Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v3 4/4] logical: Display thin lv's found in a libvirt managed volume group

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 03:29:53PM -0500, John Ferlan wrote: > Modify the regex for the 'devices' (a/k/a 'extents') from "(\\S+)" > (e.g., 1 or more) to "(\\S*)" (e.g., zero or more). > > Then for any "thin" lv's found, mark the volume as a sparse volume so > that the volume wipe algorithm doesn't work. > > Since a "thin" segtype has no devices, this will result in any "thin" > lv part of some thin-pool within a volume group used as a libvirt pool > to be displayed as a possible volume to use. > A thin pool is another layer on top of some of the LVs in the VG. I think it deserves a separate pool type.