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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] block: split write_zeroes always
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] block: split write_zeroes always |
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Tue, 17 May 2016 18:34:31 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Am 17.05.2016 um 11:15 hat Denis V. Lunev geschrieben:
> We should split requests even if they are less than write_zeroes_alignment.
> For example we can have the following request:
> offset 62k
> size 4k
> write_zeroes_alignment 64k
> The original code sent 1 request covering 2 qcow2 clusters, and resulted
> in both clusters being allocated. But by splitting the request, we can
> cater to the case where one of the two clusters can be zeroed as a
> whole, for only 1 cluster allocated after the operation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <address@hidden>
> CC: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> CC: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> ---
> block/io.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
> index cd6d71a..6a24ea8 100644
> --- a/block/io.c
> +++ b/block/io.c
> @@ -1172,13 +1172,13 @@ static int coroutine_fn
> bdrv_co_do_write_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
> /* Align request. Block drivers can expect the "bulk" of the request
> * to be aligned.
> */
> - if (bs->bl.write_zeroes_alignment
> - && num > bs->bl.write_zeroes_alignment) {
> + if (bs->bl.write_zeroes_alignment) {
> if (sector_num % bs->bl.write_zeroes_alignment != 0) {
> /* Make a small request up to the first aligned sector. */
> num = bs->bl.write_zeroes_alignment;
> num -= sector_num % bs->bl.write_zeroes_alignment;
Turns out this doesn't work. If this is a small request that zeros
something in the middle of a single cluster (i.e. we have untouched data
both before and after the request in the same cluster), then num can now
become greater than nb_sectors, so that we end up zeroing too much.
I'll send a test case that catches this and unstage the series for the
time being.
Kevin
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] qcow2_co_write_zeroes and related improvements, Denis V. Lunev, 2016/05/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] qcow2: fix condition in is_zero_cluster, Denis V. Lunev, 2016/05/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] qcow2: merge is_zero_cluster helpers into qcow2_co_write_zeroes, Denis V. Lunev, 2016/05/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] qcow2: simplify logic in qcow2_co_write_zeroes, Denis V. Lunev, 2016/05/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] qcow2: add tracepoints for qcow2_co_write_zeroes, Denis V. Lunev, 2016/05/17
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] block: split write_zeroes always, Denis V. Lunev, 2016/05/17
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] block: split write_zeroes always,
Kevin Wolf <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/5] qcow2_co_write_zeroes and related improvements, Kevin Wolf, 2016/05/17