[PATCH] kbase: virtiofs: Add a note that virtiofs is not migratable

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Mon Feb 27 08:19:43 UTC 2023


Note that certain operations will not work.

Resolves: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/452
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
---
 docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst
index 10d1e1d79c..5940092db5 100644
--- a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst
+++ b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ is designed to offer local file system semantics and performance.

 See https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/

+*Note:* virtiofs currently does not support migration so operations such as
+migration, save/managed-save, or snapshots with memory are not supported if
+a VM has a virtiofs filesystem connected.
+
 Sharing a host directory with a guest
 =====================================

-- 
2.39.2



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