In case when the snapshot target is of VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_BLOCK type and doesn't exist libvirt won't be able to create it. Reject such a config sooner. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c index 81085bf4bd..f06d0ada38 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c @@ -589,6 +589,13 @@ qemuSnapshotPrepareDiskExternal(virDomainObj *vm, _("missing existing file for disk %s: %s"), snapdisk->name, snapdisk->src->path); return -1; + } else { + if (snapdisk->src->type == VIR_STORAGE_TYPE_BLOCK) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_UNSUPPORTED, + _("block device snapshot target '%s' doesn't exist"), + snapdisk->src->path); + return -1; + } } } else { if (!S_ISBLK(st.st_mode) && st.st_size && !reuse) { -- 2.31.1