Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 06/20] block: add discard and write_zeroes limits and alignment to BlockDriverState

[Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>]

Am 19.09.2013 20:53, schrieb Eric Blake:
> On 09/17/2013 07:48 AM, Peter Lieven wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
>> ---
>>  include/block/block_int.h |   12 ++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
>
>> +
>> +    /* optimal alignment for write zeroes requests in sectors */
>> +    int64_t write_zeroes_alignment;
>> +
Paolo voted for a BlockLimits struct to be nested into the BlockDriverState.
It would make it easier if the settings have to be copied (like in raw_open).
There might be more limits in the future so it might be good that its not necessary
to change the code everywhere.

>>      /* do we need to tell the quest if we have a volatile write cache? */
>>      int enable_write_cache;
> Hmm, I just pointed out to Paolo that this ought to be bool.  But as it
> is in the context and not your actual patch, it has no bearing on this
> series, and even if that gets changed first, git's pretty good about
> context-only conflict resolution.
>
If I put a v3 which is likely I can put a patch for that in as well.

Peter