Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-1.7 0/2] block/drive-mirror: Reuse backing HD for sync=none

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> writes:

> Am 26.11.2013 um 19:02 hat Anthony Liguori geschrieben:
>> Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> writes:
>> 
>> > This series fixes the drive-mirror blockjob in case of "none" sync mode
>> > to always use the old (current) image file as the backing file of the
>> > newly created mirrored file (in case of "absolute-paths" mode).
>> >
>> > It is rather important to get this into 1.7, as we will introduce an at
>> > least pretty strange API in case the original file is unbacked
>> > otherwise.
>> 
>> Kevin/Stefan?  Do we need this for 1.7?
>
> Yes, it would be good to pick it up in order to avoid changing the API
> in 1.8 (I guess we would do it anyway because the current behaviour
> doesn't make any sense and we'd call it bug fix, but libvirt would have
> to deal with it and better to do it right in the first release.)
>
> Do you want to pick it up yourself or should I send a pull request?

I'll pick it up.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>
> Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
>
> Kevin