(s->overlay)) {
> +        bdrv_reopen(s->overlay, s->orig_overlay_flags, NULL);
>      }
>  
> +    qemu_vfree(buf);
>      block_job_completed(&s->common, ret);
>  }
>  
> @@ -198,13 +207,6 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
>          return;
>      }
>  
> -    /* Once we support top == active layer, remove this check */
> -    if (top == bs) {
> -        error_setg(errp,
> -                   "Top image as the active layer is currently unsupported");
> -        return;
> -    }
> -
>      if (top == base) {
>          error_setg(errp, "Invalid files for merge: top and base are the same");
>          return;
> @@ -212,23 +214,20 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
>  
>      overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, top);
>  
> -    if (overlay_bs == NULL) {
> -        error_setg(errp, "Could not find overlay image for %s:", top->filename);
> -        return;
> -    }
> -
>      orig_base_flags    = bdrv_get_flags(base);
> -    orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
> +    if (overlay_bs) {
> +        orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
> +        if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
> +            reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs,
> +                    orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
> +        }
> +    }
>  
>      /* convert base & overlay_bs to r/w, if necessary */
>      if (!(orig_base_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
>          reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, base,
>                                           orig_base_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
>      }
> -    if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
> -        reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs,
> -                                         orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
> -    }
>      if (reopen_queue) {
>          bdrv_reopen_multiple(reopen_queue, &local_err);
>          if (local_err != NULL) {
> @@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
>          }
>      }
>  
> -
>      s = block_job_create(&commit_job_type, bs, speed, cb, opaque, errp);
>      if (!s) {
>          return;
> @@ -246,13 +244,19 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
>      s->base   = base;
>      s->top    = top;
>      s->active = bs;
> +    s->overlay = overlay_bs;
>  
>      s->base_flags          = orig_base_flags;
> -    s->orig_overlay_flags  = orig_overlay_flags;
> +    if (overlay_bs) {
> +        s->orig_overlay_flags  = orig_overlay_flags;
> +    }
>  
>      s->on_error = on_error;
>      s->common.co = qemu_coroutine_create(commit_run);
>  
>      trace_commit_start(bs, base, top, s, s->common.co, opaque);
> +
> +    bdrv_set_dirty_tracking(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES);
> +
>      qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co, s);
>  }
> diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
> index b6b9014..caf2c22 100644
> --- a/include/block/block.h
> +++ b/include/block/block.h
> @@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ int bdrv_commit_all(void);
>  int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
>      const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt);
>  void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv);
> -int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
> -                           BlockDriverState *base);
> +int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top_overlay,
> +                           BlockDriverState **top,
> +                           BlockDriverState **base);
>  BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
>                                      BlockDriverState *bs);
>  BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_base(BlockDriverState *bs);
>
Fam Zheng July 22, 2013, 6:48 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 07/22 08:34, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 22/07/2013 05:46, Fam Zheng ha scritto:
> > This patch eliminates limitation of committing the active device.
> > 
> > bdrv_drop_intermediate is reimplemented to take pointers to
> > (BlockDriverState *), so it can modify the caller's local pointers to
> > preserve their semantics, while updating active BDS in-place by
> > bdrv_swap active and base: we need data in 'base' as it's the only
> > remaining after commit, but we can't delete 'active' as it's referenced
> > everywhere in the program.
> > 
> > Guest writes to active device during the commit are tracked by dirty map
> > and committed like block-mirror.
> 
> I have only skimmed the patch, but I think this is incomplete.
> Management needs to know the moment when 'active' is not valid anymore,
> thus this job needs to be completed manually with "block-job-complete".

Does management need access to 'active' image outside of QEMU process?
Although original 'active' it is "dropped" by bdrv_drop_intermediate,
the pointers to original 'active' is still valid because 'base' is moved
to this address (with bdrv_swap). I don't know, what is the problem here
for management?

> 
> In fact, I wonder if block/commit.c could reuse most of the code from
> block/mirror.c (basically everything except that bdrv_swap should be
> replaced by bdrv_drop_intermediate).
> 

Hmm, yes, in this case, it is quite similar to mirroring 'active' to
'base' with sync mode top.

> > Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  block.c               | 102 ++++++++++----------------------
> >  block/commit.c        | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> >  include/block/block.h |   5 +-
> >  3 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> > index b560241..367e064 100644
> > --- a/block.c
> > +++ b/block.c
> > @@ -2018,18 +2018,11 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
> >      return overlay;
> >  }
> >  
> > -typedef struct BlkIntermediateStates {
> > -    BlockDriverState *bs;
> > -    QSIMPLEQ_ENTRY(BlkIntermediateStates) entry;
> > -} BlkIntermediateStates;
> > -
> > -
> >  /*
> > - * Drops images above 'base' up to and including 'top', and sets the image
> > - * above 'top' to have base as its backing file.
> > - *
> > - * Requires that the overlay to 'top' is opened r/w, so that the backing file
> > - * information in 'bs' can be properly updated.
> > + * Drops images above '*base' up to and including '*top', and sets new '*base'
> > + * as backing_hd of top_overlay (the image orignally has 'top' as backing
> > + * file). top_overlay may be NULL if '*top' is active, no such update needed.
> > + * Requires that the top_overlay to 'top' is opened r/w.
> >   *
> >   * E.g., this will convert the following chain:
> >   * bottom <- base <- intermediate <- top <- active
> > @@ -2046,82 +2039,47 @@ typedef struct BlkIntermediateStates {
> >   *
> >   * base <- active
> >   *
> > - * Error conditions:
> > - *  if active == top, that is considered an error
> > + * It also allows active==top, in which case it converts:
> > + *
> > + * base <- intermediate <- active (also top)
> > + *
> > + * to
> > + *
> > + * base == active == top, i.e. only base remains: *top == *base when return.
> >   *
> >   */
> > -int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
> > -                           BlockDriverState *base)
> > +int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top_overlay,
> > +                           BlockDriverState **top,
> > +                           BlockDriverState **base)
> >  {
> > -    BlockDriverState *intermediate;
> > +    BlockDriverState *pbs;
> >      BlockDriverState *base_bs = NULL;
> > -    BlockDriverState *new_top_bs = NULL;
> > -    BlkIntermediateStates *intermediate_state, *next;
> >      int ret = -EIO;
> >  
> > -    QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(states_to_delete, BlkIntermediateStates) states_to_delete;
> > -    QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&states_to_delete);
> > -
> > -    if (!top->drv || !base->drv) {
> > +    if (!(*top)->drv || !(*base)->drv) {
> >          goto exit;
> >      }
> >  
> > -    new_top_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);
> > -
> > -    if (new_top_bs == NULL) {
> > -        /* we could not find the image above 'top', this is an error */
> > -        goto exit;
> > +    for (pbs = (*top)->backing_hd; pbs != *base; pbs = base_bs) {
> > +        assert(pbs);
> > +        base_bs = pbs->backing_hd;
> > +        pbs->backing_hd = NULL;
> > +        bdrv_delete(pbs);
> >      }
> >  
> > -    /* special case of new_top_bs->backing_hd already pointing to base - nothing
> > -     * to do, no intermediate images */
> > -    if (new_top_bs->backing_hd == base) {
> > -        ret = 0;
> > -        goto exit;
> > -    }
> > +    bdrv_swap(*base, *top);
> >  
> > -    intermediate = top;
> > +    (*base)->backing_hd = NULL;
> > +    bdrv_delete(*base);
> > +    *base = *top;
> >  
> > -    /* now we will go down through the list, and add each BDS we find
> > -     * into our deletion queue, until we hit the 'base'
> > -     */
> > -    while (intermediate) {
> > -        intermediate_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(BlkIntermediateStates));
> > -        intermediate_state->bs = intermediate;
> > -        QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&states_to_delete, intermediate_state, entry);
> > -
> > -        if (intermediate->backing_hd == base) {
> > -            base_bs = intermediate->backing_hd;
> > -            break;
> > -        }
> > -        intermediate = intermediate->backing_hd;
> > -    }
> > -    if (base_bs == NULL) {
> > -        /* something went wrong, we did not end at the base. safely
> > -         * unravel everything, and exit with error */
> > -        goto exit;
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    /* success - we can delete the intermediate states, and link top->base */
> > -    ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(new_top_bs, base_bs->filename,
> > -                                   base_bs->drv ? base_bs->drv->format_name : "");
> > -    if (ret) {
> > -        goto exit;
> > -    }
> > -    new_top_bs->backing_hd = base_bs;
> > -
> > -
> > -    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
> > -        /* so that bdrv_close() does not recursively close the chain */
> > -        intermediate_state->bs->backing_hd = NULL;
> > -        bdrv_delete(intermediate_state->bs);
> > +    /* overlay exists when active != top, need to change backing file for it */
> > +    if (top_overlay) {
> > +        ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(top_overlay, (*base)->filename,
> > +                                       (*base)->drv ?
> > +                                            (*base)->drv->format_name : "");
> >      }
> > -    ret = 0;
> > -
> >  exit:
> > -    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
> > -        g_free(intermediate_state);
> > -    }
> >      return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
> > index 2227fc2..c85b188 100644
> > --- a/block/commit.c
> > +++ b/block/commit.c
> > @@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
> >  #include "block/blockjob.h"
> >  #include "qemu/ratelimit.h"
> >  
> > -enum {
> > -    /*
> > -     * Size of data buffer for populating the image file.  This should be large
> > -     * enough to process multiple clusters in a single call, so that populating
> > -     * contiguous regions of the image is efficient.
> > -     */
> > -    COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE = 512 * 1024, /* in bytes */
> > -};
> > +/*
> > + * Size of data buffer for populating the image file.  This should be large
> > + * enough to process multiple clusters in a single call, so that populating
> > + * contiguous regions of the image is efficient.
> > + */
> > +#define COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS 128
> > +#define COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES (COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)
> >  
> >  #define SLICE_TIME 100000000ULL /* ns */
> >  
> > @@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct CommitBlockJob {
> >      BlockDriverState *active;
> >      BlockDriverState *top;
> >      BlockDriverState *base;
> > +    BlockDriverState *overlay;
> >      BlockdevOnError on_error;
> >      int base_flags;
> >      int orig_overlay_flags;
> > @@ -65,100 +65,109 @@ static void coroutine_fn commit_run(void *opaque)
> >      BlockDriverState *active = s->active;
> >      BlockDriverState *top = s->top;
> >      BlockDriverState *base = s->base;
> > -    BlockDriverState *overlay_bs;
> >      int64_t sector_num, end;
> >      int ret = 0;
> >      int n = 0;
> >      void *buf;
> > -    int bytes_written = 0;
> >      int64_t base_len;
> > +    int64_t next_dirty;
> > +    HBitmapIter hbi;
> >  
> > +    buf = qemu_blockalign(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES);
> >      ret = s->common.len = bdrv_getlength(top);
> >  
> > -
> >      if (s->common.len < 0) {
> > -        goto exit_restore_reopen;
> > +        goto exit;
> >      }
> >  
> >      ret = base_len = bdrv_getlength(base);
> >      if (base_len < 0) {
> > -        goto exit_restore_reopen;
> > +        goto exit;
> >      }
> >  
> >      if (base_len < s->common.len) {
> >          ret = bdrv_truncate(base, s->common.len);
> >          if (ret) {
> > -            goto exit_restore_reopen;
> > +            goto exit;
> >          }
> >      }
> >  
> >      end = s->common.len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
> > -    buf = qemu_blockalign(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE);
> >  
> >      for (sector_num = 0; sector_num < end; sector_num += n) {
> > -        uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
> > -        bool copy;
> >  
> > -wait:
> > -        /* Note that even when no rate limit is applied we need to yield
> > -         * with no pending I/O here so that bdrv_drain_all() returns.
> > -         */
> > -        block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, rt_clock, delay_ns);
> > -        if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> > -            break;
> > -        }
> >          /* Copy if allocated above the base */
> >          ret = bdrv_co_is_allocated_above(top, base, sector_num,
> > -                                         COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
> > +                                         COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS,
> >                                           &n);
> > -        copy = (ret == 1);
> > -        trace_commit_one_iteration(s, sector_num, n, ret);
> > -        if (copy) {
> > -            if (s->common.speed) {
> > -                delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, n);
> > -                if (delay_ns > 0) {
> > -                    goto wait;
> > -                }
> > -            }
> > -            ret = commit_populate(top, base, sector_num, n, buf);
> > -            bytes_written += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
> > +        if (ret) {
> > +            bdrv_set_dirty(top, sector_num, n);
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    while (bdrv_get_dirty_count(s->top)) {
> > +        uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
> > +        if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> > +            goto exit;
> >          }
> > -        if (ret < 0) {
> > -            if (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_STOP ||
> > -                s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT||
> > -                (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC && ret == -ENOSPC)) {
> > -                goto exit_free_buf;
> > -            } else {
> > -                n = 0;
> > -                continue;
> > +
> > +        bdrv_dirty_iter_init(s->top, &hbi);
> > +        for (next_dirty = hbitmap_iter_next(&hbi);
> > +                next_dirty >= 0;
> > +                next_dirty = hbitmap_iter_next(&hbi)) {
> > +            sector_num = next_dirty;
> > +            if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> > +                goto exit;
> >              }
> > +            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit,
> > +                                                 COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS);
> > +            /* Note that even when no rate limit is applied we need to yield
> > +             * with no pending I/O here so that bdrv_drain_all() returns.
> > +             */
> > +            block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, rt_clock, delay_ns);
> > +            trace_commit_one_iteration(s, sector_num,
> > +                                       COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS, ret);
> > +            ret = commit_populate(top, base, sector_num,
> > +                                  COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS, buf);
> > +            if (ret < 0) {
> > +                if (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_STOP ||
> > +                    s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT ||
> > +                    (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC &&
> > +                         ret == -ENOSPC)) {
> > +                    goto exit;
> > +                } else {
> > +                    continue;
> > +                }
> > +            }
> > +            /* Publish progress */
> > +            s->common.offset += COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES;
> > +            bdrv_reset_dirty(top, sector_num, COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS);
> >          }
> > -        /* Publish progress */
> > -        s->common.offset += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
> >      }
> >  
> > -    ret = 0;
> > -
> > -    if (!block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common) && sector_num == end) {
> > -        /* success */
> > -        ret = bdrv_drop_intermediate(active, top, base);
> > +    if (!block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
> > +        /* Drop intermediate: [top, base) */
> > +        ret = bdrv_drop_intermediate(s->overlay, &top, &base);
> > +        s->common.offset = s->common.len;
> >      }
> >  
> > -exit_free_buf:
> > -    qemu_vfree(buf);
> > +    ret = 0;
> > +
> > +exit:
> > +    bdrv_set_dirty_tracking(active, 0);
> >  
> > -exit_restore_reopen:
> >      /* restore base open flags here if appropriate (e.g., change the base back
> >       * to r/o). These reopens do not need to be atomic, since we won't abort
> >       * even on failure here */
> > -    if (s->base_flags != bdrv_get_flags(base)) {
> > +    if (s->overlay && s->base_flags != bdrv_get_flags(base)) {
> >          bdrv_reopen(base, s->base_flags, NULL);
> >      }
> > -    overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);
> > -    if (overlay_bs && s->orig_overlay_flags != bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs)) {
> > -        bdrv_reopen(overlay_bs, s->orig_overlay_flags, NULL);
> > +
> > +    if (s->overlay && s->orig_overlay_flags != bdrv_get_flags(s->overlay)) {
> > +        bdrv_reopen(s->overlay, s->orig_overlay_flags, NULL);
> >      }
> >  
> > +    qemu_vfree(buf);
> >      block_job_completed(&s->common, ret);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -198,13 +207,6 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
> >          return;
> >      }
> >  
> > -    /* Once we support top == active layer, remove this check */
> > -    if (top == bs) {
> > -        error_setg(errp,
> > -                   "Top image as the active layer is currently unsupported");
> > -        return;
> > -    }
> > -
> >      if (top == base) {
> >          error_setg(errp, "Invalid files for merge: top and base are the same");
> >          return;
> > @@ -212,23 +214,20 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
> >  
> >      overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, top);
> >  
> > -    if (overlay_bs == NULL) {
> > -        error_setg(errp, "Could not find overlay image for %s:", top->filename);
> > -        return;
> > -    }
> > -
> >      orig_base_flags    = bdrv_get_flags(base);
> > -    orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
> > +    if (overlay_bs) {
> > +        orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
> > +        if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
> > +            reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs,
> > +                    orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
> > +        }
> > +    }
> >  
> >      /* convert base & overlay_bs to r/w, if necessary */
> >      if (!(orig_base_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
> >          reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, base,
> >                                           orig_base_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
> >      }
> > -    if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
> > -        reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs,
> > -                                         orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
> > -    }
> >      if (reopen_queue) {
> >          bdrv_reopen_multiple(reopen_queue, &local_err);
> >          if (local_err != NULL) {
> > @@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
> >          }
> >      }
> >  
> > -
> >      s = block_job_create(&commit_job_type, bs, speed, cb, opaque, errp);
> >      if (!s) {
> >          return;
> > @@ -246,13 +244,19 @@ void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
> >      s->base   = base;
> >      s->top    = top;
> >      s->active = bs;
> > +    s->overlay = overlay_bs;
> >  
> >      s->base_flags          = orig_base_flags;
> > -    s->orig_overlay_flags  = orig_overlay_flags;
> > +    if (overlay_bs) {
> > +        s->orig_overlay_flags  = orig_overlay_flags;
> > +    }
> >  
> >      s->on_error = on_error;
> >      s->common.co = qemu_coroutine_create(commit_run);
> >  
> >      trace_commit_start(bs, base, top, s, s->common.co, opaque);
> > +
> > +    bdrv_set_dirty_tracking(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES);
> > +
> >      qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co, s);
> >  }
> > diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
> > index b6b9014..caf2c22 100644
> > --- a/include/block/block.h
> > +++ b/include/block/block.h
> > @@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ int bdrv_commit_all(void);
> >  int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
> >      const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt);
> >  void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv);
> > -int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
> > -                           BlockDriverState *base);
> > +int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top_overlay,
> > +                           BlockDriverState **top,
> > +                           BlockDriverState **base);
> >  BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
> >                                      BlockDriverState *bs);
> >  BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_base(BlockDriverState *bs);
> > 
>
Paolo Bonzini July 22, 2013, 11:07 a.m. UTC | #3
Il 22/07/2013 08:48, Fam Zheng ha scritto:
>> > I have only skimmed the patch, but I think this is incomplete.
>> > Management needs to know the moment when 'active' is not valid anymore,
>> > thus this job needs to be completed manually with "block-job-complete".
> Does management need access to 'active' image outside of QEMU process?
> Although original 'active' it is "dropped" by bdrv_drop_intermediate,
> the pointers to original 'active' is still valid because 'base' is moved
> to this address (with bdrv_swap). I don't know, what is the problem here
> for management?

Management needs to know, in case of a crash in QEMU or management
itself at exactly the right time, whether any I/O have been issued by
the guest to the 'base'.  The only way to do this is, at this time,
something like

    stop
    block-job-complete ide0-hd0
    cont

Paolo
Fam Zheng July 23, 2013, 2:03 a.m. UTC | #4
On Mon, 07/22 13:07, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 22/07/2013 08:48, Fam Zheng ha scritto:
> >> > I have only skimmed the patch, but I think this is incomplete.
> >> > Management needs to know the moment when 'active' is not valid anymore,
> >> > thus this job needs to be completed manually with "block-job-complete".
> > Does management need access to 'active' image outside of QEMU process?
> > Although original 'active' it is "dropped" by bdrv_drop_intermediate,
> > the pointers to original 'active' is still valid because 'base' is moved
> > to this address (with bdrv_swap). I don't know, what is the problem here
> > for management?
> 
> Management needs to know, in case of a crash in QEMU or management
> itself at exactly the right time, whether any I/O have been issued by
> the guest to the 'base'.  The only way to do this is, at this time,
> something like
> 
>     stop
>     block-job-complete ide0-hd0
>     cont
> 
I see, this way the job needs to stop vm in the point of all copying
drained, then report 'ready' and wait for manual complete before
swapping active, sounds not so good. Ideally we should mirror writes
_synchronously_ to 'top' and 'base' after 'ready' state and wait for
manual complete to switch image. Do you think this is easy to do?

Fam
Paolo Bonzini July 23, 2013, 11:13 a.m. UTC | #5
Il 23/07/2013 04:03, Fam Zheng ha scritto:
>> >     stop
>> >     block-job-complete ide0-hd0
>> >     cont
>> > 
> I see, this way the job needs to stop vm in the point of all copying
> drained, then report 'ready' and wait for manual complete before
> swapping active, sounds not so good. Ideally we should mirror writes
> _synchronously_ to 'top' and 'base' after 'ready' state and wait for
> manual complete to switch image. Do you think this is easy to do?

Synchronous mirroring makes it harder to handle errors in writing the
target, especially if you're not running with rerror=stop/werror=stop
(they would be reported to the guest).

Paolo
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index b560241..367e064 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2018,18 +2018,11 @@  BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
     return overlay;
 }
 
-typedef struct BlkIntermediateStates {
-    BlockDriverState *bs;
-    QSIMPLEQ_ENTRY(BlkIntermediateStates) entry;
-} BlkIntermediateStates;
-
-
 /*
- * Drops images above 'base' up to and including 'top', and sets the image
- * above 'top' to have base as its backing file.
- *
- * Requires that the overlay to 'top' is opened r/w, so that the backing file
- * information in 'bs' can be properly updated.
+ * Drops images above '*base' up to and including '*top', and sets new '*base'
+ * as backing_hd of top_overlay (the image orignally has 'top' as backing
+ * file). top_overlay may be NULL if '*top' is active, no such update needed.
+ * Requires that the top_overlay to 'top' is opened r/w.
  *
  * E.g., this will convert the following chain:
  * bottom <- base <- intermediate <- top <- active
@@ -2046,82 +2039,47 @@  typedef struct BlkIntermediateStates {
  *
  * base <- active
  *
- * Error conditions:
- *  if active == top, that is considered an error
+ * It also allows active==top, in which case it converts:
+ *
+ * base <- intermediate <- active (also top)
+ *
+ * to
+ *
+ * base == active == top, i.e. only base remains: *top == *base when return.
  *
  */
-int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
-                           BlockDriverState *base)
+int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top_overlay,
+                           BlockDriverState **top,
+                           BlockDriverState **base)
 {
-    BlockDriverState *intermediate;
+    BlockDriverState *pbs;
     BlockDriverState *base_bs = NULL;
-    BlockDriverState *new_top_bs = NULL;
-    BlkIntermediateStates *intermediate_state, *next;
     int ret = -EIO;
 
-    QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(states_to_delete, BlkIntermediateStates) states_to_delete;
-    QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&states_to_delete);
-
-    if (!top->drv || !base->drv) {
+    if (!(*top)->drv || !(*base)->drv) {
         goto exit;
     }
 
-    new_top_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);
-
-    if (new_top_bs == NULL) {
-        /* we could not find the image above 'top', this is an error */
-        goto exit;
+    for (pbs = (*top)->backing_hd; pbs != *base; pbs = base_bs) {
+        assert(pbs);
+        base_bs = pbs->backing_hd;
+        pbs->backing_hd = NULL;
+        bdrv_delete(pbs);
     }
 
-    /* special case of new_top_bs->backing_hd already pointing to base - nothing
-     * to do, no intermediate images */
-    if (new_top_bs->backing_hd == base) {
-        ret = 0;
-        goto exit;
-    }
+    bdrv_swap(*base, *top);
 
-    intermediate = top;
+    (*base)->backing_hd = NULL;
+    bdrv_delete(*base);
+    *base = *top;
 
-    /* now we will go down through the list, and add each BDS we find
-     * into our deletion queue, until we hit the 'base'
-     */
-    while (intermediate) {
-        intermediate_state = g_malloc0(sizeof(BlkIntermediateStates));
-        intermediate_state->bs = intermediate;
-        QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&states_to_delete, intermediate_state, entry);
-
-        if (intermediate->backing_hd == base) {
-            base_bs = intermediate->backing_hd;
-            break;
-        }
-        intermediate = intermediate->backing_hd;
-    }
-    if (base_bs == NULL) {
-        /* something went wrong, we did not end at the base. safely
-         * unravel everything, and exit with error */
-        goto exit;
-    }
-
-    /* success - we can delete the intermediate states, and link top->base */
-    ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(new_top_bs, base_bs->filename,
-                                   base_bs->drv ? base_bs->drv->format_name : "");
-    if (ret) {
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    new_top_bs->backing_hd = base_bs;
-
-
-    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
-        /* so that bdrv_close() does not recursively close the chain */
-        intermediate_state->bs->backing_hd = NULL;
-        bdrv_delete(intermediate_state->bs);
+    /* overlay exists when active != top, need to change backing file for it */
+    if (top_overlay) {
+        ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(top_overlay, (*base)->filename,
+                                       (*base)->drv ?
+                                            (*base)->drv->format_name : "");
     }
-    ret = 0;
-
 exit:
-    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(intermediate_state, &states_to_delete, entry, next) {
-        g_free(intermediate_state);
-    }
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 2227fc2..c85b188 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ 
 #include "block/blockjob.h"
 #include "qemu/ratelimit.h"
 
-enum {
-    /*
-     * Size of data buffer for populating the image file.  This should be large
-     * enough to process multiple clusters in a single call, so that populating
-     * contiguous regions of the image is efficient.
-     */
-    COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE = 512 * 1024, /* in bytes */
-};
+/*
+ * Size of data buffer for populating the image file.  This should be large
+ * enough to process multiple clusters in a single call, so that populating
+ * contiguous regions of the image is efficient.
+ */
+#define COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS 128
+#define COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES (COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)
 
 #define SLICE_TIME 100000000ULL /* ns */
 
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@  typedef struct CommitBlockJob {
     BlockDriverState *active;
     BlockDriverState *top;
     BlockDriverState *base;
+    BlockDriverState *overlay;
     BlockdevOnError on_error;
     int base_flags;
     int orig_overlay_flags;
@@ -65,100 +65,109 @@  static void coroutine_fn commit_run(void *opaque)
     BlockDriverState *active = s->active;
     BlockDriverState *top = s->top;
     BlockDriverState *base = s->base;
-    BlockDriverState *overlay_bs;
     int64_t sector_num, end;
     int ret = 0;
     int n = 0;
     void *buf;
-    int bytes_written = 0;
     int64_t base_len;
+    int64_t next_dirty;
+    HBitmapIter hbi;
 
+    buf = qemu_blockalign(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES);
     ret = s->common.len = bdrv_getlength(top);
 
-
     if (s->common.len < 0) {
-        goto exit_restore_reopen;
+        goto exit;
     }
 
     ret = base_len = bdrv_getlength(base);
     if (base_len < 0) {
-        goto exit_restore_reopen;
+        goto exit;
     }
 
     if (base_len < s->common.len) {
         ret = bdrv_truncate(base, s->common.len);
         if (ret) {
-            goto exit_restore_reopen;
+            goto exit;
         }
     }
 
     end = s->common.len >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
-    buf = qemu_blockalign(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE);
 
     for (sector_num = 0; sector_num < end; sector_num += n) {
-        uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
-        bool copy;
 
-wait:
-        /* Note that even when no rate limit is applied we need to yield
-         * with no pending I/O here so that bdrv_drain_all() returns.
-         */
-        block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, rt_clock, delay_ns);
-        if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
-            break;
-        }
         /* Copy if allocated above the base */
         ret = bdrv_co_is_allocated_above(top, base, sector_num,
-                                         COMMIT_BUFFER_SIZE / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
+                                         COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS,
                                          &n);
-        copy = (ret == 1);
-        trace_commit_one_iteration(s, sector_num, n, ret);
-        if (copy) {
-            if (s->common.speed) {
-                delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit, n);
-                if (delay_ns > 0) {
-                    goto wait;
-                }
-            }
-            ret = commit_populate(top, base, sector_num, n, buf);
-            bytes_written += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+        if (ret) {
+            bdrv_set_dirty(top, sector_num, n);
+        }
+    }
+
+    while (bdrv_get_dirty_count(s->top)) {
+        uint64_t delay_ns = 0;
+        if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
+            goto exit;
         }
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            if (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_STOP ||
-                s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT||
-                (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC && ret == -ENOSPC)) {
-                goto exit_free_buf;
-            } else {
-                n = 0;
-                continue;
+
+        bdrv_dirty_iter_init(s->top, &hbi);
+        for (next_dirty = hbitmap_iter_next(&hbi);
+                next_dirty >= 0;
+                next_dirty = hbitmap_iter_next(&hbi)) {
+            sector_num = next_dirty;
+            if (block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
+                goto exit;
             }
+            delay_ns = ratelimit_calculate_delay(&s->limit,
+                                                 COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS);
+            /* Note that even when no rate limit is applied we need to yield
+             * with no pending I/O here so that bdrv_drain_all() returns.
+             */
+            block_job_sleep_ns(&s->common, rt_clock, delay_ns);
+            trace_commit_one_iteration(s, sector_num,
+                                       COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS, ret);
+            ret = commit_populate(top, base, sector_num,
+                                  COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS, buf);
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                if (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_STOP ||
+                    s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_REPORT ||
+                    (s->on_error == BLOCKDEV_ON_ERROR_ENOSPC &&
+                         ret == -ENOSPC)) {
+                    goto exit;
+                } else {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            /* Publish progress */
+            s->common.offset += COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES;
+            bdrv_reset_dirty(top, sector_num, COMMIT_BUFFER_SECTORS);
         }
-        /* Publish progress */
-        s->common.offset += n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     }
 
-    ret = 0;
-
-    if (!block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common) && sector_num == end) {
-        /* success */
-        ret = bdrv_drop_intermediate(active, top, base);
+    if (!block_job_is_cancelled(&s->common)) {
+        /* Drop intermediate: [top, base) */
+        ret = bdrv_drop_intermediate(s->overlay, &top, &base);
+        s->common.offset = s->common.len;
     }
 
-exit_free_buf:
-    qemu_vfree(buf);
+    ret = 0;
+
+exit:
+    bdrv_set_dirty_tracking(active, 0);
 
-exit_restore_reopen:
     /* restore base open flags here if appropriate (e.g., change the base back
      * to r/o). These reopens do not need to be atomic, since we won't abort
      * even on failure here */
-    if (s->base_flags != bdrv_get_flags(base)) {
+    if (s->overlay && s->base_flags != bdrv_get_flags(base)) {
         bdrv_reopen(base, s->base_flags, NULL);
     }
-    overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(active, top);
-    if (overlay_bs && s->orig_overlay_flags != bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs)) {
-        bdrv_reopen(overlay_bs, s->orig_overlay_flags, NULL);
+
+    if (s->overlay && s->orig_overlay_flags != bdrv_get_flags(s->overlay)) {
+        bdrv_reopen(s->overlay, s->orig_overlay_flags, NULL);
     }
 
+    qemu_vfree(buf);
     block_job_completed(&s->common, ret);
 }
 
@@ -198,13 +207,6 @@  void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
         return;
     }
 
-    /* Once we support top == active layer, remove this check */
-    if (top == bs) {
-        error_setg(errp,
-                   "Top image as the active layer is currently unsupported");
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (top == base) {
         error_setg(errp, "Invalid files for merge: top and base are the same");
         return;
@@ -212,23 +214,20 @@  void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
 
     overlay_bs = bdrv_find_overlay(bs, top);
 
-    if (overlay_bs == NULL) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Could not find overlay image for %s:", top->filename);
-        return;
-    }
-
     orig_base_flags    = bdrv_get_flags(base);
-    orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
+    if (overlay_bs) {
+        orig_overlay_flags = bdrv_get_flags(overlay_bs);
+        if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
+            reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs,
+                    orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
+        }
+    }
 
     /* convert base & overlay_bs to r/w, if necessary */
     if (!(orig_base_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
         reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, base,
                                          orig_base_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
     }
-    if (!(orig_overlay_flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) {
-        reopen_queue = bdrv_reopen_queue(reopen_queue, overlay_bs,
-                                         orig_overlay_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR);
-    }
     if (reopen_queue) {
         bdrv_reopen_multiple(reopen_queue, &local_err);
         if (local_err != NULL) {
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@  void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
         }
     }
 
-
     s = block_job_create(&commit_job_type, bs, speed, cb, opaque, errp);
     if (!s) {
         return;
@@ -246,13 +244,19 @@  void commit_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
     s->base   = base;
     s->top    = top;
     s->active = bs;
+    s->overlay = overlay_bs;
 
     s->base_flags          = orig_base_flags;
-    s->orig_overlay_flags  = orig_overlay_flags;
+    if (overlay_bs) {
+        s->orig_overlay_flags  = orig_overlay_flags;
+    }
 
     s->on_error = on_error;
     s->common.co = qemu_coroutine_create(commit_run);
 
     trace_commit_start(bs, base, top, s, s->common.co, opaque);
+
+    bdrv_set_dirty_tracking(top, COMMIT_BUFFER_BYTES);
+
     qemu_coroutine_enter(s->common.co, s);
 }
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index b6b9014..caf2c22 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@  int bdrv_commit_all(void);
 int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
     const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt);
 void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv);
-int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *active, BlockDriverState *top,
-                           BlockDriverState *base);
+int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top_overlay,
+                           BlockDriverState **top,
+                           BlockDriverState **base);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_overlay(BlockDriverState *active,
                                     BlockDriverState *bs);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_base(BlockDriverState *bs);