On 04/27/2015 08:01 PM, Peter Krempa wrote: > The documentation states that for shallow block copy the image has to > have the same guest visible content as backing file of the current > image. This condition can be achieved also with a raw file (or a qcow > without a backing file) so remove the condition that would disallow it. > > (This patch additionally fixes crash described in > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215569 since it removes > the code) > --- > src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 10 ---------- > 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c > index 70bf7aa..f979d33 100644 > --- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c > +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c > @@ -16815,16 +16815,6 @@ qemuDomainBlockCopyCommon(virDomainObjPtr vm, > if (qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, vm, disk, false, true) < 0) > goto endjob; > > - if ((flags & VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_COPY_SHALLOW) && > - mirror->format == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_RAW && > - disk->src->backingStore->path) { > - virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, > - _("disk '%s' has backing file, so raw shallow copy " > - "is not possible"), > - disk->dst); > - goto endjob; > - } > - Although a shallow blockcopy of file without backing file is semantically correct, but still feel a little weird. And, a shallow blockcommit of file without backing file will failed with error "error: invalid argument: top '/var/lib/libvirt/images/raw.img' in chain for 'vda' has no backing file" Should libvirt post error when try a shallow blockcopy of file without backing file, just as shallow blockcommit? > /* Prepare the destination file. */ > /* XXX Allow non-file mirror destinations */ > if (!virStorageSourceIsLocalStorage(mirror)) { -- Regards shyu -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list