nbd: Add writethrough to block-export-add

qemu-nbd allows use of writethrough cache modes, which mean that write
requests made through NBD will cause a flush before they complete.
Expose the same functionality in block-export-add.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200924152717.287415-10-kwolf@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

blockdev-nbd.c

@@ -216,9 +216,13 @@ BlockExport *nbd_export_create(BlockExportOptions *exp_args, Error **errp)
         goto out;
     }
 
+    if (!exp_args->has_writethrough) {
+        exp_args->writethrough = false;
+    }
+
     exp = nbd_export_new(bs, arg->name, arg->description, arg->bitmap,
                          !arg->writable, !arg->writable,
-                         NULL, false, errp);
+                         NULL, exp_args->writethrough, errp);
     if (!exp) {
         goto out;
     }

qapi/block-export.json

@@ -170,10 +170,15 @@
 # Describes a block export, i.e. how single node should be exported on an
 # external interface.
 #
+# @writethrough: If true, caches are flushed after every write request to the
+#                export before completion is signalled. (since: 5.2;
+#                default: false)
+#
 # Since: 4.2
 ##
 { 'union': 'BlockExportOptions',
-  'base': { 'type': 'BlockExportType' },
+  'base': { 'type': 'BlockExportType',
+            '*writethrough': 'bool' },
   'discriminator': 'type',
   'data': {
       'nbd': 'BlockExportOptionsNbd'