qmp: add block_stream command

Add the block_stream command, which starts copy backing file contents
into the image file.  Also add the BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED QMP event which
is emitted when image streaming completes.  Later patches add control
over the background copy speed, cancelation, and querying running
streaming operations.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 735eb352b5..9a1d9a936b 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1434,3 +1434,34 @@
 { 'command': 'block_set_io_throttle',
   'data': { 'device': 'str', 'bps': 'int', 'bps_rd': 'int', 'bps_wr': 'int',
             'iops': 'int', 'iops_rd': 'int', 'iops_wr': 'int' } }
+
+# @block_stream:
+#
+# Copy data from a backing file into a block device.
+#
+# The block streaming operation is performed in the background until the entire
+# backing file has been copied.  This command returns immediately once streaming
+# has started.  The status of ongoing block streaming operations can be checked
+# with query-block-jobs.  The operation can be stopped before it has completed
+# using the block_job_cancel command.
+#
+# If a base file is specified then sectors are not copied from that base file and
+# its backing chain.  When streaming completes the image file will have the base
+# file as its backing file.  This can be used to stream a subset of the backing
+# file chain instead of flattening the entire image.
+#
+# On successful completion the image file is updated to drop the backing file
+# and the BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED event is emitted.
+#
+# @device: the device name
+#
+# @base:   #optional the common backing file name
+#
+# Returns: Nothing on success
+#          If streaming is already active on this device, DeviceInUse
+#          If @device does not exist, DeviceNotFound
+#          If image streaming is not supported by this device, NotSupported
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'command': 'block_stream', 'data': { 'device': 'str', '*base': 'str' } }