I've tried again to reproduce this to no avail. Do you get different behavior if you do
qemu-img convert -f raw -O raw /dev/yourvg/yourlv lv1.raw and if you do dd if=/dev/yourvg/yourlv of=lv2.raw ? If not, then the compression if you're using it, or simply memory pressure appears to be the cause, so beside ionice you may want to try to simply use 'nice' Also, please let us know if using a cgroup works for you (and, if not, please provide all the settings you used). ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712392 Title: qemu-img convert blocks other tasks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs