[libvirt] [RFC PATCH 0/2] qemu: Enable -blockdev [READ ME!] (blockdev-add saga finale?)

With the patches I've posted to the list libvirt should be mostly prepared to use -blockdev instead of -drive to specify disk images. There's one gothcha though. Internal snapshots don't work due to qemu considering every monitor-owned node for snapshot as well. With blockdev everything became monitor-owned including the 'file' nodes which are definitely not snapshottable. Even when qemu fixes that bug I don't think it will be introspectable. Our options are either to wait for the qemu fix and then try to detect it somehow, perhaps as a version check (yuck), or go ahead and inform users to upgrade to a newer qemu afterwards. Any other ideas or suggestions? Peter Krempa (2): qemu: caps: Add capability for dynamic 'auto-read-only' support for files qemu: enable blockdev support src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 5 + src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h | 1 + .../caps_4.1.0.x86_64.xml | 2 + .../controller-virtio-scsi.x86_64-latest.args | 35 +++-- .../disk-aio.x86_64-latest.args | 19 ++- ...-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-latest.args | 145 +++++++++++++++--- .../disk-cache.x86_64-latest.args | 50 ++++-- .../disk-cdrom-network.x86_64-latest.args | 32 ++-- .../disk-cdrom-tray.x86_64-latest.args | 24 ++- .../disk-cdrom.x86_64-latest.args | 21 +-- .../disk-copy_on_read.x86_64-latest.args | 19 ++- .../disk-detect-zeroes.x86_64-latest.args | 17 +- .../disk-error-policy.x86_64-latest.args | 30 ++-- .../disk-floppy-q35-2_11.x86_64-latest.args | 14 +- .../disk-floppy-q35-2_9.x86_64-latest.args | 14 +- .../disk-floppy.x86_64-latest.args | 21 ++- .../disk-network-gluster.x86_64-latest.args | 32 ++-- .../disk-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args | 58 ++++--- .../disk-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args | 41 +++-- .../disk-network-rbd.x86_64-latest.args | 67 +++++--- .../disk-network-sheepdog.x86_64-latest.args | 16 +- ...isk-network-source-auth.x86_64-latest.args | 30 ++-- .../disk-network-tlsx509.x86_64-latest.args | 64 +++++--- .../disk-readonly-disk.x86_64-latest.args | 14 +- .../disk-scsi-device-auto.x86_64-latest.args | 14 +- .../disk-scsi.x86_64-latest.args | 35 +++-- .../disk-shared.x86_64-latest.args | 36 +++-- ...irtio-scsi-reservations.x86_64-latest.args | 20 ++- .../floppy-drive-fat.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...egl-headless-rendernode.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- .../graphics-egl-headless.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...threads-virtio-scsi-pci.x86_64-latest.args | 25 ++- ...y-hotplug-nvdimm-access.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...ry-hotplug-nvdimm-align.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...ry-hotplug-nvdimm-label.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...ory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...hotplug-nvdimm-readonly.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- .../memory-hotplug-nvdimm.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- ...eo-bochs-display-device.x86_64-latest.args | 10 +- ...virtio-non-transitional.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- .../virtio-transitional.x86_64-latest.args | 7 +- .../x86_64-pc-graphics.x86_64-latest.args | 8 +- .../x86_64-pc-headless.x86_64-latest.args | 8 +- .../x86_64-q35-graphics.x86_64-latest.args | 8 +- .../x86_64-q35-headless.x86_64-latest.args | 8 +- 45 files changed, 714 insertions(+), 306 deletions(-) -- 2.21.0