14.10.2020 18:03, Max Reitz wrote:
On 12.10.20 19:43, Andrey Shinkevich wrote:
> Whereas the block-stream job starts using a backing file name of the
> base node overlay after the block-stream job completes, mark the QMP
> 'backing-file' argument as deprecated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Shinkevich <andrey.shinkevich(a)virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> docs/system/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> index 8b3ab5b..7491fcf 100644
> --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> @@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ details.
> The ``query-events`` command has been superseded by the more powerful
> and accurate ``query-qmp-schema`` command.
>
> +``block-stream`` argument ``backing-file`` (since 5.2)
>
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The argument ``backing-file`` is deprecated. QEMU uses a backing file
> +name of the base node overlay after the block-stream job completes.
> +
Hm, why? I don’t see the problem with it.
My wrong idea, sorry. I believed that the argument is unused when I were reviewing v10.
But it actually become unused during the series and it is wrong.
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Best regards,
Vladimir