Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu: block.c: introducing "fmt:FMT:" prefix to image-filenames

[Kevin Wolf]

Jamie Lokier schrieb:
> Uri Lublin wrote:
>> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>>> Yes the format you write into the qcow2 header can still use the 
>>> fmt:qcow2: prefix - just no need to expose that particular qcow2
>>> specific implementation detail on the CLI. 
>> OK. I'll prepare a patch that adds '-F fmt' to 'qemu-img create -b ...'
> 
> Will it break backing files whose filename begins with "fmt:"?
> 
> Just because I hate hidden "some filenames work, some filenames break
> mysteriously, and of course it's not documented" dodgy hacks.

Uri, now that you are making the change in qcow2 instead of block.c,
have you thought about using the earlier suggested "filename.img\0qcow2"
hack? This shouldn't break filenames.

Kevin