On 05/20/2010 11:32 AM, jes.soren...@redhat.com wrote:
+        if (bdrv_flags & BDRV_O_NOCACHE) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "qemu: failed to open disk image %s as "
+                    "nocache (O_DIRECT) retrying as write-back\n", file);
+            bdrv_flags &= BDRV_O_NOCACHE;

Missing ~ here.

+            bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_CACHE_WB;
+            if (bdrv_open(dinfo->bdrv, file, bdrv_flags, drv)<  0)
+                goto error_open;
+        } else {

I think the retry should be done silently if no cache= option is given. That is cache=none will be the default but:

- if it is not specified and not supported by the image, fall back to writeback with no warning. However, this is just a QoI issue and can be fixed later.

- if it is specified and not supported by the image, either fall back to writeback with a warning, or fail altogether. The former would be a change in behavior, so it has to be documented somewhere if it changes.

Or maybe add BDRV_O_CACHE_WT and let the backend decide the default?

Paolo

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