On 10.06.2015 00:19, John Ferlan wrote: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225694 > > Check if the disk partition to be wiped is the extended partition, if > so then disallow it. Do this via changing the wipeVol backend to check > the volume before passing to the common virStorageBackendVolWipeLocal > > Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c > index c4bd6fe..a283a86 100644 > --- a/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c > +++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c > @@ -851,6 +851,24 @@ virStorageBackendDiskBuildVolFrom(virConnectPtr conn, > } > > > +static int > +virStorageBackendDiskVolWipe(virConnectPtr conn, > + virStoragePoolObjPtr pool, > + virStorageVolDefPtr vol, > + unsigned int algorithm, > + unsigned int flags) > +{ > + if (vol->source.partType != VIR_STORAGE_VOL_DISK_TYPE_EXTENDED) > + return virStorageBackendVolWipeLocal(conn, pool, vol, algorithm, flags); > + > + /* Wiping an extended partition is not support */ > + virReportError(VIR_ERR_NO_SUPPORT, > + _("cannot wipe extended partition '%s'"), > + vol->target.path); > + return -1; > +} > + > + > virStorageBackend virStorageBackendDisk = { > .type = VIR_STORAGE_POOL_DISK, > > @@ -862,5 +880,5 @@ virStorageBackend virStorageBackendDisk = { > .buildVolFrom = virStorageBackendDiskBuildVolFrom, > .uploadVol = virStorageBackendVolUploadLocal, > .downloadVol = virStorageBackendVolDownloadLocal, > - .wipeVol = virStorageBackendVolWipeLocal, > + .wipeVol = virStorageBackendDiskVolWipe, > }; > Correct, mangling partition table is not desired. BTW: couldn't something similar happen with LVM?