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@ 2011-10-11  3:10 Supriya Kannery
  2011-10-11  3:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 1/5]Qemu: Enhance "info block" to display host cache setting Supriya Kannery
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From: Supriya Kannery @ 2011-10-11  3:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: Kevin Wolf, Stefan Hajnoczi, Christoph Hellwig

   Currently cache setting of a block device cannot be changed
without restarting a running VM. Following patchset is for
enabling dynamic change of cache setting for block devices
through qemu monitor and qmp. Code changes are based on 
patches from Christoph Hellwig and Prerna Saxena.

This patchset introduces 
a. monitor command 'block_set_hostcache' using which host 
   pagecache setting for a block device can be changed 
   dynamically while guest VM is running.
b. 'hostcache' - a new option for setting host cache 
   from qemu command -drive "hostcache=on/off".
c. BDRVReopenState, a generic structure which can be 
   extended by each of the block drivers to reopen 
   respective image files.
   Extension of this structure for raw-posix is done
   for now. I am working on to extend the same for 
   raw-win32  image files as well.

Note: 'Hostcache and 'cache' options cannot be used 
simultaneously from commandline.

v7:
 1. Added structure BDRVReopenState to support safe 
    reopening of image files.

v6:
 1. "block_set_hostcache" to replace "block_set" command

v5:
 1. Defined qerror class for incorrect command syntax.
 2. Changed error_report() calls to qerror_report()

v4:
    Added 'hostcache' option to '-drive' commandline option.

v3:
  1. Command "block_set" for changing various block params
  2. Enhanced info-block to display hostcache setting 
  3. Added qmp interfaces for setting and querying hostcache

v2:
  1. Support of dynamic cache change only for hostcache.
  2. Monitor command "hostcache_get" added to display cache setting
  3. Backed off the changes for display of cache setting in "info block"

v1:
     Dynamic cache change through monitor

New block command added:
"block_set_hostcache"
    -- Sets hostcache parameter for block device  while guest is running.

Usage:
 block_set_hostcache  <device> <option>
   <device> = block device
   <option>  = on/off


New 'hostcache' option added to -drive:
 -drive [file=file][,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m][,media=d][,index=i]\n"
        ....
"       [,readonly=on|off][,hostcache=on|off]\n"

 qemu/block.c           |   119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 qemu/block.h           |    2 +
 qemu/block/raw-posix.c |   67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 qemu/block/raw.c       |   11 +++++++
 qemu/block_int.h       |   15 ++++++++++
 qemu/blockdev.c        |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 qemu/blockdev.h        |    2 +
 qemu/hmp-commands.hx   |   14 +++++++++
 qemu/qemu-common.h     |    1
 qemu/qemu-config.c     |    4 ++
 qemu/qemu-options.hx   |    2 -
 qemu/qerror.c          |    8 +++++
 qemu/qerror.h          |    6 ++++
 qemu/qmp-commands.hx   |   29 +++++++++++++++++++
 17 files changed, 306 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

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2011-10-11  3:10 [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 0/5]Qemu: Host pagecache setting from cmdline and monitor Supriya Kannery
2011-10-11  3:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 1/5]Qemu: Enhance "info block" to display host cache setting Supriya Kannery
2011-10-12 14:17   ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-14 10:47     ` Supriya Kannery
2011-10-11  3:11 ` [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 2/5]Qemu: Error classes for file reopen and data sync failure Supriya Kannery
2011-10-11  3:11 ` [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 3/5]Qemu: Cmd "block_set_hostcache" for dynamic cache change Supriya Kannery
2011-10-11  3:11 ` [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 4/5]Qemu: Add commandline -drive option 'hostcache' Supriya Kannery
2011-10-12 14:30   ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-14 11:19     ` Supriya Kannery
2011-10-14 11:26       ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-11  3:11 ` [Qemu-devel] [v7 Patch 5/5]Qemu: New struct 'BDRVReopenState' for image files reopen Supriya Kannery
2011-10-12 14:55   ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-14 13:42     ` Supriya Kannery
2011-10-14 13:52       ` Kevin Wolf
2011-10-14 11:13   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2011-10-14 13:45     ` Supriya Kannery

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