[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] block: Add hint to -EFBIG error message

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

The limit of qcow2 files at least depends on the cluster size. If the
image format has a cluster_size option, suggest to increase it.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 block.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index aa9a533..3f87489 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4857,8 +4857,12 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
             error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for "
                             "file format '%s'", fmt);
         } else if (ret == -EFBIG) {
-            error_setg(errp, "The image size is too large for file format '%s'",
-                       fmt);
+            const char *cluster_size_hint = "";
+            if (get_option_parameter(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
+                cluster_size_hint = " (try using a larger cluster size)";
+            }
+            error_setg(errp, "The image size is too large for file format '%s'%s",
+                       fmt, cluster_size_hint);
         } else {
             error_setg(errp, "%s: error while creating %s: %s", filename, fmt,
                        strerror(-ret));
-- 
1.8.1.4