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[RFC,v3,2/6] block: add BlockDriver.bdrv_preallocate.

Message ID 521cd9f1c99d5912c7438b1714fe4d0de758344e.1387419339.git.hutao@cn.fujitsu.com
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Hu Tao Dec. 19, 2013, 2:27 a.m. UTC
This field is used to preallocate disk space for block device.

Signed-off-by: Hu Tao <hutao@cn.fujitsu.com>
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 block.c                   | 13 +++++++++++++
 include/block/block.h     |  1 +
 include/block/block_int.h |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

Comments

Stefan Hajnoczi Dec. 20, 2013, 10:10 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:27:37AM +0800, Hu Tao wrote:
> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> index 64e7d22..b901587 100644
> --- a/block.c
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -3216,6 +3216,19 @@ bool bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      return false;
>  }
>  
> +int bdrv_preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t length)
> +{
> +    if (bs->backing_hd) {
> +        return -ENOTSUP;
> +    }

Depending on the image file format it may be possible to preallocate
metadata while using a backing file.  Why prevent this?
Hu Tao Dec. 24, 2013, 8:31 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:10:30AM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:27:37AM +0800, Hu Tao wrote:
> > diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> > index 64e7d22..b901587 100644
> > --- a/block.c
> > +++ b/block.c
> > @@ -3216,6 +3216,19 @@ bool bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(BlockDriverState *bs)
> >      return false;
> >  }
> >  
> > +int bdrv_preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t length)
> > +{
> > +    if (bs->backing_hd) {
> > +        return -ENOTSUP;
> > +    }
> 
> Depending on the image file format it may be possible to preallocate
> metadata while using a backing file.  Why prevent this?

I thought in the case we have no need to preallocate forbacking file.
But yes, we can also preallocate for bs when there is backing file.
Thanks!
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diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 64e7d22..b901587 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -3216,6 +3216,19 @@  bool bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return false;
 }
 
+int bdrv_preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t length)
+{
+    if (bs->backing_hd) {
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    if (bs->drv->bdrv_preallocate) {
+        return bs->drv->bdrv_preallocate(bs, offset, length);
+    }
+
+    return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
 typedef struct BdrvCoGetBlockStatusData {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
     BlockDriverState *base;
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 3732f25..bc1f277 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@  int bdrv_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors);
 int bdrv_co_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors);
 int bdrv_has_zero_init_1(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs);
+int bdrv_preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t length);
 bool bdrv_unallocated_blocks_are_zero(BlockDriverState *bs);
 bool bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int64_t bdrv_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 8b132d7..5bb1005 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@  struct BlockDriver {
      */
     int (*bdrv_has_zero_init)(BlockDriverState *bs);
 
+    int (*bdrv_preallocate)(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
+                            int64_t length);
+
     QLIST_ENTRY(BlockDriver) list;
 };