Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 6/8] vmdk: New functions to assist allocating multiple clusters

[Ashijeet Acharya]

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Fam Zheng <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 06/05 13:22, Ashijeet Acharya wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * vmdk_handle_alloc
>> + *
>> + * Allocate new clusters for an area that either is yet unallocated or 
>> needs a
>> + * copy on write. If *cluster_offset is non_zero, clusters are only 
>> allocated if
>> + * the new allocation can match the specified host offset.
>
> I don't think this matches the function body, the passed in *cluster_offset
> value is ignored.
>
>> + *
>> + * Returns:
>> + *   VMDK_OK:       if new clusters were allocated, *bytes may be decreased 
>> if
>> + *                  the new allocation doesn't cover all of the requested 
>> area.
>> + *                  *cluster_offset is updated to contain the offset of the
>> + *                  first newly allocated cluster.
>> + *
>> + *   VMDK_UNALLOC:  if no clusters could be allocated. *cluster_offset is 
>> left
>> + *                  unchanged.
>> + *
>> + *   VMDK_ERROR:    in error cases
>> + */
>> +static int vmdk_handle_alloc(BlockDriverState *bs, VmdkExtent *extent,
>> +                             uint64_t offset, uint64_t *cluster_offset,
>> +                             int64_t *bytes, VmdkMetaData *m_data,
>> +                             bool allocate, uint32_t 
>> *alloc_clusters_counter)
>> +{
>> +    int l1_index, l2_offset, l2_index;
>> +    uint32_t *l2_table;
>> +    uint32_t cluster_sector;
>> +    uint32_t nb_clusters;
>> +    bool zeroed = false;
>> +    uint64_t skip_start_bytes, skip_end_bytes;
>> +    int ret;
>> +
>> +    ret = get_cluster_table(extent, offset, &l1_index, &l2_offset,
>> +                            &l2_index, &l2_table);
>> +    if (ret < 0) {
>> +        return ret;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    cluster_sector = le32_to_cpu(l2_table[l2_index]);
>> +
>> +    skip_start_bytes = vmdk_find_offset_in_cluster(extent, offset);
>> +    /* Calculate the number of clusters to look for. Here we truncate the 
>> last
>> +     * cluster, i.e. 1 less than the actual value calculated as we may need 
>> to
>> +     * perform COW for the last one. */
>> +    nb_clusters = DIV_ROUND_UP(skip_start_bytes + *bytes,
>> +                               extent->cluster_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS) 
>> - 1;
>> +
>> +    nb_clusters = MIN(nb_clusters, extent->l2_size - l2_index);
>> +    assert(nb_clusters <= INT_MAX);
>> +
>> +    /* update bytes according to final nb_clusters value */
>> +    if (nb_clusters != 0) {
>> +        *bytes = ((nb_clusters * extent->cluster_sectors) << 
>> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS)
>> +                 - skip_start_bytes;
>> +    } else {
>> +        nb_clusters = 1;
>> +    }
>> +    *alloc_clusters_counter += nb_clusters;
>> +    skip_end_bytes = skip_start_bytes + MIN(*bytes,
>> +                     extent->cluster_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE
>> +                                    - skip_start_bytes);
>
> I don't understand the MIN part, shouldn't skip_end_bytes simply be
> skip_start_bytes + *bytes?
>
>> +
>> +    if (extent->has_zero_grain && cluster_sector == VMDK_GTE_ZEROED) {
>> +        zeroed = true;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if (!cluster_sector || zeroed) {
>> +        if (!allocate) {
>> +            return zeroed ? VMDK_ZEROED : VMDK_UNALLOC;
>> +        }
>> +
>> +        cluster_sector = extent->next_cluster_sector;
>> +        extent->next_cluster_sector += extent->cluster_sectors
>> +                                                * nb_clusters;
>> +
>> +        ret = vmdk_perform_cow(bs, extent, cluster_sector * 
>> BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
>> +                               offset, skip_start_bytes,
>> +                               skip_end_bytes);
>> +        if (ret < 0) {
>> +            return ret;
>> +        }
>> +        if (m_data) {
>> +            m_data->valid = 1;
>> +            m_data->l1_index = l1_index;
>> +            m_data->l2_index = l2_index;
>> +            m_data->l2_offset = l2_offset;
>> +            m_data->l2_cache_entry = &l2_table[l2_index];
>> +            m_data->nb_clusters = nb_clusters;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +    *cluster_offset = cluster_sector << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
>> +    return VMDK_OK;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * vmdk_alloc_clusters
>> + *
>> + * For a given offset on the virtual disk, find the cluster offset in vmdk
>> + * file. If the offset is not found, allocate a new cluster.
>> + *
>> + * If the cluster is newly allocated, m_data->nb_clusters is set to the 
>> number
>> + * of contiguous clusters that have been allocated. In this case, the other
>> + * fields of m_data are valid and contain information about the first 
>> allocated
>> + * cluster.
>> + *
>> + * Returns:
>> + *
>> + *   VMDK_OK:           on success and @cluster_offset was set
>> + *
>> + *   VMDK_UNALLOC:      if no clusters were allocated and @cluster_offset is
>> + *                      set to zero
>> + *
>> + *   VMDK_ERROR:        in error cases
>> + */
>> +static int vmdk_alloc_clusters(BlockDriverState *bs,
>> +                               VmdkExtent *extent,
>> +                               VmdkMetaData *m_data, uint64_t offset,
>> +                               bool allocate, uint64_t *cluster_offset,
>> +                               int64_t bytes,
>> +                               uint32_t *total_alloc_clusters)
>> +{
>> +    uint64_t start, remaining;
>> +    uint64_t new_cluster_offset;
>> +    int64_t n_bytes;
>> +    int ret;
>> +
>> +    if (extent->flat) {
>> +        *cluster_offset = extent->flat_start_offset;
>> +        return VMDK_OK;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    start = offset;
>> +    remaining = bytes;
>> +    new_cluster_offset = 0;
>> +    *cluster_offset = 0;
>> +    n_bytes = 0;
>> +    if (m_data) {
>> +        m_data->valid = 0;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    /* due to L2 table margins all bytes may not get allocated at once */
>> +    while (true) {
>> +
>> +        if (!*cluster_offset) {
>> +            *cluster_offset = new_cluster_offset;
>> +        }
>> +
>> +        start              += n_bytes;
>> +        remaining          -= n_bytes;
>> +        new_cluster_offset += n_bytes;
>
> Like said above, even though you increment new_cluster_offset by n_bytes, it 
> has
> no effect inside vmdk_handle_alloc. Is this intended?

I think that comment may have caused a confusion as it was valid only
till v2/v3 and not now. I will remove it.

Ashijeet