Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v6 2/4] qcow2: add option to clean unused cache entries after some time

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 05.06.2015 um 18:27 hat Alberto Garcia geschrieben:
> This adds a new 'cache-clean-interval' option that cleans all qcow2
> cache entries that haven't been used in a certain interval, given in
> seconds.
> 
> This allows setting a large L2 cache size so it can handle scenarios
> with lots of I/O and at the same time use little memory during periods
> of inactivity.
> 
> This feature currently relies on MADV_DONTNEED to free that memory, so
> it is not useful in systems that don't follow that behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

This patch doesn't apply cleanly any more. Can you please rebase and
change the QAPI documenation to say "since 2.5"?

Kevin