From: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
To: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] qemu-img: Add bitmap sub-command
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 13:10:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ce9731fd-d137-f5d2-6dc4-071a0b9e0b97@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200508180340.675712-7-eblake@redhat.com>
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On 08.05.20 20:03, Eric Blake wrote:
> Include actions for --add, --remove, --clear, --enable, --disable, and
> --merge (note that --clear is a bit of fluff, because the same can be
> accomplished by removing a bitmap and then adding a new one in its
> place, but it matches what QMP commands exist). Listing is omitted,
> because it does not require a bitmap name and because it was already
> possible with 'qemu-img info'. A single command line can play one or
> more bitmap commands in sequence on the same bitmap name (although all
> added bitmaps share the same granularity, and and all merged bitmaps
> come from the same source file). Merge defaults to other bitmaps in
> the primary image, but can also be told to merge bitmaps from a
> distinct image.
For the record: Yes, my comment was mostly about my confusion around the
{}. So just replacing them by () would have pacified me.
But this is more fun, of course.
> While this supports --image-opts for the file being modified, I did
> not think it worth the extra complexity to support that for the source
> file in a cross-file merges. Likewise, I chose to have --merge only
> take a single source rather than following the QMP support for
> multiple merges in one go (although you can still use more than one
> --merge in the command line); in part because qemu-img is offline and
> therefore atomicity is not an issue.
>
> Upcoming patches will add iotest coverage of these commands while
> also testing other features.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/tools/qemu-img.rst | 23 ++++
> qemu-img.c | 254 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> qemu-img-cmds.hx | 7 ++
> 3 files changed, 284 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
> index 7d08c48d308f..68393c357386 100644
> --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
> +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
> @@ -281,6 +281,29 @@ Command description:
[...]
> + Additional options ``-g`` set a non-default *GRANULARITY* for
sets?
With that fixed (or maybe not, you know that better than me):
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-11 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-08 18:03 [PATCH v3 0/9] qemu-img: Add convert --bitmaps Eric Blake
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] docs: Sort sections on qemu-img subcommand parameters Eric Blake
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] qemu-img: Fix stale comments on doc location Eric Blake
2020-05-11 9:05 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] block: Make it easier to learn which BDS support bitmaps Eric Blake
2020-05-11 9:21 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-11 18:16 ` Eric Blake
2020-05-11 21:21 ` Eric Blake
2020-05-12 6:19 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] blockdev: Promote several bitmap functions to non-static Eric Blake
2020-05-11 9:48 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] blockdev: Split off basic bitmap operations for qemu-img Eric Blake
2020-05-11 10:17 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] qemu-img: Add bitmap sub-command Eric Blake
2020-05-11 11:10 ` Max Reitz [this message]
2020-05-11 18:22 ` Eric Blake
2020-05-12 6:46 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] qcow2: Expose bitmaps' size during measure Eric Blake
2020-05-11 11:50 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-11 18:29 ` Eric Blake
2020-05-12 10:17 ` Nir Soffer
2020-05-12 11:10 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-12 19:39 ` Eric Blake
2020-05-12 20:35 ` Nir Soffer
2020-05-12 21:04 ` Eric Blake
2020-05-13 8:53 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] qemu-img: Add convert --bitmaps option Eric Blake
2020-05-11 11:58 ` Max Reitz
2020-05-08 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] iotests: Add test 291 to for qemu-img bitmap coverage Eric Blake
2020-05-11 12:03 ` Max Reitz
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