Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 10/11] nbd-server: Use a separate BlockBackend

2016-07-14 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/14/2016 07:28 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote: > The builtin NBD server uses its own BlockBackend now instead of reusing > the monitor/guest device one. > > This means that it has its own writethrough setting now. The builtin > NBD server always uses writeback caching now regardless of whether the > gu

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 10/11] nbd-server: Use a separate BlockBackend

2016-07-14 Thread Kevin Wolf
The builtin NBD server uses its own BlockBackend now instead of reusing the monitor/guest device one. This means that it has its own writethrough setting now. The builtin NBD server always uses writeback caching now regardless of whether the guest device has WCE enabled. qemu-nbd respects the cach