From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXZP1-00053N-7F for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:01:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXZOw-0007cu-8a for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:01:39 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:12051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WXZOv-0007co-W7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:01:34 -0400 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s38H1Vub020727 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:01:32 -0400 Message-ID: <53442B6B.1030902@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:01:31 -0600 From: Eric Blake MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1396961442-24046-1-git-send-email-mreitz@redhat.com> <1396961442-24046-6-git-send-email-mreitz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1396961442-24046-6-git-send-email-mreitz@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7rFrdEXs3EVLLK4vnFWHeOkUoHlJiFO3C" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/6] qemu-img: Specify backing file for commit List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Max Reitz , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Kevin Wolf , Stefan Hajnoczi This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7rFrdEXs3EVLLK4vnFWHeOkUoHlJiFO3C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/08/2014 06:50 AM, Max Reitz wrote: > Introduce a new parameter for qemu-img commit which may be used to > explicitly specify the backing file unto which an image should be s/unto/into/ > committed if the backing chain has more than a single layer. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Max Reitz > --- > qemu-img-cmds.hx | 4 ++-- > qemu-img.c | 22 +++++++++++++++------- > qemu-img.texi | 8 +++++++- > 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > +If the backing chain of the given image file @var{filename} has more t= han one > +layer, the backing file unto which the changes shall be committed may = be s/unto/into/ s/shall/will/ > +specified as @var{backing_file} (which has to be part of @var{filename= }'s > +backing chain). If @var{filename} is not specified, the immediate back= ing file > +of the top image (which is @var{filename}) will be used. > + With those changes, Reviewed-by: Eric Blake --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --7rFrdEXs3EVLLK4vnFWHeOkUoHlJiFO3C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJTRCtrAAoJEKeha0olJ0Nqy68H/3cKal4R9NNe9ZklrEVADcsm RHFHT5fv8A8d66FaqbbWJ6KbbWVubp3ovJj/kbUF3gFtRMWVi6ADHTc6H4+UNaWG VbHR4L4a9rIr51MLDYsJPpNkQP4lISsBvOM1d0nIfhq6A9klpCd+S0XPGsOH8gJi JmWqsgbDC/PHzNPEQlbV2hgwC4VTLXtWZVyckAsrWZwIHFpmVuN1fii9w/3QM9TK wpk7cclbqH9nbnJc60sltBX3eQctGRQN91kOxlgnVGE6I55/RZwz4am8LSV04ZLk zJPJvaxZeVK4e592G6uF68IeIcAr88mHtP8GCXKs//suJlsFv+62/StUKYwPVqY= =eNmG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7rFrdEXs3EVLLK4vnFWHeOkUoHlJiFO3C--