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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-3.1 v10 05/31] block: Respect backing bs in


From: Alberto Garcia
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-3.1 v10 05/31] block: Respect backing bs in bdrv_refresh_filename
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:26:56 +0200
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On Thu 09 Aug 2018 11:35:02 PM CEST, Max Reitz wrote:
> +    backing_overridden = bdrv_backing_overridden(bs);
> +
> +    if (bs->open_flags & BDRV_O_NO_IO) {
> +        /* Without I/O, the backing file does not change anything.
> +         * Therefore, in such a case (primarily qemu-img), we can
> +         * pretend the backing file has not been overridden even if
> +         * it technically has been. */
> +        backing_overridden = false;
> +    }

What is this for?

Berto



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