[Libguestfs] [nbdkit PATCH] swab: Implement .block_size callback

We were previously enforcing minimum block size with EINVAL for too-small requests. Advertise this to the client. --- filters/swab/nbdkit-swab-filter.pod | 6 ++++++ filters/swab/swab.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/filters/swab/nbdkit-swab-filter.pod b/filters/swab/nbdkit-swab-filter.pod index f8500150..030a0852 100644 --- a/filters/swab/nbdkit-swab-filter.pod +++ b/filters/swab/nbdkit-swab-filter.pod @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ the last few bytes, combine this filter with L<nbdkit-truncate-filter(1)>; fortunately, sector-based disk images are already suitably sized. +Note that this filter fails operations that are not aligned to the +swab-bits boundaries; if you need byte-level access, apply the +L<nbdkit-blocksize-filter(1)> before this one, to get +read-modify-write access to individual bytes. + =head1 PARAMETERS =over 4 @@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ L<nbdkit(1)>, L<nbdkit-file-plugin(1)>, L<nbdkit-pattern-plugin(1)>, L<nbdkit-filter(3)>, +L<nbdkit-blocksize-filter(1)>. L<nbdkit-truncate-filter(1)>. =head1 AUTHORS diff --git a/filters/swab/swab.c b/filters/swab/swab.c index 68776eee..6e8dc981 100644 --- a/filters/swab/swab.c +++ b/filters/swab/swab.c @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ #include "byte-swapping.h" #include "isaligned.h" #include "cleanup.h" +#include "minmax.h" #include "rounding.h" /* Can only be 8 (filter disabled), 16, 32 or 64. */ @@ -85,8 +86,28 @@ swab_get_size (nbdkit_next *next, return ROUND_DOWN (size, bits/8); } +/* Block size constraints. */ +static int +swab_block_size (nbdkit_next *next, void *handle, + uint32_t *minimum, uint32_t *preferred, uint32_t *maximum) +{ + if (next->block_size (next, minimum, preferred, maximum) == -1) + return -1; + + if (*minimum == 0) { /* No constraints set by the plugin. */ + *minimum = bits/8; + *preferred = 512; + *maximum = 0xffffffff; + } + else { + *minimum = MAX (*minimum, bits/8); + } + + return 0; +} + /* The request must be aligned. - * XXX We could lift this restriction with more work. + * If you want finer alignment, use the blocksize filter. */ static bool is_aligned (uint32_t count, uint64_t offset, int *err) @@ -220,6 +241,7 @@ static struct nbdkit_filter filter = { .config = swab_config, .config_help = swab_config_help, .get_size = swab_get_size, + .block_size = swab_block_size, .pread = swab_pread, .pwrite = swab_pwrite, .trim = swab_trim, -- 2.35.1