[libvirt] [PATCH v3 06/18] blockjob: allow finer bandwidth tuning for query

[Eric Blake]

On 09/04/2014 10:11 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On 08/31/14 06:02, Eric Blake wrote:
>> While reviewing the new virDomainBlockCopy API, Peter Krempa
>> pointed out that our existing design of using MiB/s for block
>> job bandwidth is rather coarse, especially since qemu tracks
>> it in bytes/s; so virDomainBlockCopy only accepts bytes/s.
>> But once the new API is implemented for qemu, we will be in
>> the situation where it is possible to set a value that cannot
>> be accurately reflected back to the user, because the existing
>> virDomainGetBlockJobInfo defaults to the coarser units.
>>

> 
> ACK. I presume virsh will be modified later in the series.

Indeed.  I'm still working on the virsh modifications for setting
bandwidth in a different scale, but 9/18 was the modification for
getting in smarter units.  This one is now pushed.

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

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