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.
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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.

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* remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request:
  file-posix: add drop-cache=on|off option

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
This commit is contained in:
Peter Maydell 2019-03-14 09:34:51 +00:00
commit dbbc277510
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# @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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