Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] qemu-img: Add --target-is-zero to convert

2020-02-04 Thread David Edmondson
On Monday, 2020-02-03 at 21:20:16 +03, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > 24.01.2020 13:34, David Edmondson wrote: >> In many cases the target of a convert operation is a newly provisioned >> target that the user knows is blank (filled with zeroes). In this >> situation there is no requirement

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] qemu-img: Add --target-is-zero to convert

2020-02-03 Thread Eric Blake
On 2/3/20 12:20 PM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: 24.01.2020 13:34, David Edmondson wrote: In many cases the target of a convert operation is a newly provisioned target that the user knows is blank (filled with zeroes). In this situation there is no requirement for qemu-img to wastefully

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] qemu-img: Add --target-is-zero to convert

2020-02-03 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
24.01.2020 13:34, David Edmondson wrote: In many cases the target of a convert operation is a newly provisioned target that the user knows is blank (filled with zeroes). In this situation there is no requirement for qemu-img to wastefully zero out the entire device. Add a new option,

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] qemu-img: Add --target-is-zero to convert

2020-01-27 Thread David Edmondson
Eric Blake writes: > On 1/24/20 4:34 AM, David Edmondson wrote: >> In many cases the target of a convert operation is a newly provisioned >> target that the user knows is blank (filled with zeroes). In this >> situation there is no requirement for qemu-img to wastefully zero out >> the entire

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] qemu-img: Add --target-is-zero to convert

2020-01-27 Thread Eric Blake
On 1/24/20 4:34 AM, David Edmondson wrote: In many cases the target of a convert operation is a newly provisioned target that the user knows is blank (filled with zeroes). In this situation there is no requirement for qemu-img to wastefully zero out the entire device. Add a new option,

[PATCH v2 1/2] qemu-img: Add --target-is-zero to convert

2020-01-24 Thread David Edmondson
In many cases the target of a convert operation is a newly provisioned target that the user knows is blank (filled with zeroes). In this situation there is no requirement for qemu-img to wastefully zero out the entire device. Add a new option, --target-is-zero, allowing the user to indicate that