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Parts of the block layer treat BDS.backing_file as if it were whatever the image header says (i.e., if it is a relative path, it is relative to the overlay), other parts treat it like a cache for bs->backing->bs->filename (relative paths are relative to the CWD). Considering bs->backing->bs->filename exists, let us make it mean the former. Among other things, this now allows the user to specify a base when using qemu-img to commit an image file in a directory that is not the CWD (assuming, everything uses relative filenames). Before this patch: $ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 foo/bot.qcow2 1M $ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b bot.qcow2 foo/mid.qcow2 $ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 $ ./qemu-img commit -b mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 qemu-img: Did not find 'mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2' $ ./qemu-img commit -b foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 qemu-img: Did not find 'foo/mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2' $ ./qemu-img commit -b $PWD/foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 qemu-img: Did not find '[...]/foo/mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2' After this patch: $ ./qemu-img commit -b mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 Image committed. $ ./qemu-img commit -b foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 qemu-img: Did not find 'foo/mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2' $ ./qemu-img commit -b $PWD/foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2 Image committed. With this change, bdrv_find_backing_image() must look at whether the user has overridden a BDS's backing file. If so, it can no longer use bs->backing_file, but must instead compare the given filename against the backing node's filename directly. Note that this changes the QAPI output for a node's backing_file. We had very inconsistent output there (sometimes what the image header said, sometimes the actual filename of the backing image). This inconsistent output was effectively useless, so we have to decide one way or the other. Considering that bs->backing_file usually at runtime contained the path to the image relative to qemu's CWD (or absolute), this patch changes QAPI's backing_file to always report the bs->backing->bs->filename from now on. If you want to receive the image header information, you have to refer to full-backing-filename. This necessitates a change to iotest 228. The interesting information it really wanted is the image header, and it can get that now, but it has to use full-backing-filename instead of backing_file. Because of this patch's changes to bs->backing_file's behavior, we also need some reference output changes. Along with the changes to bs->backing_file, stop updating BDS.backing_format in bdrv_backing_attach() as well. This way, ImageInfo's backing-filename and backing-filename-format fields will represent what the image header says and nothing else. iotest 245 changes in behavior: With the backing node no longer overriding the parent node's backing_file string, you can now omit the @backing option when reopening a node with neither a default nor a current backing file even if it used to have a backing node at some point. 273 also changes: The base image is opened without a format layer, so ImageInfo.backing-filename-format used to report "file" for the base image's overlay after blockdev-snapshot. However, the image header never says "file" anywhere, so it now reports $IMGFMT. Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
=========== QEMU README =========== QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer. QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7 board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board). QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation. QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings. It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API. It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager. QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file. Building ======== QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are: .. code-block:: shell mkdir build cd build ../configure make Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website: * `<https://qemu.org/Hosts/Linux>`_ * `<https://qemu.org/Hosts/Mac>`_ * `<https://qemu.org/Hosts/W32>`_ Submitting patches ================== The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system. .. code-block:: shell git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu.git When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the guidelines set out in the CODING_STYLE.rst file. Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via the QEMU website * `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch>`_ * `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches>`_ The QEMU website is also maintained under source control. .. code-block:: shell git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu-web.git * `<https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/>`_ A 'git-publish' utility was created to make above process less cumbersome, and is highly recommended for making regular contributions, or even just for sending consecutive patch series revisions. It also requires a working 'git send-email' setup, and by default doesn't automate everything, so you may want to go through the above steps manually for once. For installation instructions, please go to * `<https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish>`_ The workflow with 'git-publish' is: .. code-block:: shell $ git checkout master -b my-feature $ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each $ git publish Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to refer back to it in the future. Sending v2: .. code-block:: shell $ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch $ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example) $ git publish Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip will be tagged as my-feature-v2. Bug reporting ============= The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources should be reported via: * `<https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/>`_ If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be reported via launchpad. For additional information on bug reporting consult: * `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/ReportABug>`_ Contact ======= The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two main methods being email and IRC * `<mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>`_ * `<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>`_ * #qemu on irc.oftc.net Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be found online via the QEMU website: * `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere>`_