Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Access qemu backing_file with relative pool path

This patch enables the relative backing file path support provided by qemu-img create. If the storage pool is not found with the specified path, check if the file exists relative to the pool where the new image will be created by prepending the storage pool path. --- src/storage/storage_backend.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) @@ -687,10 +687,34 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImg(virConnectPtr conn, return -1; } if (access(vol->backingStore.path, R_OK) != 0) { - virReportSystemError(errno, - _("inaccessible backing store volume %s"), - vol->backingStore.path); - return -1; + /* If the backing store image is not found with the specified path, + * check for the file relative to the pool path. */ + int accessRetCode = -1; + + char *absolutePath = NULL; + + virBuffer absPathBuf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER; + + virBufferVSprintf(&absPathBuf, + "%s/%s", + pool->def->target.path, + vol->backingStore.path);