[libvirt-users] stream finish throws exception via python API

[Cole Robinson]

On 04/27/2016 04:26 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 03:17:19PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> On 04/26/2016 02:56 PM, Nir Soffer wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> On 04/26/2016 09:35 AM, Shahar Havivi wrote:
>>>>> On 26.04.16 15:30, Shahar Havivi wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Libvirt doesn't invoke qemu-img check anywhere AFAIK, so if that's the only
>>>> way to get that info, then it isn't available
>>>
>>> We would like to report progress for downloads, so we need to know in advance
>>> what is the size of the download.
>>>
>>> I guess we can use an estimate (e.g. capacity * 1.1), or maybe someone have
>>> a better idea how to estimate the download size?
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, I didn't realize <capacity> for a qcow2 volume isn't the full size on
>> disk, but instead the size of the virtual disk image. We should probably add
>> an extra volume field to report the actual on disk size too. Please file a
>> RHEL bug
> 
> <physical> is intended to give the actual size on disk.
> 

Hmm I see we do track a src->physical value via virstoragefile but that isn't
reflected in the storage volume XML at all, there's no <physical> XML element.
Should be simple to add, but someone on ovirt side please file an RFE so it's
properly prioritized

Thanks,
Cole