[libvirt] [PATCHv3 34/36] qemu: caps: Add capability for change-backing-file command

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue Jun 3 04:24:17 UTC 2014


On 05/30/2014 02:37 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> This command allows to change the backing file name recorded in the
> metadata of a qcow (or other) image. The capability also notifies that
> the "block-stream" and "block-commit" commands understand the
> "backing-file" attribute.

It might be better to rebase this ahead of 30 and 31.  Also, where does
the qemu_driver code actually honor the new flags from 32 and 33 in
comparison to whether this capability bit is set?


>      QEMU_CAPS_HOST_PCI_MULTIDOMAIN = 166, /* support domain > 0 in host pci address */
>      QEMU_CAPS_MSG_TIMESTAMP      = 167, /* -msg timestamp */
> +    QEMU_CAPS_CHANGE_BACKING_FILE = 168, /* change namen of backing file in metadata */

s/namen/name/

Wait for Jeff's series to actually hit qemu.git before pushing this one.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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