On Mon Feb 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM CET, Markus Frank wrote:
> If a live migration method is selected, qemu-server starts virtiofsd
> with the flags to enable live migration using the chosen method.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <[email protected]>
> ---
> src/PVE/Mapping/Dir.pm | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/PVE/Mapping/Dir.pm b/src/PVE/Mapping/Dir.pm
> index 5ff02d1..a7d4c05 100644
> --- a/src/PVE/Mapping/Dir.pm
> +++ b/src/PVE/Mapping/Dir.pm
> @@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ my $defaultData = {
> description => "The ID of the directory mapping",
> format => 'pve-configid',
> },
> + 'live-migration-method' => {
> + description => "Allow live-migration when using the directory
> with a virtiofs device."
> + ." Ensure you are using the same shared directory on all
> hosts."
> + ." Available migration methods are 'file-handles' and
> 'find-path'.",
> + type => 'string',
> + optional => 1,
> + default => 'file-handles',
The default is off here, as an unset 'live-migration-method' disables
the live migration for VMs that use that virtiofsd mapping.
This should either be clarified as-is in the {verbose_,}description or a
third enum such as 'none' could be introduced to expose that state
explicitly.
> + enum => ['file-handles', 'find-paths'],
> + },
> description => {
> type => 'string',
> description => "Description of the directory mapping",
> @@ -99,6 +108,7 @@ sub private {
> sub options {
> return {
> description => { optional => 1 },
> + 'live-migration-method' => { optional => 1 },
> map => {},
> };
> }
