block: add -drive copy-on-read=on|off

This patch adds the -drive copy-on-read=on|off command-line option:

  copy-on-read=on|off
  copy-on-read is "on" or "off" and enables whether to copy read backing
  file sectors into the image file.  Copy-on-read avoids accessing the
  same backing file sectors repeatedly and is useful when the backing
  file is over a slow network.  By default copy-on-read is off.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 9068c5b1d0..af4e239b93 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
     BlockIOLimit io_limits;
     int snapshot = 0;
+    bool copy_on_read;
     int ret;
 
     translation = BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO;
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
 
     snapshot = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "snapshot", 0);
     ro = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0);
+    copy_on_read = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "copy-on-read", false);
 
     file = qemu_opt_get(opts, "file");
     serial = qemu_opt_get(opts, "serial");
@@ -546,6 +548,10 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, int default_to_scsi)
         bdrv_flags |= (BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT|BDRV_O_CACHE_WB|BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH);
     }
 
+    if (copy_on_read) {
+        bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_COPY_ON_READ;
+    }
+
     if (media == MEDIA_CDROM) {
         /* CDROM is fine for any interface, don't check.  */
         ro = 1;