[libvirt] [PATCH] Query block allocation extent from QEMU monitor

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Mon May 24 22:05:41 UTC 2010


On 05/14/2010 07:10 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The virDomainGetBlockInfo API allows query physical block
> extent and allocated block extent. These are normally the
> same value unless storing a special format like qcow2
> inside a block device. In this scenario we can query QEMU
> to get the actual allocated extent.
>
> Since last time:
>
>  - Return fatal error in text monitor
>  - Only invoke monitor command for block devices
>  - Fix error handling JSON code
>
> * src/qemu/qemu_driver.c: Fill in block aloction extent when VM
>   is running
> * src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c, src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h,
>   src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c, src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h,
>   src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.c, src/qemu/qemu_monitor_text.h: Add
>   API to query the highest block extent via info blockstats

On 05/18/2010 02:32 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/16/2010 03:03 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>>> that means you now propagate that fatal error out of the call, rather
>>> than falling back on the default.
>>
>> Yes, that is the intended behaviour here. If it is a block device + not using
>> the raw format, then we want the caller to be able to see the error
> 
> Fair enough.  By the way, I never saw this one applied, even though DV
> gave it an ACK...

I applied this on Daniel's behalf, as part of cleaning out some of my
inbox, and after double-checking that everything builds cleanly after
rebasing on latest sources.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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