From 7fa1062d4c4f6581bbe53a68f4cdd78558bcf5e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 17:12:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 15/15] qcow2: Fix cache-clean-interval documentation
RH-Author: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Message-id: <20181206171240.5674-16-kwolf@redhat.com>
Patchwork-id: 83298
O-Subject: [RHEL-8.0 qemu-kvm PATCH 15/15] qcow2: Fix cache-clean-interval documentation
Bugzilla: 1656507
RH-Acked-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
From: Leonid Bloch <lbloch@janustech.com>
Fixing cache-clean-interval documentation following the recent change to
a default of 600 seconds on supported plarforms (only Linux currently).
Signed-off-by: Leonid Bloch <lbloch@janustech.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit e3a7b4556ee33feba2b396769a9c8354be06b024)
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Danilo C. L. de Paula <ddepaula@redhat.com>
---
docs/qcow2-cache.txt | 20 ++++++++++----------
qapi/block-core.json | 3 ++-
qemu-options.hx | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/qcow2-cache.txt b/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
index 59358b8..c459bf5 100644
--- a/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
+++ b/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
@@ -202,18 +202,18 @@ Reducing the memory usage
It is possible to clean unused cache entries in order to reduce the
memory usage during periods of low I/O activity.
-The parameter "cache-clean-interval" defines an interval (in seconds).
-All cache entries that haven't been accessed during that interval are
-removed from memory.
+The parameter "cache-clean-interval" defines an interval (in seconds),
+after which all the cache entries that haven't been accessed during the
+interval are removed from memory. Setting this parameter to 0 disables this
+feature.
-This example removes all unused cache entries every 15 minutes:
+The following example removes all unused cache entries every 15 minutes:
-drive file=hd.qcow2,cache-clean-interval=900
-If unset, the default value for this parameter is 600. Setting it to 0
-disables this feature.
+If unset, the default value for this parameter is 600 on platforms which
+support this functionality, and is 0 (disabled) on other platforms.
-Note that this functionality currently relies on the MADV_DONTNEED
-argument for madvise() to actually free the memory. This is a
-Linux-specific feature, so cache-clean-interval is not supported in
-other systems.
+This functionality currently relies on the MADV_DONTNEED argument for
+madvise() to actually free the memory. This is a Linux-specific feature,
+so cache-clean-interval is not supported on other systems.
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 5318c9b..db47fb8 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2867,7 +2867,8 @@
#
# @cache-clean-interval: clean unused entries in the L2 and refcount
# caches. The interval is in seconds. The default value
-# is 600, and 0 disables this feature. (since 2.5)
+# is 600 on supporting platforms, and 0 on other
+# platforms. 0 disables this feature. (since 2.5)
#
# @encrypt: Image decryption options. Mandatory for
# encrypted images, except when doing a metadata-only
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 05fabf3..683ab0d 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -767,7 +767,8 @@ it which is not used for the L2 cache)
@item cache-clean-interval
Clean unused entries in the L2 and refcount caches. The interval is in seconds.
-The default value is 600. Setting it to 0 disables this feature.
+The default value is 600 on supporting platforms, and 0 on other platforms.
+Setting it to 0 disables this feature.
@item pass-discard-request
Whether discard requests to the qcow2 device should be forwarded to the data
--
1.8.3.1