block/copy-before-write: add bitmap open parameter
This brings "incremental" mode to copy-before-write filter: user can
specify bitmap so that filter will copy only "dirty" areas.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
Message-Id: <20220303194349.2304213-5-vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com>
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 9a5a364..ffb7aea 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -4171,11 +4171,19 @@
#
# @target: The target for copy-before-write operations.
#
+# @bitmap: If specified, copy-before-write filter will do
+# copy-before-write operations only for dirty regions of the
+# bitmap. Bitmap size must be equal to length of file and
+# target child of the filter. Note also, that bitmap is used
+# only to initialize internal bitmap of the process, so further
+# modifications (or removing) of specified bitmap doesn't
+# influence the filter. (Since 7.0)
+#
# Since: 6.2
##
{ 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsCbw',
'base': 'BlockdevOptionsGenericFormat',
- 'data': { 'target': 'BlockdevRef' } }
+ 'data': { 'target': 'BlockdevRef', '*bitmap': 'BlockDirtyBitmap' } }
##
# @BlockdevOptions:
