[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 14/31] blockdev: support using zeroinit filter

[Fiona Ebner]

The zeroinit filter is used for cloning/mirroring and importing with
target volumes that are known to produce zeros when reading parts that
were not written before and can be helpful for performance.

Since it is the target of the mirror, it won't have a 'throttle' node
associated with it, but be added as a top node itself. Therefore, it
requires an explicit node-name.

Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
index 2a9a95e8..7148a3b7 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ my sub get_node_name {
         $prefix = 'f';
     } elsif ($type eq 'file') {
         $prefix = 'e';
+    } elsif ($type eq 'zeroinit') {
+        $prefix = 'z';
     } else {
         die "unknown node type '$type'";
     }
@@ -317,6 +319,11 @@ sub generate_drive_blockdev {
     my $child = generate_file_blockdev($storecfg, $drive, $options);
     $child = generate_format_blockdev($storecfg, $drive, $child, $options);
 
+    if ($options->{'zero-initialized'}) {
+        my $node_name = get_node_name('zeroinit', $drive_id, $drive->{file}, $options);
+        $child = { driver => 'zeroinit', file => $child, 'node-name' => "$node_name" };
+    }
+
     # for fleecing and TPM backup, this is already the top node
     return $child if $options->{fleecing} || $options->{'tpm-backup'};
 
-- 
2.47.2