Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7 3/4] qcow2: add shrink image support

[Eric Blake]

On 08/17/2017 04:15 AM, Pavel Butsykin wrote:
> This patch add shrinking of the image file for qcow2. As a result, this allows
> us to reduce the virtual image size and free up space on the disk without
> copying the image. Image can be fragmented and shrink is done by punching 
> holes
> in the image file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Butsykin <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> ---

> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> @@ -2495,7 +2495,8 @@
>              'cluster_alloc_bytes', 'cluster_free', 'flush_to_os',
>              'flush_to_disk', 'pwritev_rmw_head', 'pwritev_rmw_after_head',
>              'pwritev_rmw_tail', 'pwritev_rmw_after_tail', 'pwritev',
> -            'pwritev_zero', 'pwritev_done', 'empty_image_prepare' ] }
> +            'pwritev_zero', 'pwritev_done', 'empty_image_prepare',
> +            'l1_shrink_write_table', 'l1_shrink_free_l2_clusters' ] }

Missing documentation of the new enum members (at a minimum, something
that says 'since 2.11').

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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