Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Strategic decision: COW format

[Anthony Liguori]

On 02/22/2011 02:56 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> *sigh*
>
> It starts to get annoying, but if you really insist, I can repeat it
> once more: These features that you don't need (this is the correct
> description for what you call "misfeatures") _are_ implemented in a way
> that they don't impact the "normal" case.

Except that they require a refcount table that adds additional metadata 
that needs to be updated in the fast path.  I consider that impacting 
the normal case.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>   And they are it today.
>
> Kevin
>