[PATCH RFC v2 0/5] block: add block-dirty-bitmap-populate job

[John Snow]

Hi,

This is a new (very small) block job that writes a pattern into a
bitmap. The only pattern implemented is the top allocation information.

This can be used to "recover" an incremental bitmap chain if an external
snapshot was taken without creating a new bitmap first: any writes made
to the image will be reflected by the allocation status and can be
written back into a bitmap.

This is useful for e.g. libvirt managing backup chains if a user creates
an external snapshot outside of libvirt.

v2:
 - Addressed some, but not all feedback
 - Rebased on latest 'job-runner' series; but it's not clear if it
   should be kept.
 - This version doesn't address all of the feedback from v1,
   but I am posting it to the list as an RFC.

John Snow (5):
  block: add bitmap-populate job
  blockdev: combine DriveBackupState and BlockdevBackupState
  qmp: expose block-dirty-bitmap-populate
  iotests: move bitmap helpers into their own file
  iotests: add 287 for block-dirty-bitmap-populate

 qapi/block-core.json          |   66 +
 qapi/job.json                 |    2 +-
 qapi/transaction.json         |    2 +
 include/block/block_int.h     |   21 +
 block/bitmap-alloc.c          |  207 ++
 blockdev.c                    |  104 +-
 blockjob.c                    |    3 +-
 block/Makefile.objs           |    1 +
 tests/qemu-iotests/257        |  110 +-
 tests/qemu-iotests/287        |  242 ++
 tests/qemu-iotests/287.out    | 4544 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/bitmaps.py |  131 +
 tests/qemu-iotests/group      |    1 +
 13 files changed, 5305 insertions(+), 129 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 block/bitmap-alloc.c
 create mode 100755 tests/qemu-iotests/287
 create mode 100644 tests/qemu-iotests/287.out
 create mode 100644 tests/qemu-iotests/bitmaps.py

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