[libvirt] [PATCH 5/7] virsh: Edit inactive XML configuration of snapshot using snapshot-edit

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Thu Dec 7 17:35:13 UTC 2017



On 10/30/2017 04:51 AM, Kothapally Madhu Pavan wrote:
> Now, snapshot-edit will allow editing inactive XML configuration of snapshot
> along with active XML configuration. When --active-only flag is used the
> inactive XML will not be displayed and will be removed from snapshot.
> --active-only flag is used when user doesn't what any non-persistent
> configuration in domain after restoring the snapshot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kothapally Madhu Pavan <kmp at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/virsh-snapshot.c | 7 +++++++
>  tools/virsh.pod        | 8 +++++++-
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Similar comment here as in patch 4... Also note additional minor edit
from below...


> diff --git a/tools/virsh-snapshot.c b/tools/virsh-snapshot.c
> index 4b0a18d..48fc034 100644
> --- a/tools/virsh-snapshot.c
> +++ b/tools/virsh-snapshot.c
> @@ -522,6 +522,10 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_snapshot_edit[] = {
>       .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
>       .help = N_("allow cloning to new name")
>      },
> +    {.name = "active-only",
> +     .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
> +     .help = N_("allow editing active XML configuration and remove inactive XML")
> +    },
>      {.name = NULL}
>  };
>  
> @@ -545,6 +549,9 @@ cmdSnapshotEdit(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
>          vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "snapshotname"))
>          define_flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_SNAPSHOT_CREATE_CURRENT;
>  
> +    if (vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "active-only"))
> +        getxml_flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_XML_ACTIVE_ONLY;
> +
>      if (!(dom = virshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, NULL)))
>          return false;
>  
> diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
> index f899da7..0578f8f 100644
> --- a/tools/virsh.pod
> +++ b/tools/virsh.pod
> @@ -4400,7 +4400,7 @@ With I<snapshotname>, this is a request to make the existing named
>  snapshot become the current snapshot, without reverting the domain.
>  
>  =item B<snapshot-edit> I<domain> [I<snapshotname>] [I<--current>]
> -{[I<--rename>] | [I<--clone>]}
> +{[I<--rename>] | [I<--clone>]} [I<--active-only>]
>  
>  Edit the XML configuration file for I<snapshotname> of a domain.  If
>  both I<snapshotname> and I<--current> are specified, also force the
> @@ -4427,6 +4427,12 @@ a snapshot name must be done with care, since the contents of some
>  snapshots, such as internal snapshots within a single qcow2 file, are
>  accessible only from the original name.
>  
> +If I<--active-only> is specified, only active XML configuration of the
> +snapshot is displayed to edit. Otherwise, both active and inactive XML
> +configuration of the snapshot will be displayed to edit. When domain
> +snapshot is edited with I<--active-only> flag, inactive XML configuration
> +will be removed from snapshot. 

FWIW: git am tells me above line had whitespace at the end...


John
> +
>  =item B<snapshot-info> I<domain> {I<snapshot> | I<--current>}
>  
>  Output basic information about a named <snapshot>, or the current snapshot
> 




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