[libvirt] [PATCHv3 0/5] snapshot revert-and-create

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Thu Feb 28 11:57:39 UTC 2013


On 11/21/12 01:36, Eric Blake wrote:
> v2 was here:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-November/msg00818.html
>
> One patch from v2 has already been committed.  This patch additionally
> adds a qemu implementation for the new flag, and I have tested creation
> of offline branches (I still need to test creation of a branch from a
> disk-only or online external snapshot).  I've also started documenting
> my plans for a new revert FOLLOW flag, which updates to the current
> state of external files (rather than reverting completely to the
> point where the snapshot was taken); once that is working, then
> implementing the combination of createXML(LIVE|BRANCH) will really
> be creating the branch, then farming out to revert(FOLLOW) to switch
> over to the new branch.
>
> Eric Blake (5):
>    snapshot: add revert-and-create branching of external snapshots
>    snapshot: prepare to parse new XML
>    snapshot: actually compute branch definition from XML
>    snapshot: support revert-and-create branching in qemu
>    snapshot: add another revert API flag
>

Hi Eric,

this code has been buried long enough so that it doesn't apply. I'm 
reviving my snapshot patches and would like to integrate this 
functionality too. If you happen to have the branch still in you repo, 
could you please push it somewhere so git can help me while rebasing.

Thanks

Peter




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