Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy 0fd05c8d80 qapi: blockdev-backup: add discard-source parameter
Add a parameter that enables discard-after-copy. That is mostly useful
in "push backup with fleecing" scheme, when source is snapshot-access
format driver node, based on copy-before-write filter snapshot-access
API:

[guest]      [snapshot-access] ~~ blockdev-backup ~~> [backup target]
   |            |
   | root       | file
   v            v
[copy-before-write]
   |             |
   | file        | target
   v             v
[active disk]   [temp.img]

In this case discard-after-copy does two things:

 - discard data in temp.img to save disk space
 - avoid further copy-before-write operation in discarded area

Note that we have to declare WRITE permission on source in
copy-before-write filter, for discard to work. Still we can't take it
unconditionally, as it will break normal backup from RO source. So, we
have to add a parameter and pass it thorough bdrv_open flags.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@yandex-team.ru>
Reviewed-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
Tested-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
Acked-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20240313152822.626493-5-vsementsov@yandex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@yandex-team.ru>
2024-05-28 15:52:15 +03:00
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