qemu/include/block
Jeff Cody 54e2690090 block: extend block-commit to accept a string for the backing file
On some image chains, QEMU may not always be able to resolve the
filenames properly, when updating the backing file of an image
after a block commit.

For instance, certain relative pathnames may fail, or drives may
have been specified originally by file descriptor (e.g. /dev/fd/???),
or a relative protocol pathname may have been used.

In these instances, QEMU may lack the information to be able to make
the correct choice, but the user or management layer most likely does
have that knowledge.

With this extension to the block-commit api, the user is able to change
the backing file of the overlay image as part of the block-commit
operation.

This allows the change to be 'safe', in the sense that if the attempt
to write the overlay image metadata fails, then the block-commit
operation returns failure, without disrupting the guest.

If the commit top is the active layer, then specifying the backing
file string will be treated as an error (there is no overlay image
to modify in that case).

If a backing file string is not specified in the command, the backing
file string to use is determined in the same manner as it was
previously.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2014-07-01 10:47:01 +02:00
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aio.h aio: add aio_context_acquire() and aio_context_release() 2014-03-13 14:42:24 +01:00
block.h block: extend block-commit to accept a string for the backing file 2014-07-01 10:47:01 +02:00
block_int.h block: extend block-commit to accept a string for the backing file 2014-07-01 10:47:01 +02:00
blockjob.h Block patches for 2.1.0-rc0 2014-06-29 15:24:54 +01:00
coroutine.h coroutine: remove unused CoQueue AioContext 2013-12-02 17:11:49 +01:00
coroutine_int.h coroutine: stop using AioContext in CoQueue 2013-05-24 16:17:56 +02:00
nbd.h nbd: Handle NBD_OPT_LIST option. 2014-06-30 12:50:17 +02:00
qapi.h block: make bdrv_query_stats() static 2014-06-27 18:19:57 +02:00
scsi.h scsi: Print command name in debug 2014-06-18 08:47:10 +02:00
snapshot.h qemu-nbd: support internal snapshot export 2013-12-04 15:19:00 +01:00
thread-pool.h threadpool: drop global thread pool 2013-03-15 16:07:51 +01:00