[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-storage 1/2] plugin: map/activate volume: allow callers to pass hints

Friedrich Weber f.weber at proxmox.com
Fri Oct 24 14:25:53 CEST 2025


Right now, the only supported hint is guest-ostype, via which
qemu-server provides the guest's OS type from the VM configuration.

Signed-off-by: Friedrich Weber <f.weber at proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/Storage.pm        | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/Storage.pm b/src/PVE/Storage.pm
index 1dde2b7..709d9ca 100755
--- a/src/PVE/Storage.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Storage.pm
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ sub abs_filesystem_path {
 
     my $path;
     if (parse_volume_id($volid, 1)) {
+        # TODO: in order to pass $hints, abs_filesystem_path needs to accept it too
         activate_volumes($cfg, [$volid]);
         $path = PVE::Storage::path($cfg, $volid);
     } else {
@@ -905,6 +906,7 @@ my $volume_export_prepare = sub {
 
     volume_snapshot($cfg, $volid, $snapshot) if $migration_snapshot;
 
+    # TODO: in order to pass $hints, $volume_export_prepare would need to accept it too
     if (defined($snapshot)) {
         activate_volumes($cfg, [$volid], $snapshot);
     } else {
@@ -1122,7 +1124,9 @@ sub vdisk_create_base {
 }
 
 sub map_volume {
-    my ($cfg, $volid, $snapname) = @_;
+    my ($cfg, $volid, $snapname, $hints) = @_;
+
+    verify_hints($hints);
 
     my ($storeid, $volname) = parse_volume_id($volid);
 
@@ -1130,7 +1134,7 @@ sub map_volume {
 
     my $plugin = PVE::Storage::Plugin->lookup($scfg->{type});
 
-    return $plugin->map_volume($storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname);
+    return $plugin->map_volume($storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname, $hints);
 }
 
 sub unmap_volume {
@@ -1385,11 +1389,33 @@ sub deactivate_storage {
     $plugin->deactivate_storage($storeid, $scfg, $cache);
 }
 
+sub is_hint_supported {
+    my ($hint) = @_;
+
+    return defined($PVE::Storage::Plugin::hints_properties->{$hint});
+}
+
+sub verify_hints {
+    my ($hints, $noerr) = @_;
+
+    return if !defined($hints);
+
+    eval { PVE::JSONSchema::validate($hints, $PVE::Storage::Plugin::hints_format); };
+    my $err = $@;
+
+    return $hints if !$err;
+    return if $noerr;
+
+    die "hints are not valid: $@";
+}
+
 sub activate_volumes {
-    my ($cfg, $vollist, $snapname) = @_;
+    my ($cfg, $vollist, $snapname, $hints) = @_;
 
     return if !($vollist && scalar(@$vollist));
 
+    verify_hints($hints);
+
     my $storagehash = {};
     foreach my $volid (@$vollist) {
         my ($storeid, undef) = parse_volume_id($volid);
@@ -1404,7 +1430,7 @@ sub activate_volumes {
         my ($storeid, $volname) = parse_volume_id($volid);
         my $scfg = storage_config($cfg, $storeid);
         my $plugin = PVE::Storage::Plugin->lookup($scfg->{type});
-        $plugin->activate_volume($storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname, $cache);
+        $plugin->activate_volume($storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname, $cache, $hints);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm b/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
index 8acd214..2c72179 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ cfs_register_file(
     sub { __PACKAGE__->write_config(@_); },
 );
 
+our $hints_properties = {
+    'guest-ostype' => {
+        type => 'string',
+        optional => 1,
+    },
+};
+
+our $hints_format = {
+    type => 'object',
+    additionalProperties => 0,
+    properties => $hints_properties,
+};
+
 my %prune_option = (
     optional => 1,
     type => 'integer',
@@ -1871,7 +1884,7 @@ sub deactivate_storage {
 }
 
 sub map_volume {
-    my ($class, $storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname) = @_;
+    my ($class, $storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname, $hints) = @_;
 
     my ($path) = $class->path($scfg, $volname, $storeid, $snapname);
     return $path;
@@ -1884,7 +1897,7 @@ sub unmap_volume {
 }
 
 sub activate_volume {
-    my ($class, $storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname, $cache) = @_;
+    my ($class, $storeid, $scfg, $volname, $snapname, $cache, $hints) = @_;
 
     my $path = $class->filesystem_path($scfg, $volname, $snapname);
 
-- 
2.47.3





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