Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] qemu-iotests: add 053 unaligned compressed image size test

[Eric Blake]

On 04/15/2013 09:17 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> Test that qemu-img convert -c works when input image length is not a
> multiple of the cluster size.
> 
> Previously an error message would be produced:
> 
>   qemu-img: error while compressing sector 0: Input/output error
> 
> Now that qcow2 and qcow handle this case the test passes successfully.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> ---

> +echo
> +echo "== Creating single sector image =="
> +
> +_make_test_img 512
> +$QEMU_IO -c "write -P0xa 0 512" $TEST_IMG | _filter_qemu_io
> +mv $TEST_IMG $TEST_IMG.orig
> +
> +echo
> +echo "== Converting the image, compressed =="
> +
> +$QEMU_IMG convert -c -O $IMGFMT $TEST_IMG.orig $TEST_IMG
> +_check_test_img
> +
> +# success, all done

Is it worth also testing that qemu-img info on the converted image still
reports that the guest sees a size of 512, to prove that the virtual
size was not expanded as a result of compression tail padding?

With that question answered, you have:
Series: Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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