[libvirt] [PATCH] Add "io" option to virsh attach-disk sub-command.

Gordon Messmer gordon at dragonsdawn.net
Tue May 9 14:31:30 UTC 2017


(Apparently I managed to screw up sending that, twice.   Long weekend.)

Please consider adding the option of setting the "io" attribute when 
attaching disks to guests.  Under Red Hat (unsure if this is true under 
vanilla libvirt), virt-install and virt-manager both default to 
explicitly setting "io='native'" in the disk "driver" tag. virsh, 
however, does not and also does not provide an option to specify that 
setting at all.  As a result, disks use a different IO mechanism (the 
default, "threads") when attached post-setup using virsh.  Adding this 
option allows users to keep disk performance consistent for disks 
attached at install, and those attached afterward.




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