firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Unmap/discard/fstrim

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#2,708 opened on Aug 24, 2021

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Description

Is firecracker supporting unmap/discard/fstrim, ie automatic reduction of the image size on the host when a file is deleted on the guest? If it does how do I enable it?

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Research direction
Investigate if Firecracker's virtio blk device supports the discard command (command 13) and if guest kernel configuration enables fstrim. Check the source code for block device handling and look for any existing configuration options or open PRs regarding trim support.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backendinfrastructurecloud
Issue type
Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
LinuxStorage fundamentals
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65