[libvirt PATCH 16/20] qemu_snapshot: don't allow creating external snapshot after reverting

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Tue Apr 4 14:44:48 UTC 2023


On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 16:42:17 +0100, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> This would allow creating new branch in the external snapshot history
> which we currently don't support.
> 
> The issue with branching the external snapshot history is that deleting
> some snapshot would require calling block-stream instead of
> block-commit which is currently not implemented.

If the problem is with deletion of the snapshot afterwards I strongly
suggest detecting and limiting the deletion itself.

Creation doesn't seem to be the problem and it feels weird to restrict
it.


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