On 04/28/11 16:42, Kevin Wolf wrote: >>>>> What type of file system is your /tmp? You need to provide full path to >>>>> >>>> the snapshot file if you don't want it created next to where your >>>>> >>>> qemu >>>>> >>>> binary is being executed. >>> >> I think the problem is that this is a temporary file, i.e. unlinked >>> >> directly after it has been opened. Trying to reopen a deleted file is a >>> >> bad idea. >> > >> > True, but if /tmp is tmpfs, it isn't possible to open things O_DIRECT, >> > which could also be the source of the problem here. > Not really, -snapshot is very clearly the problem here. Note that what's > failing here is not opening the new snapshot but the old temporary image > created by -snapshot.
Sorry you are losing me here - why would reopening the old image fail? And if it fails, why does it have such a bizarre name in Luiz's case? Jes
