From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93E00C04AB5 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 20:35:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6FD7825687 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 20:35:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 6FD7825687 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40631 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXtgJ-0001lL-LI for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:35:47 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58402) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXteh-0000MH-A7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:34:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXtTj-0004VI-Ll for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:22:48 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:34696) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXtTi-0004QF-8u; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:22:46 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2037880F6D; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 20:22:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.40.205.221]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB736601B6; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 20:22:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Max Reitz To: qemu-block@nongnu.org Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 22:22:35 +0200 Message-Id: <20190603202236.1342-2-mreitz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190603202236.1342-1-mreitz@redhat.com> References: <20190603202236.1342-1-mreitz@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:22:43 +0000 (UTC) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] qapi/block-core: Overlays are not snapshots X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , Markus Armbruster , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Max Reitz Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" A snapshot is something that reflects the state of something at a certain point in time. It does not change. The file our snapshot commands create (or the node they install) is not a snapshot, as it does change over time. It is an overlay. We cannot do anything about the parameter names, but we can at least adjust the descriptions to reflect that fact. Signed-off-by: Max Reitz Reviewed-by: Eric Blake --- qapi/block-core.json | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json index 1defcde048..df52a90736 100644 --- a/qapi/block-core.json +++ b/qapi/block-core.json @@ -1279,17 +1279,17 @@ # # Either @device or @node-name must be set but not both. # -# @device: the name of the device to generate the snapshot from. +# @device: the name of the device to take a snapshot of. # # @node-name: graph node name to generate the snapshot from (Since 2.0) # -# @snapshot-file: the target of the new image. If the file exists, or -# if it is a device, the snapshot will be created in the existing -# file/device. Otherwise, a new file will be created. +# @snapshot-file: the target of the new overlay image. If the file +# exists, or if it is a device, the overlay will be created in the +# existing file/device. Otherwise, a new file will be created. # # @snapshot-node-name: the graph node name of the new image (Since 2.0) # -# @format: the format of the snapshot image, default is 'qcow2'. +# @format: the format of the overlay image, default is 'qcow2'. # # @mode: whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is # 'absolute-paths'. @@ -1302,10 +1302,10 @@ ## # @BlockdevSnapshot: # -# @node: device or node name that will have a snapshot created. +# @node: device or node name that will have a snapshot taken. # # @overlay: reference to the existing block device that will become -# the overlay of @node, as part of creating the snapshot. +# the overlay of @node, as part of taking the snapshot. # It must not have a current backing file (this can be # achieved by passing "backing": null to blockdev-add). # @@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ ## # @blockdev-snapshot-sync: # -# Generates a synchronous snapshot of a block device. +# Takes a synchronous snapshot of a block device. # # For the arguments, see the documentation of BlockdevSnapshotSync. # @@ -1469,9 +1469,9 @@ ## # @blockdev-snapshot: # -# Generates a snapshot of a block device. +# Takes a snapshot of a block device. # -# Create a snapshot, by installing 'node' as the backing image of +# Take a snapshot, by installing 'node' as the backing image of # 'overlay'. Additionally, if 'node' is associated with a block # device, the block device changes to using 'overlay' as its new active # image. --=20 2.21.0