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Feature #14264

async rbd_open() option

Added by Wido den Hollander about 8 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
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Target version:
-
% Done:

0%

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other
Tags:
rbd,rbd_open,async
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Description

Image this use-case (pseudo code):

for name in rbd_list():
image = rbd_open(name)
info = rbd_stat(image)

With thousands of images this will take a lot of time. This is what currently happens inside libvirt.

Refreshing a RBD storage pool can take 5 minutes when there are thousands of images in the pool.

A async option with a callback would be useful for librbd. In the callback you can then call rbd_stat() and update libvirt's metadata.

I think this is a useful option any way if you want to scan a lot of RBD images in a cluster in a efficient way.

Associated revisions

Revision 458d8e59 (diff)
Added by Mykola Golub about 8 years ago

librbd: API: async open and close

Fixes: #14264
Signed-off-by: Mykola Golub <>

History

#1 Updated by Mykola Golub about 8 years ago

Wido, are you working or planning to work on this feature? I could do it if you aren't.

#2 Updated by Wido den Hollander about 8 years ago

Mykola Golub wrote:

Wido, are you working or planning to work on this feature? I could do it if you aren't.

No, I'm not working on this. My librbd knowledge is way to limited I think.

I just wanted to get this recorded since I could really use it for libvirt: https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/blob/master/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c#L333

#4 Updated by Kefu Chai about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Fix Under Review

#5 Updated by Mykola Golub about 8 years ago

I think the status can be changed to resolved.

#6 Updated by Haomai Wang about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Fix Under Review to Resolved

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