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From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
To: Supriya Kannery <supriyak@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 3/6]Qemu: Cmd "block_set_hostcache" for dynamic cache change
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:00:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EB3B7AF.5000605@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111030103429.31685.89126.sendpatchset@skannery.in.ibm.com>

Am 30.10.2011 11:34, schrieb Supriya Kannery:
> New command "block_set_hostcache" added for dynamically changing 
> host pagecache setting of a block device.
> 
> Usage: 
>  block_set_hostcache  <device> <option>
>    <device> = block device
>    <option> = on/off
> 
> Example:
>  (qemu) block_set_hostcache ide0-hd0 off
> 
> Signed-off-by: Supriya Kannery <supriyak@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> ---
>  block.c         |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  block.h         |    2 ++
>  blockdev.c      |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  blockdev.h      |    2 ++
>  hmp-commands.hx |   14 ++++++++++++++
>  qmp-commands.hx |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 125 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: qemu/block.c
> ===================================================================
> --- qemu.orig/block.c
> +++ qemu/block.c
> @@ -693,6 +693,34 @@ unlink_and_fail:
>      return ret;
>  }
>  
> +int bdrv_reopen(BlockDriverState *bs, int bdrv_flags)
> +{
> +    BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
> +    int ret = 0, open_flags;
> +
> +    /* Quiesce IO for the given block device */
> +    qemu_aio_flush();
> +    if (bdrv_flush(bs)) {
> +        qerror_report(QERR_DATA_SYNC_FAILED, bs->device_name);
> +        return ret;

ret is always 0. I think you wanted to return the return value of
bdrv_flush?

> +    }
> +    open_flags = bs->open_flags;
> +    bdrv_close(bs);
> +
> +    ret = bdrv_open(bs, bs->filename, bdrv_flags, drv);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        /* Reopen failed. Try to open with original flags */
> +        qerror_report(QERR_REOPEN_FILE_FAILED, bs->filename);
> +        ret = bdrv_open(bs, bs->filename, open_flags, drv);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            /* Reopen failed with orig and modified flags */
> +            abort();
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
>  void bdrv_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>  {
>      if (bs->drv) {
> @@ -730,6 +758,32 @@ void bdrv_close_all(void)
>      }
>  }
>  
> +int bdrv_change_hostcache(BlockDriverState *bs, bool enable_host_cache)
> +{
> +    int bdrv_flags = bs->open_flags;
> +
> +    /* set hostcache flags (without changing WCE/flush bits) */
> +    if (enable_host_cache) {
> +        bdrv_flags &= ~BDRV_O_NOCACHE;
> +    } else {
> +        bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_NOCACHE;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* If no change in flags, no need to reopen */
> +    if (bdrv_flags == bs->open_flags) {
> +        return 0;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (bdrv_is_inserted(bs)) {
> +        /* Reopen file with changed set of flags */
> +        return bdrv_reopen(bs, bdrv_flags);
> +    } else {
> +        /* Save hostcache change for future use */
> +        bs->open_flags = bdrv_flags;
> +        return 0;
> +    }

Maybe the !bdrv_is_inserted() case should be handled in bdrv_reopen(). I
think it would be the same for changing other flags.

Kevin

  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-04  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-30 10:33 [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 0/6]Qemu: Host pagecache setting from cmdline and monitor Supriya Kannery
2011-10-30 10:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 1/6]Qemu: Enhance "info block" to display host cache setting Supriya Kannery
2011-11-03 13:55   ` Luiz Capitulino
2011-11-04 10:55     ` Supriya Kannery
2011-10-30 10:34 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 2/6]Qemu: Error classes for file reopen and data sync failure Supriya Kannery
2011-10-30 10:34 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 3/6]Qemu: Cmd "block_set_hostcache" for dynamic cache change Supriya Kannery
2011-11-04 10:00   ` Kevin Wolf [this message]
2011-11-04 11:03     ` Supriya Kannery
2011-10-30 10:34 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 4/6]Qemu: Add commandline -drive option 'hostcache' Supriya Kannery
2011-10-30 10:35 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 5/6]Qemu: Framework for reopening images safely Supriya Kannery
2011-11-04 10:05   ` Kevin Wolf
2011-11-04 11:10     ` Supriya Kannery
2011-10-30 10:35 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 6/6]Qemu: raw posix implementation of reopen functions Supriya Kannery
2011-11-04 10:19   ` Kevin Wolf
2011-11-04  2:29 ` [Qemu-devel] [v8 Patch 0/6]Qemu: Host pagecache setting from cmdline and monitor Zhi Yong Wu
2011-11-07  8:38   ` Supriya Kannery
2011-11-07  8:49     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2011-11-07  9:35       ` Supriya Kannery
2011-11-07 10:24         ` Zhi Yong Wu

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