Persistent dirty bitmaps will be saved into qcow2 files. It may be used
as 'internal' bitmaps (for qcow2 drives) or as 'external' bitmaps for
other drives (there may be qcow2 file with zero disk size but with
several dirty bitmaps for other drives).
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden>
---
docs/specs/qcow2.txt | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 126 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/specs/qcow2.txt b/docs/specs/qcow2.txt
index 121dfc8..5fc0365 100644
--- a/docs/specs/qcow2.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/qcow2.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ in the description of a field.
write to an image with unknown auto-clear features if it
clears the respective bits from this field first.
- Bits 0-63: Reserved (set to 0)
+ Bit 0: Dirty bitmaps bit. If this bit is set then
+ there is a _consistent_ Dirty bitmaps extension
+ in the image. If it is not set, but there is a
+ Dirty bitmaps extension, its data should be
+ considered as inconsistent.
+
+ Bits 1-63: Reserved (set to 0)
96 - 99: refcount_order
Describes the width of a reference count block entry
(width
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ be stored. Each extension has a structure like the
following:
0x00000000 - End of the header extension area
0xE2792ACA - Backing file format name
0x6803f857 - Feature name table
+ 0x23852875 - Dirty bitmaps
other - Unknown header extension, can be safely
ignored
@@ -166,6 +173,24 @@ the header extension data. Each entry look like this:
terminated if it has full length)
+== Dirty bitmaps ==
+
+Dirty bitmaps is an optional header extension. It provides an ability to store
+dirty bitmaps in a qcow2 image. The fields are:
+
+ 0 - 3: nb_dirty_bitmaps
+ The number of dirty bitmaps contained in the image. Valid
+ values: 0 - 65535.
+
+ 4 - 7: dirty_bitmap_directory_size
+ Size of the Dirty Bitmap Directory in bytes. Valid values:
+ 0 - 67108864 (= 1024 * nb_dirty_bitmaps).
+
+ 8 - 15: dirty_bitmap_directory_offset
+ Offset into the image file at which the Dirty Bitmap
+ Directory starts. Must be aligned to a cluster boundary.
+
+
== Host cluster management ==
qcow2 manages the allocation of host clusters by maintaining a reference count
@@ -360,3 +385,103 @@ Snapshot table entry:
variable: Padding to round up the snapshot table entry size to the
next multiple of 8.
+
+
+== Dirty bitmaps ==
+
+The feature supports storing dirty bitmaps in a qcow2 image.
+
+=== Cluster mapping ===
+
+Dirty bitmaps are stored using a ONE-level structure for the mapping of
+bitmaps to host clusters. It is called Dirty Bitmap Table.
+
+The Dirty Bitmap Table has a variable size (stored in the Dirty Bitmap
+Directory Entry) and may use multiple clusters, however it must be contiguous
+in the image file.
+
+Given an offset (in bytes) into the bitmap, the offset into the image file can
+be obtained as follows:
+
+ byte_offset =
+ dirty_bitmap_table[offset / cluster_size] + (offset % cluster_size)
+
+Taking into accout the granularity of the bitmap, an offset in bits into the
+image file can be obtained like this:
+
+ bit_offset =
+ byte_offset(bit_nr / granularity / 8) * 8 + (bit_nr / granularity) % 8
+
+Here bit_nr is a number of "virtual" bit of the bitmap, which is covered by
+"physical" bit with number (bit_nr / granularity).
+
+Dirty Bitmap Table entry:
+
+ Bit 0 - 8: Reserved
+
+ 9 - 55: Bits 9-55 of host cluster offset. Must be aligned to a
+ cluster boundary. If the offset is 0, the cluster is
+ unallocated, and should be read as all zeros.
+
+ 56 - 63: Reserved
+
+=== Dirty Bitmap Directory ===
+
+Each dirty bitmap, saved in the image is described in the Dirty Bitmap
+Directory entry. Dirty Bitmap Directory is a contiguous area in the image file,
+whose starting offset and length are given by the header extension fields
+dirty_bitmap_directory_offset and dirty_bitmap_directory_size. The entries of
+the bitmap directory have variable length, depending on the length of the
+bitmap name.
+
+Dirty Bitmap Directory Entry:
+
+ Byte 0 - 7: dirty_bitmap_table_offset
+ Offset into the image file at which the Dirty Bitmap Table
+ for the bitmap starts. Must be aligned to a cluster
+ boundary.
+
+ 8 - 15: nb_virtual_bits
+ Number of "virtual" bits in the bitmap. Number of
+ "physical" bits would be:
+ (nb_virtual_bits + granularity - 1) / granularity
+
+ 16 - 19: dirty_bitmap_table_size
+ Number of entries in the Dirty Bitmap Table of the bitmap.
+ Valid values: 0 - 0x8000000.
+ Also, (dirty_bitmap_table_size * cluster_size) should not
+ be greater than 0x20000000 (512 MB)
+
+ 20 - 23: granularity_bits
+ Granularity bits. Valid values are: 0 - 63.
+
+ Granularity is calculated as
+ granularity = 1 << granularity_bits
+
+ Granularity of the bitmap is how many "virtual" bits
+ accounts for one "physical" bit.
+
+ 24 - 27: flags
+ Bit
+ 0: in_use
+ The bitmap is in use and may be inconsistent.
+
+ 1: self
+ The bitmap is a dirty bitmap for the containing image.
+
+ 2: auto
+ The bitmap should be autoloaded as block dirty bitmap.
+ Only available if bit 1 (self) is set.
+
+ 3: read_only
+ The bitmap should not be rewritten.
+
+ Bits 4 - 31 are reserved.