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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, stefanha@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 9/9] qemu-img: increase min_sparse to 128 sectors (64kb)
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:51:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52946F3A.8030606@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1385456183-24840-10-git-send-email-pl@kamp.de>

Il 26/11/2013 09:56, Peter Lieven ha scritto:
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
> ---
>  qemu-img.c    |    4 ++--
>  qemu-img.texi |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
> index cc7540f..6f1179b 100644
> --- a/qemu-img.c
> +++ b/qemu-img.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void help(void)
>             "  '-p' show progress of command (only certain commands)\n"
>             "  '-pp' show progress of command in sectors (only convert command)\n"
>             "  '-q' use Quiet mode - do not print any output (except errors)\n"
> -           "  '-S' indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k) that must\n"
> +           "  '-S' indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 64k) that must\n"
>             "       contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during\n"
>             "       conversion. If the number of bytes is 0, the source will not be scanned for\n"
>             "       unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be\n"
> @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>      QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
>      char *options = NULL;
>      const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
> -    int min_sparse = 8; /* Need at least 4k of zeros for sparse detection */
> +    int min_sparse = 128; /* Need at least 64k of zeros for sparse detection */
>      bool quiet = false;
>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>  
> diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi
> index cb4a3eb..c0e86ab 100644
> --- a/qemu-img.texi
> +++ b/qemu-img.texi
> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Image conversion is also useful to get smaller image when using a
>  growable format such as @code{qcow} or @code{cow}: the empty sectors
>  are detected and suppressed from the destination image.
>  
> -@var{sparse_size} indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k)
> +@var{sparse_size} indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 64k)
>  that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during
>  conversion. If @var{sparse_size} is 0, the source will not be scanned for
>  unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be
> 

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

      reply	other threads:[~2013-11-26  9:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-26  8:56 [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 0/9] qemu-img convert optimizations Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 1/9] qemu-img: add support for skipping zeroes in input during convert Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 10:02   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 13:40     ` Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 2/9] qemu-img: fix usage instruction for qemu-img convert Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  9:46   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 3/9] block/iscsi: set bdi->cluster_size Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 4/9] block: add opt_transfer_length to BlockLimits Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  9:47   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 5/9] block/iscsi: set bs->bl.opt_transfer_length Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  9:47   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 6/9] qemu-img: dynamically adjust iobuffer size during convert Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  9:48   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 7/9] qemu-img: round down request length to an aligned sector Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  9:51   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 8/9] qemu-img: add option to show progress in sectors Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 10:04   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26 12:23     ` Peter Lieven
2013-11-26 12:40       ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26  8:56 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv2 1.8 9/9] qemu-img: increase min_sparse to 128 sectors (64kb) Peter Lieven
2013-11-26  9:51   ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]

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