Re: [libvirt PATCH] qemu: snapshot: delete disk image only if parent snapshot is external

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On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 15:21:21 +0100, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> When we are deleting external snapshot that is not active we only need
> to delete overlay disk image of the parent snapshot. This works
> correctly even if parent snapshot is external and active as it will have
> another overlay created when user reverted to that snapshot.
> 
> In case the parent snapshot is internal there are no overlay disk images
> created as everything is stored internally within the disk image. In
> this case we would delete the actual disk image storing internal
> snapshots and most likely the original disk image as well resulting in
> data loss once the VM is shutoff.
> 
> Fixes: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/734

This definitely requires a NEWS entry as well.

> Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/qemu/qemu_snapshot.c | 14 ++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>



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