From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52990 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PsF0m-0006eP-D0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:44:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PsF0j-0003Mg-SW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:44:12 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:10847) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PsF0j-0003Ma-Hh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:44:09 -0500 Message-ID: <4D650F10.3060900@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:43:44 +0200 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Strategic decision: COW format References: <4D5BC467.4070804@redhat.com> <4D5E4271.80501@redhat.com> <4D5E8031.5020402@codemonkey.ws> <4D637A20.9020307@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4D637A20.9020307@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Kevin Wolf Cc: Chunqiang Tang , Markus Armbruster , Stefan Hajnoczi , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 02/22/2011 10:56 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote: > *sigh* > > It starts to get annoying, but if you really insist, I can repeat it > once more: These features that you don't need (this is the correct > description for what you call "misfeatures") _are_ implemented in a way > that they don't impact the "normal" case. And they are it today. > Plus, encryption and snapshots can be implemented in a way that doesn't impact performance more than is reasonable. Compression perhaps not, but if you choose compression, then performance is not your top consideration. That's the case with filesystems that support compression as well. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function