[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qcow2: Set zero flag for discarded clusters

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

Instead of making the backing file contents visible again after a discard
request, set the zero flag if possible (i.e. on version >= 3).

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 block/qcow2-cluster.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
index 25d45d1..9461969 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
@@ -1333,13 +1333,31 @@ static int discard_single_l2(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         uint64_t old_offset;
 
         old_offset = be64_to_cpu(l2_table[l2_index + i]);
-        if ((old_offset & L2E_OFFSET_MASK) == 0) {
+
+        /*
+         * Make sure that a discarded area reads back as zeroes for v3 images
+         * (we cannot do it for v2 without actually writing a zero-filled
+         * buffer). We can skip the operation if the cluster is already marked
+         * as zero, or if it's unallocated and we don't have a backing file.
+         *
+         * TODO We might want to use bdrv_get_block_status(bs) here, but we're
+         * holding s->lock, so that doesn't work today.
+         */
+        if (!!(old_offset & QCOW_OFLAG_ZERO)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if ((old_offset & L2E_OFFSET_MASK) == 0 && !bs->backing_hd) {
             continue;
         }
 
         /* First remove L2 entries */
         qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(s->l2_table_cache, l2_table);
-        l2_table[l2_index + i] = cpu_to_be64(0);
+        if (s->qcow_version >= 3) {
+            l2_table[l2_index + i] = cpu_to_be64(QCOW_OFLAG_ZERO);
+        } else {
+            l2_table[l2_index + i] = cpu_to_be64(0);
+        }
 
         /* Then decrease the refcount */
         qcow2_free_any_clusters(bs, old_offset, 1, type);
-- 
1.8.1.4