This patch adds the -drive copy-on-read=on|off command-line option:
copy-on-read=on|off
copy-on-read is "on" or "off" and enables whether to copy read backing
file sectors into the image file. Copy-on-read avoids accessing the
same backing file sectors repeatedly and is useful when the backing
file is over a slow network. By default copy-on-read is off.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
blockdev.c | 6 ++++++
hmp-commands.hx | 5 +++--
qemu-config.c | 4 ++++
qemu-options.hx | 9 ++++++++-
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 0827bf7..1dd0f23 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
const char *devaddr;
DriveInfo *dinfo;
int snapshot = 0;
+ int copy_on_read;
int ret;
translation = BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO;
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
snapshot = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "snapshot", 0);
ro = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0);
+ copy_on_read = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "copy-on-read", 0);
file = qemu_opt_get(opts, "file");
serial = qemu_opt_get(opts, "serial");
@@ -502,6 +504,10 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
bdrv_flags |= (BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT|BDRV_O_CACHE_WB|BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH);
}
+ if (copy_on_read) {
+ bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_COPY_ON_READ;
+ }
+
if (media == MEDIA_CDROM) {
/* CDROM is fine for any interface, don't check. */
ro = 1;
diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index ab08d58..05a1498 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -860,9 +860,10 @@ ETEXI
.args_type = "pci_addr:s,opts:s",
.params = "[[<domain>:]<bus>:]<slot>\n"
"[file=file][,if=type][,bus=n]\n"
- "[,unit=m][,media=d][index=i]\n"
+ "[,unit=m][,media=d][,index=i]\n"
"[,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]]\n"
- "[snapshot=on|off][,cache=on|off]",
+ "[,snapshot=on|off][,cache=on|off]\n"
+ "[,readonly=on|off][,copy-on-read=on|off]",
.help = "add drive to PCI storage controller",
.mhandler.cmd = drive_hot_add,
},
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 7a7854f..fbe4f6a 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts = {
.name = "readonly",
.type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
.help = "open drive file as read-only",
+ },{
+ .name = "copy-on-read",
+ .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+ .help = "copy read data from backing file into image file",
},
{ /* end of list */ }
},
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index dfbabd0..c0bf856 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ DEF("drive", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_drive,
" [,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]][,snapshot=on|off]\n"
"
[,cache=writethrough|writeback|none|directsync|unsafe][,format=f]\n"
" [,serial=s][,addr=A][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n"
- " [,readonly=on|off]\n"
+ " [,readonly=on|off][,copy-on-read=on|off]\n"
" use 'file' as a drive image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ host disk is full; report the error to the guest otherwise).
The default setting is @option{werror=enospc} and @option{rerror=report}.
@item readonly
Open drive @option{file} as read-only. Guest write attempts will fail.
+@item copy-on-read=@var{copy-on-read}
+@var{copy-on-read} is "on" or "off" and enables whether to copy read backing
+file sectors into the image file.
@end table
By default, writethrough caching is used for all block device. This means that
@@ -214,6 +217,10 @@ like your host losing power, the disk storage getting
disconnected accidently,
etc. you're image will most probably be rendered unusable. When using
the @option{-snapshot} option, unsafe caching is always used.
+Copy-on-read avoids accessing the same backing file sectors repeatedly and is
+useful when the backing file is over a slow network. By default copy-on-read
+is off.
+
Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
@example
qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
--
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