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From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Tue,  7 Dec 2010 09:35:52 +0000
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Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] qemu-img: Fail creation if backing format
	is invalid
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Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

This patch series adds a check to validate the backing format before creating
an image file.  This ensures we provide a clear error message as early as
possible when an unsupported format is used.

The first three patches clean up code on the way and the last patch makes the
actual backing format validation change.