[libvirt] [PATCH v3 10/18] blockcopy: allow block device destination

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Fri Sep 5 19:20:10 UTC 2014


On 09/05/2014 03:23 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On 08/31/14 06:02, Eric Blake wrote:
>> To date, anyone performing a block copy and pivot ends up with
>> the destination being treated as <disk type='file'>.  While this
>> works for data access for a block device, it has at least one
>> noticeable shortcoming: virDomainGetBlockInfo() reports allocation
>> differently for block devices visited as files (the size of the
>> device) than for block devices visited as <disk type='block'>
>> (the maximum sector used, as reported by qemu); and this difference
>> is significant when trying to manage qcow2 format on block devices
>> that can be grown as needed.
>>

>>
> 
> ACK

Pushed.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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