On 17-05-13 20:51, Paul Clements wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Nick Thomas <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I notice that Alex Bligh proposed the addition of NBD_CMD_RESIZE (along > with some others) to the NBD protocol back in 2011: > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.nbd.general/993 > > I'm assuming this didn't go anywhere, at the time; would there be any > interest in reviving the idea? I find myself wanting to implement > block_resize in QEMU for NBD devices. > > One option is to stop the NBD server, resize the file, start NBD again, > then run a peculiar version of block_resize that reconnects, reads the > new size and advertises that to the guest; > > but NBD_CMD_RESIZE would be considerably simpler. > > > Agreed. > > I'd be open to patches, if you have some. Doesn't appear it would take > much in the kernel to get this functioning.
I guess it's going to take slightly more to get this functioning in userspace, but I'd similarly be open to patches. -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
