[libvirt] [PATCH v2 4/6] vol: Add thin_pool to _virStorageVolSource
Pavel Hrdina
phrdina at redhat.com
Mon Feb 1 15:55:56 UTC 2016
On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 09:00:51AM -0500, John Ferlan wrote:
>
>
> On 02/01/2016 07:45 AM, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 05:44:07PM -0500, John Ferlan wrote:
> >> A thin lv doesn't have any extents defined - rather it uses a concept of
> >> a "thin-pool" in order to describe it's source. In order to allow that to
> >> be displayed properly in a future patch, add a new 'thin_pool' name that
> >> can be used by a future patch to store the name of the source thin_pool
> >> name used by a thin logical volume.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
> >> ---
> >> src/conf/storage_conf.c | 5 +++++
> >> src/conf/storage_conf.h | 1 +
> >> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
> >> index 3657dfd..8ceb465 100644
> >> --- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
> >> +++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
> >> @@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ virStorageVolDefFree(virStorageVolDefPtr def)
> >> for (i = 0; i < def->source.nextent; i++)
> >> VIR_FREE(def->source.extents[i].path);
> >> VIR_FREE(def->source.extents);
> >> + VIR_FREE(def->source.thin_pool);
> >>
> >> virStorageSourceClear(&def->target);
> >> VIR_FREE(def);
> >> @@ -1655,6 +1656,10 @@ virStorageVolDefFormat(virStoragePoolDefPtr pool,
> >> virBufferAddLit(&buf, "</device>\n");
> >> }
> >>
> >> + if (def->source.thin_pool)
> >> + virBufferEscapeString(&buf, "<name>%s</name>\n",
> >> + def->source.thin_pool);
> >
> > I'm not sure about the element to be called "name". I would suggest something
> > like <thinpool name=''/>. Otherwise it looks good.
>
> I used <name> because it would be hierarchically similar to
> <pool>...<source>...<name>... That is <volume
> type='block'>...<source>...<name>
>
> Although this does remind me, storagevol.rng needs to be updated seeing
> as <device path='%s'> <extent start=### end=###/> is defined.
>
> Alternatively, would the following work?
>
> <volume type='block'>
> ...
> <source>
> <name>%s</name>
> <format type='thin_pool'>
> </source>
> ...
> </volume>
>
> Trying to forward think if/when a vol.xml was used as input...
Maybe we should stop right here and handle the thin pool/volumes in a separate
patch series. It would be best to create a new libvirt pool type that will be
dedicated for lvm thin pools and add a proper support for thin pools.
Pavel
>
> John
> >
> > Pavel
> >
> >> +
> >> virBufferAdjustIndent(&buf, -2);
> >> virBufferAddLit(&buf, "</source>\n");
> >>
> >> diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.h b/src/conf/storage_conf.h
> >> index f1dc62b..7e15a70 100644
> >> --- a/src/conf/storage_conf.h
> >> +++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.h
> >> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct _virStorageVolSource {
> >>
> >> int partType; /* virStorageVolTypeDisk, only used by disk
> >> * backend for partition type creation */
> >> + char *thin_pool; /* Used to print/dumpxml the thin pool name */
> >> };
>
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