07.07.2017 02:43, John Snow wrote:
On 07/03/2017 11:10 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
We had several functions that no one is currently using, and which
use sector-based interfaces. I'm trying to convert towards byte-based
interfaces, so it's easier to just drop the unused functions:
bdrv_dirty_bitmap_get_meta
bdrv_dirty_bitmap_get_meta_locked
bdrv_dirty_bitmap_reset_meta
bdrv_dirty_bitmap_meta_granularity
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
Admittedly I forget entirely why some of these are here, or to be more
precise I forget entirely why they are unused as I remember exactly why
we needed them -- but I forget why we merged them without a caller.
Oh well. If they're unused, they're unused, and can be re-added,
especially if we're changing the underpinnings.
I bet my last review on this email used nearly identical wordings.
I'm CCing Vladimir so he has a chance to see that we're removing
functions that he may have wanted to use for his migration series.
Reviewed-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
Meta bitmaps was first approach of my dirty-bitmap migration
realization, and their first realization was in early bitmap-migration
series. However, now my series are based on postcopy approach and meta
bitmaps are not needed.
Current realization of meta bitmaps was started by Fam, he wanted to use
them not only for my migration, but also for persistent bitmap
optimization (to reduce amount of dirt-bitmap data to be saved, to save
only changed parts).
This is still true: we can try to make persistent bitmaps storing more
efficient, using meta bitmaps, but I'm not sure that it is worth doing
and I have no plans on it for now.
--
Best regards,
Vladimir
