Hi all. There are three qmp commands, needed to implement external backup API.
Using these three commands, client may do all needed bitmap management by hand: on backup start we need to do a transaction: {disable old bitmap, create new bitmap} on backup success: drop old bitmap on backup fail: enable old bitmap merge new bitmap to old bitmap drop new bitmap v2: fix merge command deadlock add new patches: 1 and 6 Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy (6): block: maintain persistent disabled bitmaps block/dirty-bitmap: add lock to bdrv_enable/disable_dirty_bitmap qapi: add block-dirty-bitmap-enable/disable qmp: transaction support for block-dirty-bitmap-enable/disable qapi: add block-dirty-bitmap-merge qapi: add disabled parameter to block-dirty-bitmap-add qapi/block-core.json | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++- qapi/transaction.json | 4 + block/qcow2.h | 2 +- include/block/dirty-bitmap.h | 3 +- block/dirty-bitmap.c | 42 ++++++----- block/qcow2-bitmap.c | 12 +-- block/qcow2.c | 2 +- blockdev.c | 169 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 8 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) -- 2.11.1