Re: [libvirt] [PATCHv2 07/16] storage: don't probe non-files

Backing chains can end on a network protocol, such as nbd:xxx; we should not attempt to probe the file system in this case. * src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c (virStorageBackendProbeTarget): Only probe files. --- src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c index 1e48a51..db19b87 100644 --- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c +++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ virStorageBackendProbeTarget(virStorageVolTargetPtr target, if (meta->backingStore) { *backingStore = meta->backingStore; meta->backingStore = NULL; - if (meta->backingStoreFormat == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO) { + if (meta->backingStoreFormat == VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO && + meta->backingStoreIsFile) { if ((ret = virStorageFileProbeFormat(*backingStore)) < 0) { /* If the backing file is currently unavailable, only log an error, * but continue. Returning -1 here would disable the whole storage --