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[v3,12/18] block/backup: add 'always' bitmap sync policy

Message ID 20190705201631.26266-13-jsnow@redhat.com
State New
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Series bitmaps: introduce 'bitmap' sync mode | expand

Commit Message

John Snow July 5, 2019, 8:16 p.m. UTC
This adds an "always" policy for bitmap synchronization. Regardless of if
the job succeeds or fails, the bitmap is *always* synchronized. This means
that for backups that fail part-way through, the bitmap retains a record of
which sectors need to be copied out to accomplish a new backup using the
old, partial result.

In effect, this allows us to "resume" a failed backup; however the new backup
will be from the new point in time, so it isn't a "resume" as much as it is
an "incremental retry." This can be useful in the case of extremely large
backups that fail considerably through the operation and we'd like to not waste
the work that was already performed.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 block/backup.c       | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 qapi/block-core.json |  5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Max Reitz July 9, 2019, 6:46 p.m. UTC | #1
On 05.07.19 22:16, John Snow wrote:
> This adds an "always" policy for bitmap synchronization. Regardless of if
> the job succeeds or fails, the bitmap is *always* synchronized. This means
> that for backups that fail part-way through, the bitmap retains a record of
> which sectors need to be copied out to accomplish a new backup using the
> old, partial result.
> 
> In effect, this allows us to "resume" a failed backup; however the new backup
> will be from the new point in time, so it isn't a "resume" as much as it is
> an "incremental retry." This can be useful in the case of extremely large
> backups that fail considerably through the operation and we'd like to not waste
> the work that was already performed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> ---
>  block/backup.c       | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
>  qapi/block-core.json |  5 ++++-
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 3c08d057cc..b25e6179cf 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -268,18 +268,29 @@  static void backup_cleanup_sync_bitmap(BackupBlockJob *job, int ret)
 {
     BdrvDirtyBitmap *bm;
     BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(job->common.blk);
+    bool sync = (((ret == 0) || (job->bitmap_mode == BITMAP_SYNC_MODE_ALWAYS)) \
+                 && (job->bitmap_mode != BITMAP_SYNC_MODE_NEVER));
 
-    if (ret < 0 || job->bitmap_mode == BITMAP_SYNC_MODE_NEVER) {
+    if (sync) {
         /*
-         * Failure, or we don't want to synchronize the bitmap.
-         * Merge the successor back into the parent, delete nothing.
+         * We succeeded, or we always intended to sync the bitmap.
+         * Delete this bitmap and install the child.
          */
-        bm = bdrv_reclaim_dirty_bitmap(bs, job->sync_bitmap, NULL);
-        assert(bm);
-    } else {
-        /* Everything is fine, delete this bitmap and install the backup. */
         bm = bdrv_dirty_bitmap_abdicate(bs, job->sync_bitmap, NULL);
-        assert(bm);
+    } else {
+        /*
+         * We failed, or we never intended to sync the bitmap anyway.
+         * Merge the successor back into the parent, keeping all data.
+         */
+        bm = bdrv_reclaim_dirty_bitmap(bs, job->sync_bitmap, NULL);
+    }
+
+    assert(bm);
+
+    if (ret < 0 && job->bitmap_mode == BITMAP_SYNC_MODE_ALWAYS) {
+        /* If we failed and synced, merge in the bits we didn't copy: */
+        bdrv_dirty_bitmap_merge_internal(bm, job->copy_bitmap,
+                                         NULL, true);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index b1aaaaa98e..5a578806c5 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -1149,10 +1149,13 @@ 
 # @never: The bitmap is never synchronized with the operation, and is
 #         treated solely as a read-only manifest of blocks to copy.
 #
+# @always: The bitmap is always synchronized with the operation,
+#          regardless of whether or not the operation was successful.
+#
 # Since: 4.2
 ##
 { 'enum': 'BitmapSyncMode',
-  'data': ['on-success', 'never'] }
+  'data': ['on-success', 'never', 'always'] }
 
 ##
 # @MirrorCopyMode: