We need to load the backing chain from the XML when using -blockdev. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c index 8dd25e2736..1d6cd72727 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c @@ -6027,8 +6027,10 @@ qemuProcessPrepareHostStorage(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, virDomainObjPtr vm, unsigned int flags) { + qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData; size_t i; bool cold_boot = flags & VIR_QEMU_PROCESS_START_COLD; + bool blockdev = virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV); for (i = vm->def->ndisks; i > 0; i--) { size_t idx = i - 1; @@ -6037,7 +6039,9 @@ qemuProcessPrepareHostStorage(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, if (virStorageSourceIsEmpty(disk->src)) continue; - virStorageSourceBackingStoreClear(disk->src); + /* backing chain needs to be redetected if we aren't using blockdev */ + if (!blockdev) + virStorageSourceBackingStoreClear(disk->src); if (qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain(driver, vm, disk, true) >= 0) continue; @@ -7711,7 +7715,8 @@ qemuProcessReconnect(void *opaque) goto error; /* backing chains need to be refreshed only if they could change */ - if (priv->reconnectBlockjobs != VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO) { + if (priv->reconnectBlockjobs != VIR_TRISTATE_BOOL_NO && + !virQEMUCapsGet(priv->qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV)) { /* This should be the only place that calls * qemuDomainDetermineDiskChain with @report_broken == false * to guarantee best-effort domain reconnect */ -- 2.16.2 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list