The cow filter doesn't support trimming and we should assume the
underlying plugin is fully allocated too. Note that both of these
limitations might be lifted with a more advanced filter
implementation.
---
filters/cow/cow.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/filters/cow/cow.c b/filters/cow/cow.c
index b8f08c4..570a65f 100644
--- a/filters/cow/cow.c
+++ b/filters/cow/cow.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ cow_prepare (struct nbdkit_next_ops *next_ops, void *nxdata,
}
/* Whatever the underlying plugin can or can't do, we can write, we
- * cannot trim, and we can flush.
+ * cannot trim or detect extents, and we can flush.
*/
static int
cow_can_write (struct nbdkit_next_ops *next_ops, void *nxdata, void *handle)
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ cow_can_trim (struct nbdkit_next_ops *next_ops, void *nxdata, void
*handle)
return 0;
}
+static int
+cow_can_extents (struct nbdkit_next_ops *next_ops, void *nxdata, void *handle)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int
cow_can_flush (struct nbdkit_next_ops *next_ops, void *nxdata, void *handle)
{
@@ -316,6 +322,7 @@ static struct nbdkit_filter filter = {
.can_write = cow_can_write,
.can_flush = cow_can_flush,
.can_trim = cow_can_trim,
+ .can_extents = cow_can_extents,
.can_fua = cow_can_fua,
.pread = cow_pread,
.pwrite = cow_pwrite,
--
2.20.1