Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH block-next 0/3] qemu-img check/qcow2: Allow fixing refcounts

[Zhi Yong Wu]

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Kevin Wolf <address@hidden> wrote:
> A prerequisite for a "QED mode" in qcow2, which doesn't update the refcount
Recently some new concepts such as "QED mode" in qcow2 are seen
frequencely, can anyone explain what it means? thanks.

> table except on clean shutdown, is that refcounts can be repaired when the
> image is opened the next time after a crash.
>
> This series adds a qemu-img check option that doesn't only check, but also
> tries to fix the errors that it found.
>
> Kevin Wolf (3):
>  qemu-img check -r for repairing images
>  qemu-img check: Print fixed clusters and recheck
>  qcow2: Support for fixing refcount inconsistencies
>
>  block.c                |    4 ++--
>  block.h                |    9 ++++++++-
>  block/qcow2-refcount.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  block/qcow2.c          |    5 +++--
>  block/qcow2.h          |    3 ++-
>  block/qed-check.c      |    2 ++
>  block/qed.c            |    5 +++--
>  block/vdi.c            |    7 ++++++-
>  block_int.h            |    3 ++-
>  qemu-img-cmds.hx       |    4 ++--
>  qemu-img.c             |   35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  qemu-img.texi          |    7 ++++++-
>  12 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.7.6.5
>
>



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Regards,

Zhi Yong Wu