On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 11:16:51 +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> --- 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) ===================

Reviewed-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>