When attempting a blockcommit from the top layer, the base argument passed is NULL. This will be dereferenced when attempting a commit with an empty image chain. Output the real volume path instead: virsh blockcommit --verbose --path vda --domain DOMNAME --wait error: invalid argument: top '/path/somefile' in chain for 'vda' has no backing file instead of: error: invalid argument: top '(null)' in chain for 'vda' has no backing file --- src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c index 38a48db..8998201 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c @@ -15180,7 +15180,7 @@ qemuDomainBlockCommit(virDomainPtr dom, const char *path, const char *base, if (!top_meta || !top_meta->backingStore) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, _("top '%s' in chain for '%s' has no backing file"), - top, path); + top_canon, path); goto endjob; } if (!base && (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_COMMIT_SHALLOW)) { -- 1.8.5.3 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list