Commit 79ba8c98 (v2.7) changed the setting of request_alignment
to occur only during bdrv_refresh_limits(), rather than at at
bdrv_open() time; but at the time, NBD was unaffected, because
it still used sector-based callbacks, so the block layer
defaulted NBD to use 512 request_alignment.
Later, commit 70c4fb26 (also v2.7) changed NBD to use byte-based
callbacks, without setting request_alignment. This resulted in
NBD using request_alignment of 1, which works great when the
server supports it (as is the case for qemu-nbd), but falls apart
miserably if the server requires alignment (but only if qemu
actually sends a sub-sector request; qemu-io can do it, but
most qemu operations still perform on sectors or larger).
Even later, the NBD protocol was updated to document that clients
should learn the server's minimum alignment during NBD_OPT_GO;
and recommended that clients should assume a minimum size of 512
unless the server understands NBD_OPT_GO and replied with a smaller
size. Commit 081dd1fe (v2.10) attempted to do that, by assigning
request_alignment to whatever was learned from the server; but
it has two flaws: the assignment is done during bdrv_open() so
it gets unconditionally wiped out back to 1 during any later
bdrv_refresh_limits(); and the code is not using a default of 512
when the server did not report a minimum size.
Fix these issues by moving the assignment to request_alignment
to the right function, and by using a sane default when the
server does not advertise a minimum size.
CC: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180215032905.27146-1-eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy<vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
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
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
https://qemu.org/Hosts/Linux
https://qemu.org/Hosts/Mac
https://qemu.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone git://git.qemu.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
https://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
https://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
The QEMU website is also maintained under source control.
git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu-web.git
https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/
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:
https://qemu.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
https://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:
https://qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere
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