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File libxl.add-option-for-discard-support-to-xl-disk-conf.patch of Package xen (Revision 834e96f8436127a7734fb2a2dddbb1e6)

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References: FATE#316071
Subject: libxl: add option for discard support to xl disk configuration

Handle new option discard=on|off for disk configuration. It is supposed
to disable discard support if file based backing storage was
intentionally created non-sparse to avoid fragmentation of the file.

The option is a boolean and intended for the backend driver. A new
boolean property "discard-enable" is written to the backend node. An
upcoming patch for qemu will make use of this property. The kernel
blkback driver may be updated as well to disable discard for phy based
backing storage.

This change does not break ABI. Instead of adding a new member ->discard_enable
to struct libxl_device_disk the existing ->readwrite member is reused.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
---
 docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt |   15 +++++++++++++++
 tools/libxl/libxl.c                 |    2 ++
 tools/libxl/libxl.h                 |   11 +++++++++++
 tools/libxl/libxlu_disk.c           |    3 +++
 tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_i.h         |    2 +-
 tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_l.l         |    4 ++++
 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: xen-4.4.0-testing/docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.0-testing.orig/docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
+++ xen-4.4.0-testing/docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@ information to be interpreted by the exe
 These scripts are normally called "block-<script>".
 
 
+discard=<boolean>
+---------------
+
+Description:           Instruct backend to advertise discard support to frontend
+Supported values:      on, off, 0, 1
+Mandatory:             No
+Default value:         on if, available for that backend typ
+
+This option is an advisory setting for the backend driver, depending of the
+value, to advertise discard support (TRIM, UNMAP) to the frontend. The real
+benefit of this option is to be able to force it off rather than on. It allows
+to disable "hole punching" for file based backends which were intentionally
+created non-sparse to avoid fragmentation of the file.
+
+
 
 ============================================
 DEPRECATED PARAMETERS, PREFIXES AND SYNTAXES
Index: xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxl.c
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.0-testing.orig/tools/libxl/libxl.c
+++ xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxl.c
@@ -2213,6 +2213,8 @@ static void device_disk_add(libxl__egc *
         flexarray_append(back, disk->readwrite ? "w" : "r");
         flexarray_append(back, "device-type");
         flexarray_append(back, disk->is_cdrom ? "cdrom" : "disk");
+        if (disk->readwrite == LIBXL_HAVE_LIBXL_DEVICE_DISK_DISCARD_DISABLE_MAGIC)
+            flexarray_append_pair(back, "discard-enable", "0");
 
         flexarray_append(front, "backend-id");
         flexarray_append(front, libxl__sprintf(gc, "%d", disk->backend_domid));
Index: xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxl.h
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.0-testing.orig/tools/libxl/libxl.h
+++ xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxl.h
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@
 #define LIBXL_HAVE_BUILDINFO_EVENT_CHANNELS 1
 
 /*
+ * The libxl_device_disk lacks discard_enable field, disabling discard
+ * is supported without breaking the ABI. This is done by overloading
+ * struct libxl_device_disk->readwrite:
+ * readwrite == 0: disk is readonly, no discard
+ * readwrite == 1: disk is readwrite, backend driver may enable discard
+ * readwrite == MAGIC: disk is readwrite, backend driver should not offer
+ * discard to the frontend driver.
+ */
+#define LIBXL_HAVE_LIBXL_DEVICE_DISK_DISCARD_DISABLE_MAGIC 0xdcadU
+
+/*
  * libxl ABI compatibility
  *
  * The only guarantee which libxl makes regarding ABI compatibility
Index: xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk.c
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.0-testing.orig/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk.c
+++ xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk.c
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ int xlu_disk_parse(XLU_Config *cfg,
             disk->format = LIBXL_DISK_FORMAT_EMPTY;
     }
 
+    if (disk->readwrite && dpc.disable_discard)
+        disk->readwrite = LIBXL_HAVE_LIBXL_DEVICE_DISK_DISCARD_DISABLE_MAGIC;
+
     if (!disk->vdev) {
         xlu__disk_err(&dpc,0, "no vdev specified");
         goto x_err;
Index: xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_i.h
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.0-testing.orig/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_i.h
+++ xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_i.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ typedef struct {
     void *scanner;
     YY_BUFFER_STATE buf;
     libxl_device_disk *disk;
-    int access_set, had_depr_prefix;
+    int access_set, disable_discard, had_depr_prefix;
     const char *spec;
 } DiskParseContext;
 
Index: xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_l.l
===================================================================
--- xen-4.4.0-testing.orig/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_l.l
+++ xen-4.4.0-testing/tools/libxl/libxlu_disk_l.l
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ backendtype=[^,]*,? { STRIP(','); setbac
 
 vdev=[^,]*,?	{ STRIP(','); SAVESTRING("vdev", vdev, FROMEQUALS); }
 script=[^,]*,?	{ STRIP(','); SAVESTRING("script", script, FROMEQUALS); }
+discard=on,?	{ DPC->disable_discard = 0; }
+discard=1,?	{ DPC->disable_discard = 0; }
+discard=off,?	{ DPC->disable_discard = 1; }
+discard=0,?	{ DPC->disable_discard = 1; }
 
  /* the target magic parameter, eats the rest of the string */

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