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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-03-14 09:34:51 +0000
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-03-14 09:34:51 +0000
commitdbbc277510aa39ea0b7658479e4d67779dede0ea (patch)
tree1264d7d1fe892b4a56cf53ac84167795a50a1c9f /qapi/block-core.json
parentabb7ede1fb60abbaf0b5dbd0e6e1d29e291d5767 (diff)
parentf357fcd890a8d6ced6d261338b859a41414561e9 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request' into staging
Pull request * Add 'drop-cache=on|off' option to file-posix.c. The default is on. Disabling the option fixes a QEMU 3.0.0 performance regression when live migrating on the same host with cache.direct=off. # gpg: Signature made Wed 13 Mar 2019 11:07:48 GMT # gpg: using RSA key 9CA4ABB381AB73C8 # gpg: Good signature from "Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 8695 A8BF D3F9 7CDA AC35 775A 9CA4 ABB3 81AB 73C8 * remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request: file-posix: add drop-cache=on|off option Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index ca684a8a04..12c5e73551 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2834,6 +2834,10 @@
# @locking: whether to enable file locking. If set to 'auto', only enable
# when Open File Descriptor (OFD) locking API is available
# (default: auto, since 2.10)
+# @drop-cache: invalidate page cache during live migration. This prevents
+# stale data on the migration destination with cache.direct=off.
+# Currently only supported on Linux hosts.
+# (default: on, since: 4.0)
# @x-check-cache-dropped: whether to check that page cache was dropped on live
# migration. May cause noticeable delays if the image
# file is large, do not use in production.
@@ -2846,6 +2850,8 @@
'*pr-manager': 'str',
'*locking': 'OnOffAuto',
'*aio': 'BlockdevAioOptions',
+ '*drop-cache': {'type': 'bool',
+ 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_LINUX)'},
'*x-check-cache-dropped': 'bool' } }
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