Currently, if the user requests aio=native, but forgets to choose a
cache mode that sets O_DIRECT, that request is silently ignored and raw
falls back to aio=threads.
Deprecate that behaviour so we can make it an error in future qemu
versions.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com>
---
block/raw-posix.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 844ac21..24d8582 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -503,6 +503,14 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict
*options,
error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not set AIO state");
goto fail;
}
+ if (!s->use_aio && (bdrv_flags & BDRV_O_NATIVE_AIO)) {
+ error_printf("WARNING: aio=native was specified for '%s', but "
+ "it requires cache.direct=on, which was not "
+ "specified. Falling back to aio=threads.\n"
+ " This will become an error condition in "
+ "future QEMU versions.\n",
+ bs->filename);
+ }
#endif
s->has_discard = true;
--
1.8.3.1
