Re: [PATCH] NEWS: Mention image probing, snaphsot and hotplug fixes

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- NEWS.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index f12734c2a1..9739bcdc36 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -24,8 +24,30 @@ v9.10.0 (unreleased) * **Improvements** + * Adapt to qemu's use of protocol drivers in QCOW2 'backing file format' field + + QEMU allows creating images where the 'backing file format' is actually a + protocol name such as 'file'/'host_device'/'nbd'/etc.. Adapt libvirt to + properly handle such images and don't assume automatic format probing is + necessary, which is in many cases forbidden due to security implications. + * **Bug fixes** + * qemu: Fix setup of images on hotplug of disk + + Internal image metadata was not setup correctly which could cause some disk + hotplug configurations (namely those including backing images) to fail. + + * qemu: Fix qemu crash when reverting an internal snapshot + + Libvirt attempted to start qemu with wrong arguments when attempting to + revert to an internal snapshot causing qemu to crash. + + * qemu: Fix hotplug of empty cdrom + + Empty cdrom drive couldn't be hotplugged as libvirt wanted to setup the + storage backing it unconditionally. + v9.9.0 (2023-11-01) ===================