From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, stefanha@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 9/9] qemu-img: increase min_sparse to 128 sectors (64kb)
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:51:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52946F3A.8030606@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1385456183-24840-10-git-send-email-pl@kamp.de>
Il 26/11/2013 09:56, Peter Lieven ha scritto:
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
> ---
> qemu-img.c | 4 ++--
> qemu-img.texi | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
> index cc7540f..6f1179b 100644
> --- a/qemu-img.c
> +++ b/qemu-img.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void help(void)
> " '-p' show progress of command (only certain commands)\n"
> " '-pp' show progress of command in sectors (only convert command)\n"
> " '-q' use Quiet mode - do not print any output (except errors)\n"
> - " '-S' indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k) that must\n"
> + " '-S' indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 64k) that must\n"
> " contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during\n"
> " conversion. If the number of bytes is 0, the source will not be scanned for\n"
> " unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be\n"
> @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
> QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
> char *options = NULL;
> const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
> - int min_sparse = 8; /* Need at least 4k of zeros for sparse detection */
> + int min_sparse = 128; /* Need at least 64k of zeros for sparse detection */
> bool quiet = false;
> Error *local_err = NULL;
>
> diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
> index cb4a3eb..c0e86ab 100644
> --- a/qemu-img.texi
> +++ b/qemu-img.texi
> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Image conversion is also useful to get smaller image when using a
> growable format such as @code{qcow} or @code{cow}: the empty sectors
> are detected and suppressed from the destination image.
>
> -@var{sparse_size} indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k)
> +@var{sparse_size} indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 64k)
> that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during
> conversion. If @var{sparse_size} is 0, the source will not be scanned for
> unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be
>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-26 9:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-26 8:56 [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 0/9] qemu-img convert optimizations Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 1/9] qemu-img: add support for skipping zeroes in input during convert Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 10:02 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 13:40 ` Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 2/9] qemu-img: fix usage instruction for qemu-img convert Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 9:46 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 3/9] block/iscsi: set bdi->cluster_size Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 4/9] block: add opt_transfer_length to BlockLimits Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 9:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 5/9] block/iscsi: set bs->bl.opt_transfer_length Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 9:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 6/9] qemu-img: dynamically adjust iobuffer size during convert Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 9:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 7/9] qemu-img: round down request length to an aligned sector Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 9:51 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 8/9] qemu-img: add option to show progress in sectors Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 10:04 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 12:23 ` Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 12:40 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 9/9] qemu-img: increase min_sparse to 128 sectors (64kb) Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 9:51 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
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