This new RBD format supports snapshotting and cloning. By having libvirt create images in format 2 end-users of the created images can benefit of the new RBD format. Signed-off-by: Wido den Hollander <wido(a)widodh.nl&gt; --- src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c index d9e1789..e79873f 100644 --- a/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c +++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_rbd.c @@ -435,6 +435,26 @@ cleanup: return ret; } +static int virStorageBackendRBDCreateImage(rados_ioctx_t io, + char *name, long capacity) +{ + int order = 0; + #if LIBRBD_VERSION_CODE > 260 + uint64_t features = 3; + uint64_t stripe_count = 1; + uint64_t stripe_unit = 4194304; + + if (rbd_create3(io, name, capacity, features, &order, + stripe_count, stripe_unit) < 0) { + #else + if (rbd_create(io, name, capacity, &order) < 0) { + #endif + return -1; + } + + return 0; +} + static int virStorageBackendRBDCreateVol(virConnectPtr conn, virStoragePoolObjPtr pool, virStorageVolDefPtr vol) @@ -442,7 +462,6 @@ static int virStorageBackendRBDCreateVol(virConnectPtr conn, virStorageBackendRBDStatePtr ptr; ptr.cluster = NULL; ptr.ioctx = NULL; - int order = 0; int ret = -1; VIR_DEBUG("Creating RBD image %s/%s with size %llu", @@ -467,7 +486,7 @@ static int virStorageBackendRBDCreateVol(virConnectPtr conn, goto cleanup; } - if (rbd_create(ptr.ioctx, vol->name, vol->capacity, &order) < 0) { + if (virStorageBackendRBDCreateImage(ptr.ioctx, vol->name, vol->capacity) < 0) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("failed to create volume '%s/%s'"), pool->def->source.name, -- 1.7.9.5