Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support

2016-12-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Cedric Bosdonnat writes ("Re: [PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support"): > On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 17:36 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Specifically: > > > >  * Does the qed format contain a builtin way to refer to other files, > >    like qcow does ?  Paradoxically, if it does not, then it is a > >    b

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support

2016-12-13 Thread Cedric Bosdonnat
Hi Ian, On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 17:36 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Cédric Bosdonnat writes ("[PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support"): > > Qdisk supports qcow and qcow2, extend it to also support qed disk > > format. > > The patch is good. > > I have a qualm, though.  I think this would increase our s

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support

2016-12-12 Thread Ian Jackson
Cédric Bosdonnat writes ("[PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support"): > Qdisk supports qcow and qcow2, extend it to also support qed disk > format. The patch is good. I have a qualm, though. I think this would increase our security support footprint to include the qemu qed disk format driver. Specif

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] libxl: QED disks support

2016-12-12 Thread Cédric Bosdonnat
Qdisk supports qcow and qcow2, extend it to also support qed disk format. Signed-off-by: Cédric Bosdonnat --- v2: * Add qed to the list for possible format values in xl-disk-configuration.txt * Add LIBXL_HAVE_QED v3: * Remove the qed: obsolete prefix support --- docs/misc/xl-disk-con