if the target has_zero_init = 0, but supports efficiently writing zeroes by unmapping we call bdrv_zeroize to avoid fully allocating the target. this currently is designed especially for iscsi.
Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <p...@kamp.de> --- qemu-img.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c index 7600b58..d6af941 100644 --- a/qemu-img.c +++ b/qemu-img.c @@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv) } } - flags = BDRV_O_RDWR; + flags = min_sparse ? (BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_UNMAP) : BDRV_O_RDWR; ret = bdrv_parse_cache_flags(cache, &flags); if (ret < 0) { error_report("Invalid cache option: %s", cache); @@ -1472,6 +1472,14 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv) } else { int has_zero_init = min_sparse ? bdrv_has_zero_init(out_bs) : 0; + if (!has_zero_init && bdrv_has_discard_write_zeroes(out_bs)) { + ret = bdrv_zeroize(out_bs, BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP); + if (ret < 0) { + goto out; + } + has_zero_init = 1; + } + sector_num = 0; // total number of sectors converted so far nb_sectors = total_sectors - sector_num; if (nb_sectors != 0) { -- 1.7.9.5