Re: [libvirt] [libvirt RFC PATCH 04/10] util: storage: Add support for URI based backing volumes in qemu's JSON pseudo-protocol

http(s), ftp(s) and tftp use URIs for volume definitions in the JSON pseudo protocol so it's pretty straightforward to add support for them. --- src/util/virstoragefile.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tests/virstoragetest.c | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

+++ b/tests/virstoragetest.c @@ -1367,6 +1367,14 @@ mymain(void) TEST_BACKING_PARSE(12, "json:{\"file.driver\":\"host_cdrom\", " "\"file.filename\":\"/path/to/cdrom\"}", "<source dev='/path/to/cdrom'/>\n"); + TEST_BACKING_PARSE(13, "json:{\"file.driver\":\"http\", " + "\"file.uri\":\"http://example.com/file\"}", + "<source protocol='http' name='file'>\n" + " <host name='example.com'/>\n" + "</source>\n"); + TEST_BACKING_PARSE(14, "json:{\"file.driver\":\"ftp\", " + "\"file.uri\":\"http://example.com/file\"}", + NULL);