Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qapi-schema: Update description for NewImageMode

["Benoît Canet" <benoit.canet@irqsave.net>]

Le Thursday 07 Nov 2013 à 19:47:48 (+0100), Max Reitz a écrit :
> If the NewImageMode is "absolute-paths" but no backing file is available
> (e.g., when mirroring a device with an unbacked image), the target image
> will not be backed either. This patch updates the documentation in
> qapi-schema.json accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
> ---
> Follow-up to:
>  - block/drive-mirror: Check for NULL backing_hd
> ---
>  qapi-schema.json | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
> index 81a375b..dde8e45 100644
> --- a/qapi-schema.json
> +++ b/qapi-schema.json
> @@ -1736,7 +1736,8 @@
>  # @existing: QEMU should look for an existing image file.
>  #
>  # @absolute-paths: QEMU should create a new image with absolute paths
> -# for the backing file.
> +# for the backing file. If there is no backing file available, the new
> +# image will not be backed either.
>  #
>  # Since: 1.1
>  ##
> -- 
> 1.8.4.2
> 
> 
Reviewed-by: Benoit Canet <benoit@irqsave.net>