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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2013-02-08 14:06:13 +0100
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>2013-02-22 21:29:43 +0100
commitded9d2d5e247dc4d141c01bc8dc99d6ec832f9e8 (patch)
tree06aefc8a40e77716dbc1df71f0c2be60b6ab406d
parenta9384aff5315e7568b6ebc171f4a482e01f06526 (diff)
qemu-nbd: add --discard option
Similar to --cache and --aio, this option mimics the discard suboption of "-drive". Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--qemu-nbd.c18
-rw-r--r--qemu-nbd.texi4
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 0a6091b6a8..e7268d0a9f 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@
#include <libgen.h>
#include <pthread.h>
-#define SOCKET_PATH "/var/lock/qemu-nbd-%s"
-#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_CACHE 1
-#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_AIO 2
+#define SOCKET_PATH "/var/lock/qemu-nbd-%s"
+#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_CACHE 1
+#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_AIO 2
+#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_DISCARD 3
static NBDExport *exp;
static int verbose;
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_AIO
{ "aio", 1, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_AIO },
#endif
+ { "discard", 1, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_DISCARD },
{ "shared", 1, NULL, 'e' },
{ "persistent", 0, NULL, 't' },
{ "verbose", 0, NULL, 'v' },
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
int ret;
int fd;
bool seen_cache = false;
+ bool seen_discard = false;
#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_AIO
bool seen_aio = false;
#endif
@@ -389,6 +392,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
break;
#endif
+ case QEMU_NBD_OPT_DISCARD:
+ if (seen_discard) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "--discard can only be specified once");
+ }
+ seen_discard = true;
+ if (bdrv_parse_discard_flags(optarg, &flags) == -1) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid discard mode `%s'", optarg);
+ }
+ break;
case 'b':
bindto = optarg;
break;
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.texi b/qemu-nbd.texi
index 3e57200e76..5f3f3e3276 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.texi
+++ b/qemu-nbd.texi
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Export QEMU disk image using NBD protocol.
@item --aio=@var{aio}
choose asynchronous I/O mode between @samp{threads} (the default)
and @samp{native} (Linux only).
+@item --discard=@var{discard}
+ toggles whether @dfn{discard} (also known as @dfn{trim} or @dfn{unmap})
+ requests are ignored or passed to the filesystem. The default is no
+ (@samp{--discard=ignore}).
@item -c, --connect=@var{dev}
connect @var{filename} to NBD device @var{dev}
@item -d, --disconnect