Re: RFC: don't store backing filename in qcow2 image

2020-12-11 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
11.12.2020 12:44, Peter Krempa wrote: On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 17:26:52 +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: Hi all! Hi, I have an idea, that not storing backing filename in qcow2 image at all may be a good thing. I'll give some reasons and want to know what do you think about it.

Re: RFC: don't store backing filename in qcow2 image

2020-12-11 Thread Peter Krempa
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 17:26:52 +0300, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote: > Hi all! Hi, > > I have an idea, that not storing backing filename in qcow2 image at all may > be a good thing. I'll give some reasons and want to know what do you think > about it. > > 1. Libvirt has to manage and

RFC: don't store backing filename in qcow2 image

2020-12-10 Thread Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
Hi all! I have an idea, that not storing backing filename in qcow2 image at all may be a good thing. I'll give some reasons and want to know what do you think about it. 1. Libvirt has to manage and keep in mind backing chains anyway. This means, that storing this information in qcow2 header