Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-25 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 25.01.2016 14:09, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 25.01.2016 um 11:15 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: On 19.01.2016 20:29, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 19.01.2016 um 09:57 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: On 19.01.2016 00:16, Eric Blake wrote: preserving semantics of those extra_da

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-25 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 25.01.2016 um 11:15 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: > On 19.01.2016 20:29, Kevin Wolf wrote: > >Am 19.01.2016 um 09:57 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: > >>On 19.01.2016 00:16, Eric Blake wrote: > >>>preserving semantics of those extra_data bytes). We > >>>have enough

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-25 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 19.01.2016 20:27, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 18.01.2016 um 22:16 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: On 01/18/2016 09:54 AM, John Snow wrote: Please, let's decide finally about extra data, than I'll reroll it and, I hope, it will be committed, to make it possible to continue work on persistence series. A

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-25 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 19.01.2016 20:29, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 19.01.2016 um 09:57 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: On 19.01.2016 00:16, Eric Blake wrote: preserving semantics of those extra_data bytes). We have enough room for future extension, and that's good e Ok, so, what should go to the spec? C

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-21 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 21.01.2016 12:53, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 21.01.2016 um 09:22 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: On 21.01.2016 00:22, John Snow wrote: On 01/20/2016 07:34 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: On 19.01.2016 20:48, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 11.01.2016 um 14:05 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Og

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-21 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 21.01.2016 um 09:22 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: > On 21.01.2016 00:22, John Snow wrote: > > > >On 01/20/2016 07:34 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > >>On 19.01.2016 20:48, Kevin Wolf wrote: > >>>Am 11.01.2016 um 14:05 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-21 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 21.01.2016 00:22, John Snow wrote: On 01/20/2016 07:34 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: On 19.01.2016 20:48, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 11.01.2016 um 14:05 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. This patch adds new header extension to qc

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-20 Thread John Snow
On 01/20/2016 07:34 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > On 19.01.2016 20:48, Kevin Wolf wrote: >> Am 11.01.2016 um 14:05 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: >>> The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. >>> >>> This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. I

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-20 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 19.01.2016 20:48, Kevin Wolf wrote: Am 11.01.2016 um 14:05 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2 imag

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-19 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 11.01.2016 um 14:05 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: > The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. > > This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It > provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2 > image. For now there is only one typ

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-19 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 19.01.2016 um 09:57 hat Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy geschrieben: > On 19.01.2016 00:16, Eric Blake wrote: > >preserving semantics of those extra_data bytes). We > >have enough room for future extension, and that's good e > > Ok, so, what should go to the spec? Current wording is ok? Just > de

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-19 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 18.01.2016 um 22:16 hat Eric Blake geschrieben: > On 01/18/2016 09:54 AM, John Snow wrote: > > >> Please, let's decide finally about extra data, than I'll reroll it and, > >> I hope, it will be committed, to make it possible to continue work on > >> persistence series. About extra data, I'm rea

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-19 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 19.01.2016 00:16, Eric Blake wrote: preserving semantics of those extra_data bytes). We have enough room for future extension, and that's good e Ok, so, what should go to the spec? Current wording is ok? Just delete "Type-specific": + +20 - 23:extra_data_size +

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-18 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/18/2016 09:54 AM, John Snow wrote: >> Please, let's decide finally about extra data, than I'll reroll it and, >> I hope, it will be committed, to make it possible to continue work on >> persistence series. About extra data, I'm ready to accept any variant, >> strictly defining, what software

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-18 Thread John Snow
On 01/16/2016 09:06 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > On 15.01.2016 02:26, John Snow wrote: >> >> On 01/14/2016 05:08 PM, Eric Blake wrote: >>> On 01/11/2016 06:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. This patch adds new header

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-16 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
On 15.01.2016 02:26, John Snow wrote: On 01/14/2016 05:08 PM, Eric Blake wrote: On 01/11/2016 06:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It provides an ability to store virtual di

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-14 Thread John Snow
On 01/14/2016 05:08 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/11/2016 06:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: >> The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. >> >> This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It >> provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-14 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/11/2016 06:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. > > This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It > provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2 > image. For now there is only one type of such

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-14 Thread John Snow
On 01/14/2016 06:35 AM, Denis V. Lunev wrote: > On 01/12/2016 03:30 AM, John Snow wrote: >> >> On 01/11/2016 08:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: >>> The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. >>> >>> This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It >>> provides an

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-14 Thread Denis V. Lunev
On 01/12/2016 03:30 AM, John Snow wrote: On 01/11/2016 08:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2 image. For

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-11 Thread John Snow
On 01/11/2016 08:05 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. > > This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It > provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2 > image. For now there is only one type of su

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v7] spec: add qcow2 bitmaps extension specification

2016-01-11 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
The new feature for qcow2: storing bitmaps. This patch adds new header extension to qcow2 - Bitmaps Extension. It provides an ability to store virtual disk related bitmaps in a qcow2 image. For now there is only one type of such bitmaps: Dirty Tracking Bitmap, which just tracks virtual disk change