Am 09.05.2017 um 20:09 hat John Snow geschrieben: > Or, rather, force the open of a backing image if one was specified > for creation. Using a similar -unsafe option as rebase, allow qemu-img > to ignore the backing file validation if possible. > > It may not always be possible, as in the existing case when a filesize > for the new image was not specified. > > This is accomplished by shifting around the conditionals in > bdrv_img_create, such that a backing file is always opened unless we > provide BDRV_O_NO_BACKING. qemu-img is adjusted to pass this new flag > when -u is provided to create. > > Sorry for the heinous looking diffstat, but it's mostly whitespace. > > Inspired by: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213786 > > Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com>
The idea makes sense to me, but the patch needs a rebase. Kevin
