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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH 1/1] block: add cache mode with direct IO and wi
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH 1/1] block: add cache mode with direct IO and without flushes |
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Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:08:46 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Am 15.09.2016 um 18:39 hat Denis V. Lunev geschrieben:
> On 09/15/2016 07:09 PM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > Am 15.09.2016 um 15:19 hat Denis V. Lunev geschrieben:
> >> This mode could be very useful for flush bottlenecks evaluation and for
> >> running non-persistent VMs, when host crash is considered not fatal.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <address@hidden>
> >> CC: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> >> CC: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> > Why not just specify the individual options?
> >
> > -drive file=...,cache.direct=on,cache.no-flush=on
> >
> > Kevin
> then we need to have three options:
> cache.direct=on/off
> cache.flush=on/off (default on)
> cache.writethrough=on/off
> What will have preference, old style option, new style option, rightmost
> option?
The individual options take precedence, see the code that handles the
"cache=..." option in drive_init():
value = qemu_opt_get(all_opts, "cache");
if (value) {
int flags = 0;
bool writethrough;
if (bdrv_parse_cache_mode(value, &flags, &writethrough) != 0) {
error_report("invalid cache option");
return NULL;
}
/* Specific options take precedence */
if (!qemu_opt_get(all_opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_WB)) {
qemu_opt_set_bool(all_opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_WB,
!writethrough, &error_abort);
}
if (!qemu_opt_get(all_opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_DIRECT)) {
qemu_opt_set_bool(all_opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_DIRECT,
!!(flags & BDRV_O_NOCACHE), &error_abort);
}
if (!qemu_opt_get(all_opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_NO_FLUSH)) {
qemu_opt_set_bool(all_opts, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_NO_FLUSH,
!!(flags & BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH), &error_abort);
}
qemu_opt_unset(all_opts, "cache");
}
Kevin