Require that snapshot-as-volume-chain qcow2 images are always used in combination with '-blockdev', rather than '-drive'. With '-drive', the 'discard-no-unref' option is not set and the fragmentation can lead to the same issue that for '-blockdev', was solved by commit a3a9a2ab ("fix #6543: use qcow2 'discard-no-unref' option when using snapshot-as-volume-chain").
While it would be possible to set the flag for '-drive' too, the snapshot-as-volume-chain feature already only works with machine type >= 10.0, see commit 6b2b45fd ("snapshot create/delete: die early for snapshot-as-volume-chain for pre-10.0 machine version") and it's only tested for those. Avoid accidents and other unknown issues by being strict and prohibiting usage without '-blockdev'. Reported-by: Friedrich Weber <f.we...@proxmox.com> Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.eb...@proxmox.com> --- src/PVE/QemuServer.pm | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm index e30b27cb..cfc54568 100644 --- a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm +++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm @@ -1335,6 +1335,13 @@ sub print_drive_commandline_full { my ($path, $format) = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::get_path_and_format($storecfg, $drive, $live_restore_name); + if ($scfg && $scfg->{'snapshot-as-volume-chain'} && $format && $format eq 'qcow2') { + # the print_drive_commandline_full() function is only used if machine version is < 10.0 + die "storage for '$drive->{file}' is configured for snapshots as a volume chain - this" + . " requires QEMU machine version >= 10.0. See" + . " https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/QEMU_Machine_Version_Upgrade\n"; + } + my $is_rbd = $path =~ m/^rbd:/; my $opts = ''; -- 2.47.2 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel