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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] mirror: Only mirror granularity-aligned chun
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Max Reitz |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] mirror: Only mirror granularity-aligned chunks |
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Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:57:14 +0200 |
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On 05.08.19 17:33, Max Reitz wrote:
> In write-blocking mode, all writes to the top node directly go to the
> target. We must only mirror chunks of data that are aligned to the
> job's granularity, because that is how the dirty bitmap works.
> Therefore, the request alignment for writes must be the job's
> granularity (in write-blocking mode).
>
> Unfortunately, this forces all reads and writes to have the same
> granularity (we only need this alignment for writes to the target, not
> the source), but that is something to be fixed another time.
>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> ---
> v3: Handle bdrv_refresh_limits() errors [Vladimir]
> ---
> block/mirror.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
Thanks for the review, I’m taking the silence around “fix unaligned
reset” as a sign to take this patch:
https://git.xanclic.moe/XanClic/qemu/commits/branch/block
Max
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