block-migration: efficiently encode zero blocks

this patch adds a efficient encoding for zero blocks by
adding a new flag indicating a block is completely zero.

additionally bdrv_write_zeros() is used at the destination
to efficiently write these zeroes. depending on the implementation
this avoids that the destination target gets fully provisioned.

Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index 9f5a4230d1..a9c042186d 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -493,6 +493,15 @@ bool migrate_auto_converge(void)
     return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_AUTO_CONVERGE];
 }
 
+bool migrate_zero_blocks(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->enabled_capabilities[MIGRATION_CAPABILITY_ZERO_BLOCKS];
+}
+
 int migrate_use_xbzrle(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;