Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] block: allow blockdev-backup from any source

2018-07-02 Thread John Snow
On 07/02/2018 03:59 AM, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 05:19:37PM -0400, John Snow wrote: >> >> >> On 06/28/2018 02:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote: >>> On 06/28/2018 01:00 PM, John Snow wrote: In the case of image fleecing, the node we choose as the source for a blockdev-b

Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] block: allow blockdev-backup from any source

2018-07-02 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 05:19:37PM -0400, John Snow wrote: > > > On 06/28/2018 02:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > > On 06/28/2018 01:00 PM, John Snow wrote: > >> In the case of image fleecing, the node we choose as the source > >> for a blockdev-backup is going to be both a root node AND the > >> back

Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] block: allow blockdev-backup from any source

2018-06-28 Thread John Snow
On 06/28/2018 02:05 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/28/2018 01:00 PM, John Snow wrote: >> In the case of image fleecing, the node we choose as the source >> for a blockdev-backup is going to be both a root node AND the >> backing node for the exported image. It does not qualify as a root >> image