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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 0/4] Add shrink image for qcow2
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:22:03 +0200
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On 2017-09-18 14:42, 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.
> 
> # ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 image.qcow2 4G
> Formatting 'image.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=4294967296 encryption=off 
> cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
> 
> # ./qemu-io -c "write -P 0x22 0 1G" image.qcow2
> wrote 1073741824/1073741824 bytes at offset 0
> 1 GiB, 1 ops; 0:00:04.59 (222.886 MiB/sec and 0.2177 ops/sec)
> 
> # ./qemu-img resize image.qcow2 512M
> warning: qemu-img: Shrinking an image will delete all data beyond the 
> shrunken image's end. Before performing such an operation, make sure there is 
> no important data there.
> error: qemu-img: Use the --shrink option to perform a shrink operation.
> 
> # ./qemu-img resize --shrink image.qcow2 128M
> Image resized.
> 
> # ./qemu-img info image.qcow2
> image: image.qcow2
> file format: qcow2
> virtual size: 128M (134217728 bytes)
> disk size: 128M
> cluster_size: 65536
> Format specific information:
>     compat: 1.1
>     lazy refcounts: false
>     refcount bits: 16
>     corrupt: false
> 
> # du -h image.qcow2
> 129M    image.qcow2

Thanks, I've added the missing space in patch 1 and applied the series
to my block branch:

https://github.com/XanClic/qemu/commits/block

Max

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