[PATCH 6/9] virsh: checkpoint-create: Add support for VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_REDEFINE_VALIDATE

[Peter Krempa]

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
---
 docs/manpages/virsh.rst  | 7 ++++++-
 tools/virsh-checkpoint.c | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
index 40b7dce093..6fc17e38cd 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
@@ -7141,7 +7141,7 @@ checkpoint-create

 ::

-   checkpoint-create domain [xmlfile] { --redefine | [--quiesce]}
+   checkpoint-create domain [xmlfile] { --redefine [--redefine-validate] | [--quiesce]}

 Create a checkpoint for domain *domain* with the properties specified
 in *xmlfile* describing a <domaincheckpoint> top-level element. The
@@ -7159,6 +7159,11 @@ alterations in the checkpoint metadata (such as host-specific aspects
 of the domain XML embedded in the checkpoint).  When this flag is
 supplied, the *xmlfile* argument is mandatory.

+If *--redefine-validate* is specified along with *--redefine* the hypervisor
+performs validation of metadata associated with the checkpoint stored in places
+besides the checkpoint XML. Note that some hypervisors may require that the
+domain is running to perform validation.
+
 If *--quiesce* is specified, libvirt will try to use guest agent
 to freeze and unfreeze domain's mounted file systems. However,
 if domain has no guest agent, checkpoint creation will fail.
diff --git a/tools/virsh-checkpoint.c b/tools/virsh-checkpoint.c
index ac9d5bd348..cc2bbdae8a 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-checkpoint.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-checkpoint.c
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_checkpoint_create[] = {
      .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
      .help = N_("redefine metadata for existing checkpoint")
     },
+    {.name = "redefine-validate",
+     .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+     .help = N_("validate the redefined checkpoint")
+    },
     {.name = "quiesce",
      .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
      .help = N_("quiesce guest's file systems")
@@ -116,8 +120,12 @@ cmdCheckpointCreate(vshControl *ctl,
     char *buffer = NULL;
     unsigned int flags = 0;

+    VSH_REQUIRE_OPTION("redefine-validate", "redefine");
+
     if (vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "redefine"))
         flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_CREATE_REDEFINE;
+    if (vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "redefine-validate"))
+        flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_REDEFINE_VALIDATE;
     if (vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "quiesce"))
         flags |= VIR_DOMAIN_CHECKPOINT_CREATE_QUIESCE;

-- 
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