[Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit] filters: Add copy-on-write filter.

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Mon Jan 22 16:10:21 UTC 2018


On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 09:57:44AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> Do we also want a knob that says whether to cache things in the
> temporary file (copy-on-read)?  That way, a user can choose whether to
> cache things locally rather than always reading from the underlying
> plugin, even for blocks that do not get written.

Even better, another filter for that, coming up.

Rich.

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