NEWS: Document 'handle' fs backend removal, blockjob backend zeroing and stats for '<dataStore>'

[PATCH] NEWS: Document 'handle' fs backend removal, blockjob backend zeroing and stats for '<dataStore>'

Posted by Peter Krempa via Devel 1 day, 8 hours ago

From: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
---
 NEWS.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9d490ebbca..b66badf598 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,20 @@ v12.2.0 (unreleased)

 * **Removed features**

+  * qemu: Stop advertising support for ``handle`` backend of p9 filesystems
+
+    QEMU removed the feature in the 4.0 release, but our capability XML
+    still reported it.
+
 * **New features**

+  * qemu: Add support for declaring that storage was zeroed for storage copy APIs
+
+    The qemu driver now can skip zeroing of the storage during
+    ``virDomainBlockCopy`` or migration with non-shared storage with the
+    appropriate flags. This can be used for storage technologies which lack
+    efficient zeroing support.
+
 * **Improvements**

   * conf: support more than 255 vCPUs with amd-iommu
@@ -26,6 +38,11 @@ v12.2.0 (unreleased)
     so that XTSup is required there. Additionally, it is automatically enabled
     if needed.

+  * qemu: Add statistics for ``<dataStore>`` storage
+
+    The bulk statistics (``virsh domstats --block --backing``) now report also
+    information about the ``<dataStore>`` if given disk uses this feature.
+
 * **Bug fixes**


-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Document 'handle' fs backend removal, blockjob backend zeroing and stats for '<dataStore>'

Posted by Ján Tomko via Devel 1 day, 8 hours ago

On a Tuesday in 2026, Peter Krempa via Devel wrote:
>From: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
>
>Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
>---
> NEWS.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
>index 9d490ebbca..b66badf598 100644
>--- a/NEWS.rst
>+++ b/NEWS.rst
>@@ -15,8 +15,20 @@ v12.2.0 (unreleased)
>
> * **Removed features**
>
>+  * qemu: Stop advertising support for ``handle`` backend of p9 filesystems

s/p9/9p/

Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>

Jano

>+
>+    QEMU removed the feature in the 4.0 release, but our capability XML
>+    still reported it.
>+
> * **New features**

Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Document 'handle' fs backend removal, blockjob backend zeroing and stats for '<dataStore>'

Posted by Michal Prívozník via Devel 1 day, 8 hours ago

On 3/31/26 14:02, Peter Krempa via Devel wrote:
> From: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
> ---
>  NEWS.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Michal