Re: [PATCH v2] pflash: Only read non-zero parts of backend image

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 09:42:46AM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> From: Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@huawei.com>
> 
> Currently we fill the VIRT_FLASH memory space with two 64MB NOR images
> when using persistent UEFI variables on virt board. Actually we only use
> a very small(non-zero) part of the memory while the rest significant
> large(zero) part of memory is wasted.
> 
> So this patch checks the block status and only writes the non-zero part
> into memory. This requires pflash devices to use sparse files for
> backends.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiang Zheng <zhengxiang9@huawei.com>
> 
> [ kraxel: rebased to latest master ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hw/block/block.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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