[PATCH RFC 1/8] base_image: optimize VM image copying with reflinks and fix same-file handling

From: Daniel Gomez <[email protected]>

Replace ansible.builtin.copy with cp --reflink=auto for significant
performance improvement on XFS filesystems with reflink support:

- 20GB image copy time: ~54s → ~1s (when reflinks are supported)
- Automatic fallback to regular copy on non-reflink filesystems
- Use direct cp command for better control over reflink behavior

Add condition to prevent copying when source and destination are the
same file. This was not needed with ansible.builtin.copy (which handles
this case automatically) but is required with direct cp command which
fails with "files are the same" error.

The condition `custom_image != base_image_pathname` ensures copy only
occurs when paths differ, maintaining compatibility with configurations
where both variables point to the same location.

Generated-by: Claude AI
Signed-off-by: Daniel Gomez <[email protected]>
---
 playbooks/roles/base_image/tasks/custom-image.yml | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playbooks/roles/base_image/tasks/custom-image.yml b/playbooks/roles/base_image/tasks/custom-image.yml
index bcf35933..bac834e8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/base_image/tasks/custom-image.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/base_image/tasks/custom-image.yml
@@ -338,13 +338,21 @@
       - "{{ custom_image_dir }}"
   changed_when: true
 
-- name: Copy custom image to base image location
+- name: Copy custom image to base image location (with automatic reflink optimization)
   become: true
   become_method: ansible.builtin.sudo
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: "{{ custom_image }}"
-    dest: "{{ base_image_pathname }}"
-    remote_src: true
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "cp --reflink=auto '{{ custom_image }}' '{{ base_image_pathname }}'"
+  when:
+    - custom_image_stat.stat.exists or custom_image_download is changed
+    - custom_image != base_image_pathname
+
+- name: Set proper permissions on base image
+  become: true
+  become_method: ansible.builtin.sudo
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ base_image_pathname }}"
     mode: "u=rw,g=r,o=r"
   when:
     - custom_image_stat.stat.exists or custom_image_download is changed
+    - custom_image != base_image_pathname

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