[Devel] [PATCH VZ9] dm-qcow2: allow specifying depth to merge intermediate images

Andrey Zhadchenko andrey.zhadchenko at virtuozzo.com
Mon Sep 8 20:27:30 MSK 2025


dm-qcow2 is almost ready to merge intermediate images, thanks
to separated metadata tables and qio being per-qcow2.
So this patch mostly propagates which qcow2 we want to use
instead of tgt->top.

qcow2_merge_backward_complete is a bit harder due to in-middle
replacement and needing to recalculate img_id for a part of
image chain.

https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-101375
Signed-off-by: Andrey Zhadchenko <andrey.zhadchenko at virtuozzo.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/md/dm-qcow2.h     |  1 +
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c
index e77052ad61e6b..d59fa82dbffbc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ static int qcow2_service_iter(struct qcow2_target *tgt, struct qcow2 *qcow2,
 }
 ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(qcow2_service_iter, ERRNO);
 
-static int qcow2_merge_common(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
+static int qcow2_merge_common(struct qcow2_target *tgt, struct qcow2 *qcow2)
 {
-	struct qcow2 *qcow2 = tgt->top, *lower = qcow2->lower;
+	struct qcow2 *lower = qcow2->lower;
 	u32 clu_size = qcow2->clu_size;
 	loff_t end = lower->hdr.size;
 
@@ -139,9 +139,8 @@ static int qcow2_merge_forward(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
 }
 ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(qcow2_merge_forward, ERRNO);
 
-static int qcow2_break_l1cow(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
+static int qcow2_break_l1cow(struct qcow2_target *tgt, struct qcow2 *qcow2)
 {
-	struct qcow2 *qcow2 = tgt->top;
 	loff_t end = qcow2->hdr.size;
 	loff_t step = (u64)qcow2->l2_entries * qcow2->clu_size;
 
@@ -152,25 +151,35 @@ static int qcow2_break_l1cow(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
 static void set_backward_merge_in_process(struct qcow2_target *tgt,
 				     struct qcow2 *qcow2, bool set)
 {
+	struct qcow2 *top = tgt->top;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
+	/*
+	 * There are no writes if it is not the top qcow2 image.
+	 * so we do not need to stop and flush requests when setting
+	 */
+	if (qcow2 != top && set) {
+		qcow2->backward_merge_in_process = set;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * To avoid race between allocations and COWS
 	 * we completely stop queueing qios and wait
 	 * for pending qios. Lock is for visability.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
-	qcow2->pause_submitting_qios = true;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
+	top->pause_submitting_qios = true;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
 	qcow2_inflight_ref_switch(tgt);
 
 	/* queue is stopped */
-	spin_lock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(qcow2->backward_merge_in_process == set);
 	qcow2->backward_merge_in_process = set;
-	qcow2->pause_submitting_qios = false;
-	list_splice_init(&qcow2->paused_qios, &list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&qcow2->deferred_lock);
+	top->pause_submitting_qios = false;
+	list_splice_init(&top->paused_qios, &list);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&top->deferred_lock);
 
 	qcow2_submit_embedded_qios(tgt, &list);
 }
@@ -240,11 +249,15 @@ static int qcow2_merge_backward_progress(struct qcow2_target *tgt,
 
 static int qcow2_merge_backward_set_eventfd(struct qcow2_target *tgt, int efd);
 
-static int qcow2_merge_backward_start(struct qcow2_target *tgt, int efd)
+static int qcow2_merge_backward_start(struct qcow2_target *tgt, int efd, int depth)
 {
-	struct qcow2 *qcow2 = tgt->top, *lower = qcow2->lower;
+	struct qcow2 *qcow2 = tgt->top, *lower;
 	int ret;
 
+	while (depth-- > 0 && qcow2->lower)
+		qcow2 = qcow2->lower;
+	lower = qcow2->lower;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&tgt->ctl_mutex);
 
 	if (!lower)
@@ -263,6 +276,7 @@ static int qcow2_merge_backward_start(struct qcow2_target *tgt, int efd)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	tgt->backward_merge.qcow2 = qcow2;
 	tgt->backward_merge.state = BACKWARD_MERGE_START;
 	__backward_merge_update_stage(tgt, BACKWARD_MERGE_STAGE_START);
 	tgt->backward_merge.error = 0;
@@ -291,7 +305,7 @@ void qcow2_merge_backward_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	__backward_merge_update_stage(tgt, BACKWARD_MERGE_STAGE_BREAK_L1COW);
 	mutex_unlock(&tgt->ctl_mutex);
 
-	qcow2 = tgt->top;
+	qcow2 = tgt->backward_merge.qcow2;
 	lower = qcow2->lower;
 
 	/*
@@ -300,7 +314,7 @@ void qcow2_merge_backward_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * we'd have to freeze IO going to all data clusters
 	 * under every L1 entry related to several snapshots.
 	 */
-	ret = qcow2_break_l1cow(tgt);
+	ret = qcow2_break_l1cow(tgt, qcow2);
 	if (ret) {
 		QC_ERR(tgt->ti, "Can't break L1 COW");
 		goto out_err;
@@ -316,7 +330,7 @@ void qcow2_merge_backward_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* Start merge */
 	backward_merge_update_stage(tgt, BACKWARD_MERGE_STAGE_RUNNING);
-	ret = qcow2_merge_common(tgt);
+	ret = qcow2_merge_common(tgt, qcow2);
 	if (ret) {
 		set_backward_merge_in_process(tgt, qcow2, false);
 		ret2 = qcow2_set_image_file_features(lower, false);
@@ -357,9 +371,29 @@ static int qcow2_merge_backward_complete(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
 
 	if (tgt->backward_merge.state != BACKWARD_MERGE_WAIT_COMPLETION)
 		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (tgt->top == tgt->backward_merge.qcow2) {
+		tgt->top = lower;
+	} else {
+		struct qcow2 *top = tgt->top;
+
+		while (top && top->lower != tgt->backward_merge.qcow2)
+			top = top->lower;
+		if (!top)
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		qcow2 = tgt->backward_merge.qcow2;
+		lower = qcow2->lower;
+		top->lower = lower;
+
+		top = tgt->top;
+		while (top != lower) {
+			top->img_id--;
+			top = top->lower;
+		}
+	}
+
 	__backward_merge_update_stage(tgt, BACKWARD_MERGE_STAGE_COMPLETING);
-
-	tgt->top = lower;
 	smp_wmb(); /* Pairs with qcow2_ref_inc() */
 	qcow2_inflight_ref_switch(tgt); /* Pending qios */
 	qcow2_flush_deferred_activity(tgt, qcow2); /* Delayed md pages */
@@ -396,7 +430,7 @@ void qcow2_merge_backward_cancel(struct qcow2_target *tgt)
 	} else if (tgt->backward_merge.state == BACKWARD_MERGE_STOP) {
 		flush = true;
 	} else if (tgt->backward_merge.state == BACKWARD_MERGE_WAIT_COMPLETION) {
-		set_backward_merge_in_process(tgt, tgt->top, false);
+		set_backward_merge_in_process(tgt, tgt->backward_merge.qcow2, false);
 		tgt->backward_merge.state = BACKWARD_MERGE_STOPPED;
 		__backward_merge_update_stage(tgt, BACKWARD_MERGE_STAGE_NONE);
 	}
@@ -572,7 +606,7 @@ int qcow2_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
 	struct qcow2_target *tgt = to_qcow2_target(ti);
 	int ret = -EPERM;
 	u32 val, val2;
-	int efd;
+	int efd, depth = 0;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		goto out;
@@ -652,11 +686,15 @@ int qcow2_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
 	} else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "merge_backward")) {
 		/* argc >= 2 */
 		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "start")) {
-			if (argc != 3 || kstrtoint(argv[2], 10, &efd) || efd < 0) {
+			if (argc < 3 || argc > 4 || kstrtoint(argv[2], 10, &efd) || efd < 0) {
 				ret = -EINVAL;
 				goto out_unlock;
 			}
-			ret = qcow2_merge_backward_start(tgt, efd);
+			if (argc == 4 && kstrtou32(argv[3], 10, &depth)) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto out_unlock;
+			}
+			ret = qcow2_merge_backward_start(tgt, efd, depth);
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "complete")) {
 			if (argc != 2) {
 				ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2.h b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2.h
index 5aa00c6a5ebd5..c2b2193561461 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ enum qcow2_backward_merge_stage {
 
 struct qcow2_backward_merge {
 	struct work_struct work;
+	struct qcow2 *qcow2;
 	enum qcow2_backward_merge_state state;
 	int error;
 	struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx;
-- 
2.43.5



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