[PATCH v3 8/8] news: Document sparse streams for block devices

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Mon Aug 24 12:53:08 UTC 2020


On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 13:50:21 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---
>  NEWS.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
> index 0669051ee6..3cd09decf6 100644
> --- a/NEWS.rst
> +++ b/NEWS.rst
> @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ v6.7.0 (unreleased)
>  
>  * **Improvements**
>  
> +  * Allow sparse streams for block devices
> +
> +    Sparse streams (e.g. ``virsh vol-download --sparse`` or ``virsh vol-upload
> +    --sparse``) now handle if one of the stream ends is a block device. A zero
> +    block detection is performed so that zero block are not transferred and
> +    thus bandwidth is saved.

IIRC this version doesn't do zero block detection.

> +

Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>

once you make the entry accurate.




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