[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/7] bitmaps: add inconsistent bit

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

Allow QEMU to read in bitmaps that have the in-use bit set, for the
purposes of allowing users to delete those bitmaps.

This is chosen in preference to a hard error on load to minimize
impact for a non-critical error, but to force the user or management
utility to acknowledge that the bitmap is no longer viable.

1. Changed wording of meaning of persistent bit, inconsistent bit
   Declining to optimize to avoid allocations for this revision.

2. Add Reviewed-by from Eric.

3. Split into several patches that are more single-purpose, which
   highlights the individual fixes more clearly;

   - Prohibit BUSY or INCONSISTENT bitmaps from being merge sources.

4. Declining feedback to prohibit disabling or enabling readonly bitmaps,
   on the basis that users may wish to enable/disable them prior to
   remounting their backing storage RW.

   Decided to prohibit attempting to remove readonly bitmaps, so the
   failure happens earlier.

   Prohibit sync=incremental backups using readonly bitmaps, because
   they're not capable of clearing the bitmap on success.
   sync=differential would be acceptable here. (Good spot, Vladimir.)

John Snow (7):
  block/dirty-bitmaps: add inconsistent bit
  block/dirty-bitmap: add inconsistent status
  block/dirty-bitmaps: add block_dirty_bitmap_check function
  block/dirty-bitmaps: prohibit readonly bitmaps for backups
  block/dirty-bitmaps: prohibit removing readonly bitmaps
  block/dirty-bitmaps: disallow busy bitmaps as merge source
  block/dirty-bitmaps: implement inconsistent bit

 qapi/block-core.json           |  20 +++++--
 include/block/dirty-bitmap.h   |  15 ++++-
 block/dirty-bitmap.c           |  63 +++++++++++++++++---
 block/qcow2-bitmap.c           | 103 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 blockdev.c                     |  50 ++++------------
 migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c |  12 +---
 nbd/server.c                   |   3 +-
 7 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)

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