From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50183) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VeUca-0005pr-Hz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:48:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VeUcU-0001O6-9d for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:48:00 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:32490) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VeUcU-0001Nz-21 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:47:54 -0500 From: Max Reitz Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 19:47:48 +0100 Message-Id: <1383850068-3903-1-git-send-email-mreitz@redhat.com> Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qapi-schema: Update description for NewImageMode List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Kevin Wolf , Wenchao Xia , Stefan Hajnoczi , Max Reitz 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 --- 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