Libvirt didn't handle this for a long time and VMs with such config would not
start we should implement it.
Using JSON is basically the only option to specify advanced configuration for a
backing file.
Field names were taken from qemu's source since there isn't really
documentation for this.
CCing qemu-block for possible comments on patches 2-8,10.
Peter Krempa (10):
tests: Add testing of backing store string parser
util: storage: Add parser for qemu's "json" backing pseudo-protocol
util: storage: Add support for host device backing specified via JSON
util: storage: Add support for URI based backing volumes in qemu's
JSON pseudo-protocol
util: storage: Add json pseudo protocol support for gluster volumes
util: storage: Add json pseudo protocol support for iSCSI volumes
Add JSON backing volume parser for 'nbd' protocol
util: storage: Add JSON backing store parser for 'sheepdog' protocol
util: storage: Add 'ssh' network storage protocol
util: storage: Add JSON backing volume parser for 'ssh' protocol
src/libvirt_private.syms | 1 +
src/libxl/libxl_conf.c | 1 +
src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 7 +
src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 3 +
src/qemu/qemu_parse_command.c | 1 +
src/util/virstoragefile.c | 288 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
src/util/virstoragefile.h | 4 +
src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c | 1 +
tests/virstoragetest.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++++
9 files changed, 425 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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2.8.2
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