There is a subtle difference between the fast (qcow2v3 with no
extra data) and slow path (qcow2v2 format [aka 0.10], or when a
snapshot is present) of qcow2_make_empty(). The slow path fails
to discard the final (partial) cluster of an unaligned image.
The problem stems from the fact that qcow2_discard_clusters() was
silently ignoring sub-cluster head and tail on unaligned requests.
A quick audit of all callers shows that qcow2_snapshot_create() has
always passed a cluster-aligned request since the call was added
in commit 1ebf561; qcow2_co_pdiscard() has passed a cluster-aligned
request since commit ecdbead taught the block layer about preferred
discard alignment; and qcow2_make_empty() was fixed to pass an
aligned start (but not necessarily end) in commit a3e1505.
Asserting that the start is always aligned also points out that we
now have a dead check: rounding the end offset down can never result
in a value less than the aligned start offset (the check was rendered
dead with commit ecdbead). Meanwhile, we do not want to round the
end cluster down in the one case of the end offset matching the
(unaligned) file size - that final partial cluster should still be
discarded.
With those fixes in place, the fast and slow paths are back in sync
at discarding an entire image; the next patch will update
qemu-iotests to ensure we don't regress.
Note that bdrv_co_pdiscard ignores ALL partial cluster requests,
including the partial cluster at the end of an image; it can be
argued that the partial cluster at the end should be special-cased
so that a guest issuing discard requests at proper alignments
everywhere else can likewise empty the entire image. But that
optimization is left for another day.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20170331185356.2479-3-eblake@redhat.com
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
QEMU README
===========
QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
========
QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Mac
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere
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