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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: Set vmdk parent backing_format to vmdk
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Thomas Huth |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vmdk: Set vmdk parent backing_format to vmdk |
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Fri, 3 May 2019 13:34:14 +0200 |
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Hi Sam,
On 02/05/2019 15.08, Sam Eiderman wrote:
> Commit b69864e ("vmdk: Support version=3 in VMDK descriptor files")
> fixed the probe function to correctly guess vmdk descriptors with
> version=3.
>
> This solves the issue where vmdk snapshot with parent vmdk descriptor
> containing "version=3" would be treated as raw instead vmdk.
>
> In the future case where a new vmdk version is introduced, we will again
> experience this issue, even if the user will provide "-f vmdk" it will
> only apply to the tip image and not to the underlying "misprobed" parent
> image.
>
> The code in vmdk.c already assumes that the backing file of vmdk must be
> vmdk (see vmdk_is_cid_valid which returns 0 if backing file is not
> vmdk).
>
> So let's make it official by supplying the backing_format as vmdk.
>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-By: Liran Alon <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Arbel Moshe <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Shmuel Eiderman <address@hidden>
> ---
> block/vmdk.c | 2 ++
> tests/qemu-iotests/110 | 6 +++---
> tests/qemu-iotests/126 | 4 ++--
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
> index 8dec6ef767..de8cb859f8 100644
> --- a/block/vmdk.c
> +++ b/block/vmdk.c
> @@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ static int vmdk_parent_open(BlockDriverState *bs)
> pstrcpy(bs->auto_backing_file, end_name - p_name + 1, p_name);
> pstrcpy(bs->backing_file, sizeof(bs->backing_file),
> bs->auto_backing_file);
> + pstrcpy(bs->backing_format, sizeof(bs->backing_format),
> + "vmdk");
> }
Your patch with this change has already been merged into the QEMU master
branch...
> diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/110 b/tests/qemu-iotests/110
> index fad672c1ae..982569dbc5 100755
> --- a/tests/qemu-iotests/110
> +++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/110
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ _make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG_REL.base" 64M
> # qemu should be able to reconstruct the filename, so relative backing names
> # should work
>
> TEST_IMG="json:{'driver':'$IMGFMT','file':{'driver':'file','filename':'$TEST_IMG'}}"
> \
> - _img_info | _filter_img_info
> + _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v "backing file format"
>
> echo
> echo '=== Non-reconstructable filename ==='
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ TEST_IMG="json:{
> }
> ]
> }
> -}" _img_info | _filter_img_info
> +}" _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v "backing file format"
>
> echo
> echo '=== Backing name is always relative to the backed image ==='
> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ TEST_IMG="json:{
> }
> ]
> }
> -}" _img_info | _filter_img_info
> +}" _img_info | _filter_img_info | grep -v "backing file format"
>
>
> # success, all done
> diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/126 b/tests/qemu-iotests/126
> index 96dc048d59..1f7618c8a5 100755
> --- a/tests/qemu-iotests/126
> +++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/126
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ TEST_IMG=$BASE_IMG _make_test_img 64M
> TEST_IMG=$TOP_IMG _make_test_img -b ./image:base.$IMGFMT
>
> # The default cluster size depends on the image format
> -TEST_IMG=$TOP_IMG _img_info | grep -v 'cluster_size'
> +TEST_IMG=$TOP_IMG _img_info | grep -v 'cluster_size\|backing file format'
>
> _rm_test_img "$BASE_IMG"
> _rm_test_img "$TOP_IMG"
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ TOP_IMG="file:image:top.$IMGFMT"
> TEST_IMG=$BASE_IMG _make_test_img 64M
> TEST_IMG=$TOP_IMG _make_test_img -b "$BASE_IMG"
>
> -TEST_IMG=$TOP_IMG _img_info | grep -v 'cluster_size'
> +TEST_IMG=$TOP_IMG _img_info | grep -v 'cluster_size\|backing file format'
>
> _rm_test_img "$BASE_IMG"
> _rm_test_img "image:top.$IMGFMT"
>
... so please just send a patch with these fixes!
Thanks,
Thomas