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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-05-29 19:25:54 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-05-29 19:25:54 +0100
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/ericb/tags/pull-bitmaps-2020-05-26-v3' into staging
bitmaps patches for 2020-05-26 - fix non-blockdev migration of bitmaps when mirror job is in use - add bitmap sizing to 'qemu-img measure' - add 'qemu-img convert --bitmaps' # gpg: Signature made Thu 28 May 2020 19:16:47 BST # gpg: using RSA key 71C2CC22B1C4602927D2F3AAA7A16B4A2527436A # gpg: Good signature from "Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Eric Blake (Free Software Programmer) <ebb9@byu.net>" [full] # gpg: aka "[jpeg image of size 6874]" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 71C2 CC22 B1C4 6029 27D2 F3AA A7A1 6B4A 2527 436A * remotes/ericb/tags/pull-bitmaps-2020-05-26-v3: iotests: Add test 291 to for qemu-img bitmap coverage qemu-img: Add convert --bitmaps option qemu-img: Factor out code for merging bitmaps qcow2: Expose bitmaps' size during measure iotests: Fix test 178 migration: forbid bitmap migration by generated node-name migration: add_bitmaps_to_list: check disk name once iotests: 194: test also migration of dirty bitmap migration: fix bitmaps pre-blockdev migration with mirror job block/dirty-bitmap: add bdrv_has_named_bitmaps helper migration: refactor init_dirty_bitmap_migration Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
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--- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
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@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ Parameters to convert subcommand:
.. program:: qemu-img-convert
+.. option:: --bitmaps
+
+ Additionally copy all persistent bitmaps from the top layer of the source
+
.. option:: -n
Skip the creation of the target volume
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@ Command description:
4
Error on reading data
-.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-B BACKING_FILE] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME
+.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-B BACKING_FILE] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME
Convert the disk image *FILENAME* or a snapshot *SNAPSHOT_PARAM*
to disk image *OUTPUT_FILENAME* using format *OUTPUT_FMT*. It can
@@ -616,6 +620,7 @@ Command description:
required size: 524288
fully allocated size: 1074069504
+ bitmaps size: 0
The ``required size`` is the file size of the new image. It may be smaller
than the virtual disk size if the image format supports compact representation.
@@ -625,6 +630,12 @@ Command description:
occupy with the exception of internal snapshots, dirty bitmaps, vmstate data,
and other advanced image format features.
+ The ``bitmaps size`` is the additional size required in order to
+ copy bitmaps from a source image in addition to the guest-visible
+ data; the line is omitted if either source or destination lacks
+ bitmap support, or 0 if bitmaps are supported but there is nothing
+ to copy.
+
.. option:: snapshot [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-l | -a SNAPSHOT | -c SNAPSHOT | -d SNAPSHOT] FILENAME
List, apply, create or delete snapshots in image *FILENAME*.