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Il 25/07/2013 18:57, Eric Blake ha scritto:
> On 07/25/2013 08:36 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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>>> Furthermore, I'm proposing that for 1.6, we should make the
>>> format argument mandatory for drive-backup. We made it
>>> optional for drive-mirror, to
On 07/25/2013 08:36 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Furthermore, I'm proposing that for 1.6, we should make the format
>> argument mandatory for drive-backup. We made it optional for
>> drive-mirror, to allow for probing, but there have been CVEs in the
>> past due to probing of a raw file gone wro
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Il 24/07/2013 22:32, Eric Blake ha scritto:
> On 07/24/2013 04:55 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>
>>> Unconditionally overriding format for NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING
>>> is definitely wrong. It's the user's choice which COW format to
>>> use for the backup imag
Am 25.07.2013 um 00:01 hat Ian Main geschrieben:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 02:32:53PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> > On 07/24/2013 04:55 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> >
> > > Unconditionally overriding format for NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING is
> > > definitely wrong. It's the user's choice which COW format to
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 02:32:53PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 07/24/2013 04:55 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>
> > Unconditionally overriding format for NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING is
> > definitely wrong. It's the user's choice which COW format to use for the
> > backup image. There's no reason why it has
On 07/24/2013 04:55 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Unconditionally overriding format for NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING is
> definitely wrong. It's the user's choice which COW format to use for the
> backup image. There's no reason why it has to be the same format as the
> image that is being backed up.
>
> Be
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:55:43PM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 23.07.2013 um 00:09 hat Ian Main geschrieben:
> > This patch adds sync-modes to the drive-backup interface and
> > implements the FULL, NONE and TOP modes of synchronization.
> >
> > FULL performs as before copying the entire content
Am 23.07.2013 um 00:09 hat Ian Main geschrieben:
> This patch adds sync-modes to the drive-backup interface and
> implements the FULL, NONE and TOP modes of synchronization.
>
> FULL performs as before copying the entire contents of the drive
> while preserving the point-in-time using CoW.
> NONE
This patch adds sync-modes to the drive-backup interface and
implements the FULL, NONE and TOP modes of synchronization.
FULL performs as before copying the entire contents of the drive
while preserving the point-in-time using CoW.
NONE only copies new writes to the target drive.
TOP copies change
