[libvirt] [PATCHv1 13/13] Add qcow2 features to snapshot XML

[Peter Krempa]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 14:59:05 +0200, Ján Tomko wrote:
> This allows creating an external qcow2 snapshot with
> qcow2 features, e.g:
> 
> <disk name='hda' snapshot='external' type='file'>
>   <source file='/path/to/file'/>
>   <compat>1.1</compat>
>   <features>
>     <lazy_refcounts/>
>   </features>
> </disk>
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980327
> ---
>  docs/formatsnapshot.html.in                        |  9 +++++++
>  docs/schemas/domainsnapshot.rng                    | 10 +++++++-
>  src/conf/snapshot_conf.c                           | 12 +++++++++
>  .../disk_snapshot_features.xml                     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../disk_snapshot_features.xml                     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmltest.c                  |  2 ++
>  6 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlin/disk_snapshot_features.xml
>  create mode 100644 tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/disk_snapshot_features.xml
> 
> diff --git a/docs/formatsnapshot.html.in b/docs/formatsnapshot.html.in
> index c3ab516..569dd24 100644
> --- a/docs/formatsnapshot.html.in
> +++ b/docs/formatsnapshot.html.in
> @@ -180,6 +180,15 @@
>                as qcow2), of the new file created by the external
>                snapshot of the new file.
>                </dd>
> +              <dt><code>compat</code></dt>
> +              <dd>Optional. Allows specifying the compatibility level for qcow2 volumes.
> +              So far, this is only used for type='qcow2' volumes. Valid values are 0.10 and 1.1,
> +              specifying QEMU version the images should be compatible with.
> +              If the feature element is present, 1.1 is used. If omitted, 0.10 is used.

For this particular case I think we should drop the last sentence. If
the <compat> element is not present, regardless of the <feature> element
we should use qemu default type. If a user wants to explicitly use a
image type he should explicitly specify it.

> +              <span class="since">Since 1.2.15</span></dd>
> +              <dt><code>features</code></dt>
> +              <dd>Format-specific features. See the features element in
> +              <a href="formatstorage.html">volume target elements</a> for valid features</dd>
>              </dl>
>  
>              <span class="since">Since 1.2.2</span> the <code>disk</code> element

Peter
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