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From: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 qemu-server 5/5] vma restore: skip page cache on block devices backed by zfspool
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:46:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260819144642.453513-6-c.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819144642.453513-1-c.ebner@proxmox.com>

Skip the host page cache for restores on zvols, as page writeback
after filling the buffers can cause I/O delay on other ZFS-backed VMs
on certain setups, as reported in enterprise support and reproduced
internally. The restored data is not to be read back from cache
during restore anyways.

Keep for other storage types for now to reduce regression potential.

Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
changes:
- fix formatting by invoking `make tidy`
- added comment to extend this to other storage types in the future
- hinted further that page writeback only kicks in after buffers are
  filled

 src/PVE/QemuServer.pm | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index b0edbbe6..01af9447 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -7681,8 +7681,17 @@ sub restore_vma_archive {
             }
 
             my $path = PVE::Storage::path($cfg, $volid);
+            my $scfg = PVE::Storage::storage_config($cfg, $storeid);
 
-            print $fifofh "${map_opts}format=$d->{format}:${write_zeros}:$d->{devname}=$path\n";
+            my $cache_none = '';
+            if ($scfg->{type} eq 'zfspool') {
+                #TODO: potentially extend to other storage types
+                $cache_none = ':cache=none';
+                print "skipping page cache for '$d->{devname}'\n";
+            }
+
+            print $fifofh
+                "${map_opts}format=$d->{format}${cache_none}:${write_zeros}:$d->{devname}=$path\n";
 
             print "map '$d->{devname}' to '$path' (write zeros = ${write_zeros})\n";
         }
-- 
2.47.3





  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-19 14:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-19 14:46 [PATCH v2 qemu-server 0/5] bypass host page cache for restore on zvol Christian Ebner
2026-08-19 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 pve-qemu 1/5] add optional no-cache flag to bypass host page cache on pbs-restore Christian Ebner
2026-08-19 16:44   ` Fiona Ebner
2026-08-19 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 qemu-server 2/5] helpers: optionally get package version for kvm_user_version() Christian Ebner
2026-08-19 16:37   ` Fiona Ebner
2026-08-19 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 qemu-server 3/5] helpers: add helper for min package version comparison Christian Ebner
2026-08-19 16:37   ` Fiona Ebner
2026-08-19 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 qemu-server 4/5] pbs-restore: set 'no-cache' on block devices backed by zfspool Christian Ebner
2026-08-19 14:46 ` Christian Ebner [this message]
2026-08-19 16:44 ` [PATCH v2 qemu-server 0/5] bypass host page cache for restore on zvol Jonas Theisen
2026-08-20  9:06 ` Christian Ebner

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