Remove the overlay if the disk was <transient/>. Note that even if we'd forbid unplug of such a disk through the API, the disk can still be ejected from the guest. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c index ed4d1580fa..11b549b12b 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c @@ -4313,6 +4313,15 @@ qemuDomainRemoveDiskDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver, qemuHotplugRemoveManagedPR(driver, vm, QEMU_ASYNC_JOB_NONE) < 0) goto cleanup; + if (disk->transient) { + VIR_DEBUG("Removing transient overlay '%s' of disk '%s'", + disk->src->path, disk->dst); + if (qemuDomainStorageFileInit(driver, vm, disk->src, NULL) >= 0) { + virStorageFileUnlink(disk->src); + virStorageFileDeinit(disk->src); + } + } + ret = 0; cleanup: -- 2.26.2