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Denis V. Lunev f3c3b87dae qcow2: avoid extra flushes in qcow2
The problem with excessive flushing was found by a couple of performance
tests:
  - parallel directory tree creation (from 2 processes)
  - 32 cached writes + fsync at the end in a loop

For the first one results improved from 2.6 loops/sec to 3.5 loops/sec.
Each loop creates 10^3 directories with 10 files in each.

For the second one results improved from ~600 fsync/sec to ~1100
fsync/sec. Though, it was run on SSD so it probably won't show such
performance gain on rotational media.

qcow2_cache_flush() calls bdrv_flush() unconditionally after writing
cache entries of a particular cache. This can lead to as many as
2 additional fdatasyncs inside bdrv_flush.

We can simply skip all fdatasync calls inside qcow2_co_flush_to_os
as bdrv_flush for sure will do the job. These flushes are necessary to
keep the right order of writes to the different caches. Though this is
not necessary in the current code base as this ordering is ensured through
the flush in qcow2_cache_flush_dependency().

Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
CC: Pavel Borzenkov <pborzenkov@virtuozzo.com>
CC: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
CC: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
2016-06-08 10:21:09 +02:00
audio audio: pa: Set volume of recording stream instead of recording device 2016-06-03 11:13:38 +02:00
backends rng-random: rename RndRandom to RngRandom 2016-05-23 12:18:43 +05:30
block qcow2: avoid extra flushes in qcow2 2016-06-08 10:21:09 +02:00
bsd-user cpu: Eliminate cpudef_init(), cpudef_setup() 2016-05-23 19:47:37 -03:00
contrib qemu-common: stop including qemu/host-utils.h from qemu-common.h 2016-05-19 16:42:28 +02:00
crypto crypto: Use DIV_ROUND_UP 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
default-configs net: Introduce e1000e device emulation 2016-06-02 10:42:29 +08:00
disas tci: do not include exec/exec-all.h 2016-05-20 15:07:46 +01:00
docs docs/multi-thread-compression: Fix wrong command string 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
dtc@65cc4d2748
fpu target-tricore: Add FPU infrastructure 2016-03-23 09:22:48 +01:00
fsdev all: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
gdb-xml
hw trivial patches for 2016-06-07 2016-06-07 16:34:45 +01:00
include block: Kill bdrv_co_write_zeroes() 2016-06-08 10:21:08 +02:00
io io: avoid double-free when closing QIOChannelBuffer 2016-05-26 11:31:09 +05:30
libdecnumber
linux-headers update Linux headers to 4.6 2016-04-05 11:46:52 +02:00
linux-user linux-user: Use DIV_ROUND_UP 2016-06-07 18:19:25 +03:00
migration migration/block: Convert saving to BlockBackend 2016-06-08 10:21:08 +02:00
nbd nbd: Don't trim unrequested bytes 2016-05-29 09:11:10 +02:00
net net: handle optional VLAN header in checksum computation. 2016-06-02 10:42:46 +08:00
pc-bios s390-ccw.img: rebuild image 2016-05-17 15:50:29 +02:00
pixman@87eea99e44
po po/Makefile: call rm -f directly 2016-06-07 18:02:49 +03:00
qapi all: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
qga qga: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
qobject qdict: fix unbounded stack warning for qdict_array_entries 2016-05-18 15:04:26 +03:00
qom tcg: Remove needless CPUState::current_tb 2016-05-12 14:06:42 -10:00
replay replay: Clean up includes 2016-06-07 18:19:23 +03:00
roms Update OpenBIOS images 2016-04-18 09:38:55 +01:00
scripts coccinelle: use macro DIV_ROUND_UP instead of (((n) + (d) - 1) /(d)) 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
slirp slirp: Use DIV_ROUND_UP 2016-06-07 18:19:25 +03:00
stubs qemu-common: stop including qemu/host-utils.h from qemu-common.h 2016-05-19 16:42:28 +02:00
target-alpha target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-arm virtio: move bi-endian target support to a single location 2016-06-07 15:39:28 +03:00
target-cris target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-i386 target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-lm32 target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-m68k target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-microblaze target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-mips target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-moxie target-moxie: Remove unused struct elements 2016-06-07 18:02:49 +03:00
target-openrisc target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-ppc pc, pci, virtio: new features, cleanups, fixes 2016-06-07 15:30:25 +01:00
target-s390x target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-sh4 target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-sparc target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-tilegx cpu: move exec-all.h inclusion out of cpu.h 2016-05-19 16:42:29 +02:00
target-tricore target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-unicore32 target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
target-xtensa target-*: dfilter support for in_asm 2016-06-05 09:26:24 -07:00
tcg cpu: move exec-all.h inclusion out of cpu.h 2016-05-19 16:42:29 +02:00
tests block: Switch bdrv_write_zeroes() to byte interface 2016-06-08 10:21:08 +02:00
trace Fix some typos found by codespell 2016-05-18 15:04:27 +03:00
ui SPICE: Use DIV_ROUND_UP 2016-06-07 18:19:25 +03:00
util trivial patches for 2016-06-07 2016-06-07 16:34:45 +01:00
.dir-locals.el
.exrc
.gitignore .gitignore: Ignore docker source copy 2016-06-01 17:27:35 +08:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap
.travis.yml .travis.yml: make -j3 2016-04-05 10:08:15 +01:00
accel.c accel: make configure_accelerator return void 2016-05-18 15:04:27 +03:00
aio-posix.c aio-posix: Skip external nodes in aio_dispatch 2016-04-22 16:43:59 +02:00
aio-win32.c
arch_init.c cpu: Eliminate cpudef_init(), cpudef_setup() 2016-05-23 19:47:37 -03:00
async.c
balloon.c
block.c block: assert that bs->request_alignment is a power of 2 2016-06-08 10:21:09 +02:00
blockdev-nbd.c
blockdev.c blockdev-backup: Don't move target AioContext if it's attached 2016-06-07 14:40:50 +01:00
blockjob.c blockjob: Remove BlockJob.bs 2016-05-25 19:04:21 +02:00
bootdevice.c explicitly include hw/qdev-core.h 2016-05-19 16:42:27 +02:00
bt-host.c
bt-vhci.c
Changelog
CODING_STYLE
configure Fix configure test for PBKDF2 in nettle 2016-06-07 18:19:23 +03:00
COPYING
COPYING.LIB
cpu-exec-common.c cpu: move exec-all.h inclusion out of cpu.h 2016-05-19 16:42:29 +02:00
cpu-exec.c cpu-exec: Fix direct jump to TB spanning page 2016-05-26 13:14:29 +01:00
cpus.c cpu: Add a sync version of cpu_remove() 2016-05-30 14:17:05 +10:00
cputlb.c memory: split memory_region_from_host from qemu_ram_addr_from_host 2016-05-29 09:11:12 +02:00
device_tree.c qemu-common: stop including qemu/bswap.h from qemu-common.h 2016-05-19 16:42:28 +02:00
device-hotplug.c
disas.c
dma-helpers.c dma-helpers: change BlockBackend to opaque value in DMAIOFunc 2016-05-25 19:04:11 +02:00
dump.c util: move declarations out of qemu-common.h 2016-03-22 22:20:17 +01:00
exec.c ppc patch queue for 2016-05-31 2016-05-31 10:37:22 +01:00
gdbstub.c gdbstub: set listen backlog to 1 2016-06-07 18:02:49 +03:00
HACKING
hmp-commands-info.hx
hmp-commands.hx migration: define 'tls-creds' and 'tls-hostname' migration parameters 2016-05-26 11:32:10 +05:30
hmp.c migration: define 'tls-creds' and 'tls-hostname' migration parameters 2016-05-26 11:32:10 +05:30
hmp.h
iohandler.c iohandler: Introduce iohandler_get_aio_context 2016-04-22 16:43:42 +02:00
ioport.c hw: remove pio_addr_t 2016-05-19 16:42:30 +02:00
iothread.c
kvm-all.c kvm: API to obtain max supported mem slots 2016-06-07 10:17:45 +10:00
kvm-stub.c cpu: Reclaim vCPU objects 2016-05-30 14:03:59 +10:00
LICENSE
main-loop.c util: move declarations out of qemu-common.h 2016-03-22 22:20:17 +01:00
MAINTAINERS -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- 2016-06-02 14:26:57 +01:00
Makefile Makefile: Rules for docker testing 2016-06-01 17:27:34 +08:00
Makefile.objs migration: Move qjson.[ch] to migration/ 2016-05-23 14:16:09 +05:30
Makefile.target linux-user: Provide safe_syscall for fixing races between signals and syscalls 2016-05-27 14:49:51 +03:00
memory_mapping.c all: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
memory.c exec: hide mr->ram_addr from qemu_get_ram_ptr users 2016-05-29 09:11:12 +02:00
module-common.c
monitor.c monitor: Typo fix 2016-06-07 18:19:23 +03:00
numa.c
os-posix.c util: move declarations out of qemu-common.h 2016-03-22 22:20:17 +01:00
os-win32.c
page_cache.c all: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
qapi-schema.json migration: define 'tls-creds' and 'tls-hostname' migration parameters 2016-05-26 11:32:10 +05:30
qdev-monitor.c util: move declarations out of qemu-common.h 2016-03-22 22:20:17 +01:00
qdict-test-data.txt
qemu-bridge-helper.c all: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
qemu-char.c char: get rid of qemu_char_get_next_serial 2016-06-06 16:59:32 +01:00
qemu-doc.texi Allow users to specify the vmdk virtual hardware version. 2016-05-12 15:22:08 +02:00
qemu-ga.texi
qemu-img-cmds.hx
qemu-img.c blockjob: Remove BlockJob.bs 2016-05-25 19:04:21 +02:00
qemu-img.texi
qemu-io-cmds.c block: Rename blk_write_zeroes() 2016-05-25 19:04:21 +02:00
qemu-io.c Use &error_fatal when initializing crypto on qemu-{img,io,nbd} 2016-05-20 14:28:55 -03:00
qemu-nbd.c Use &error_fatal when initializing crypto on qemu-{img,io,nbd} 2016-05-20 14:28:55 -03:00
qemu-nbd.texi
qemu-options-wrapper.h
qemu-options.h
qemu-options.hx qemu-options.hx: Specify the units for -machine kvm_shadow_mem 2016-06-07 18:19:23 +03:00
qemu-seccomp.c seccomp: adding sysinfo system call to whitelist 2016-04-16 20:27:44 +02:00
qemu-tech.texi
qemu-timer.c qemu-timer: Use DIV_ROUND_UP 2016-06-07 18:19:25 +03:00
qemu.nsi
qemu.sasl
qmp-commands.hx migration: Promote improved autoconverge commands out of experimental state 2016-05-23 16:05:09 +05:30
qmp.c block: Fix bdrv_next() memory leak 2016-05-25 19:04:10 +02:00
qtest.c qemu-common: push cpu.h inclusion out of qemu-common.h 2016-05-19 16:42:29 +02:00
README
rules.mak Fix linking relocatable objects on Sparc 2016-06-07 18:19:06 +03:00
softmmu_template.h
spice-qemu-char.c
tcg-runtime.c
tci.c tci: do not include exec/exec-all.h 2016-05-20 15:07:46 +01:00
thread-pool.c
thunk.c thunk: Rename args and fields in host-target bitmask conversion code 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
tpm.c
trace-events raw-posix: Convert to bdrv_co_pwrite_zeroes() 2016-06-08 10:21:08 +02:00
translate-all.c memory: remove unnecessary masking of MemoryRegion ram_addr 2016-05-23 16:53:45 +02:00
translate-all.h
translate-common.c include: move CPU-related definitions out of qemu-common.h 2016-05-19 13:08:04 +02:00
user-exec.c cpu: move exec-all.h inclusion out of cpu.h 2016-05-19 16:42:29 +02:00
VERSION Open 2.7 development tree 2016-05-12 12:35:25 +01:00
version.rc
vl.c all: Remove unnecessary glib.h includes 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
xen-common-stub.c
xen-common.c
xen-hvm-stub.c
xen-hvm.c xen: Use DIV_ROUND_UP 2016-06-07 18:19:24 +03:00
xen-mapcache.c

         QEMU README
         ===========

QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.

QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).

QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.

QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.

QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.


Building
========

QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:

  mkdir build
  cd build
  ../configure
  make

Complete details of the process for building and configuring QEMU for
all supported host platforms can be found in the qemu-tech.html file.
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:

  http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
  http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32


Submitting patches
==================

The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.

   git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git

When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.

Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website

  http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
  http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches


Bug reporting
=============

The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/

If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.

For additional information on bug reporting consult:

  http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug


Contact
=======

The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC

 - qemu-devel@nongnu.org
   http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
 - #qemu on irc.oftc.net

Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:

  http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere

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