[libvirt] [PATCH] storage: replace the deprecated option of qemu-img.

[Jiri Denemark]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 20:27:41 +0800, Osier Yang wrote:
> qemu-img silently disable "-e", so we can't use it for volume
> encryption anymore, change it into "-o encryption=on".
> 
> I'm afraid of it will inroduce compatibility problem for older
> qemu without "-o" option, but "-o" option is already used in the
> codes, seems it's fine.
> 
> * src/storage/storage_backend.c
> ---
>  src/storage/storage_backend.c |   17 +++++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
> index 2eede74..c381444 100644
> --- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
> +++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
> @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImg(virConnectPtr conn,
>              imgargv[8] = vol->target.path;
>              imgargv[9] = size;
>              if (vol->target.encryption != NULL)
> -                imgargv[10] = "-e";
> +                imgargv[10] = "-o encryption=on";

Are you sure qemu-img is able to parse this option and you don't need to
add two args "-o" and "encryption=on" instead of passing it as a single
argument?

Jirka