[libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] qemu: Conditionally allow block-copy for persistent domains

Jiri Denemark jdenemar at redhat.com
Wed Jun 7 08:49:08 UTC 2017


On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 16:46:14 +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> Allow starting the block-copy job for a persistent domain if a user
> declares by using a flag that the job will not be recovered if the VM is
> switched off while the job is active.
> 
> This allows to use the block-copy job with persistent VMs under the same
> conditions as would apply to transient domains.
> ---
>  include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 3 +++
>  src/libvirt-domain.c             | 3 +++
>  src/qemu/qemu_driver.c           | 9 ++++++---
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
> index 720db32f7..45f939a8c 100644
> --- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
> +++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
> @@ -2428,6 +2428,9 @@ typedef enum {
>                                                   backing chain */
>      VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_COPY_REUSE_EXT = 1 << 1, /* Reuse existing external
>                                                   file for a copy */
> +    VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_COPY_TRANSIENT_JOB = 1 << 2, /* Don't force usage of
> +                                                     recoverable job for the
> +                                                     copy operation */
>  } virDomainBlockCopyFlags;
> 
>  /**
> diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
> index 310b91b37..6726a5120 100644
> --- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
> +++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
> @@ -10027,6 +10027,9 @@ virDomainBlockRebase(virDomainPtr dom, const char *disk,
>   * or virDomainDetachDevice(), while a copy job is active; they may
>   * also restrict a copy job to transient domains.

I think a short note saying the restriction can be lifted by using the
new flag if the user is willing to accept the limitation you described
below.

>   *
> + * If @flags contains VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_COPY_TRANSIENT_JOB the job will not be
> + * recoverable if the VM is turned of while job is active.

s/of/off/


ACK

Jirka




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