When converting images, check the block status of its backing file chain to avoid needlessly reading zeros.
Signed-off-by: Ren Kimura <rkx1209...@gmail.com> --- qemu-img.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c index 06264d9..ad1df5f 100644 --- a/qemu-img.c +++ b/qemu-img.c @@ -1451,6 +1451,22 @@ static void convert_select_part(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num) } } +static int64_t get_backing_status(BlockDriverState *bs, + int64_t sector_num, + int nb_sectors, int *pnum) +{ + int64_t ret; + BlockDriverState *file; + ret = bdrv_get_block_status(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, pnum, &file); + if (!(ret & (BDRV_BLOCK_DATA | BDRV_BLOCK_ZERO))) { + if (bs->backing) { + ret = get_backing_status(bs->backing->bs, sector_num, + nb_sectors, pnum); + } + } + return ret; +} + static int convert_iteration_sectors(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num) { int64_t ret; @@ -1477,10 +1493,17 @@ static int convert_iteration_sectors(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num) } else if (!s->target_has_backing) { /* Without a target backing file we must copy over the contents of * the backing file as well. */ - /* TODO Check block status of the backing file chain to avoid + /* Check block status of the backing file chain to avoid * needlessly reading zeroes and limiting the iteration to the * buffer size */ - s->status = BLK_DATA; + ret = get_backing_status(blk_bs(s->src[s->src_cur]), + sector_num - s->src_cur_offset, + n, &n); + if (ret & BDRV_BLOCK_ZERO) { + s->status = BLK_ZERO; + } else { + s->status = BLK_DATA; + } } else { s->status = BLK_BACKING_FILE; } -- 2.5.0