From nobody Mon Feb 9 14:33:17 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1559580024; cv=none; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; b=jXtiy5Uo4QqkA42COv/nrSV/hBsDK3KhBo8CCSOyzuVj7ZeYyRJMk7gCJ9MbKYysp19x9UiDt+I5+vJvhXkoM7Iykao/piT5Newugl1qAtvE5YMhYIK/XcUptDGXiaj9knwribLzNKZbdtetRywXyGT3YPQ3Yvyqyz5idu0h+YE= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; t=1559580024; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:In-Reply-To:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Sender:Subject:To:ARC-Authentication-Results; bh=2LgXQw7wD74+lLjs7uG6KoJJWCp9o/U1YySQi3TIDyI=; b=MqWCHcWBhINXPB/A+y8DCVveCdv9vk8dtDwQdzoIQ8aY5XOp0zeT65olNHfpqKpN3StojPVDg+AAbnGJF4gbHpFBTvedvFKYmZxajv4OVsVDw/da885YhNVQlWCvEVI4slUdQ/1Nki7c8O5U2V0hu0aGSA4C46z80W4Psn5e8nM= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail header.from= (p=none dis=none) header.from= Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1559580024536787.4842182702611; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 09:40:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37832 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXq0Q-0003pF-QB for importer@patchew.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:40:18 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34018) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXpuu-0007UL-He for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:34:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXpm6-00023D-CD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:25:31 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:55042) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hXpm4-0001bL-Ug; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:25:29 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1CC018F927; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 16:25:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.40.205.221]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9F692E053; Mon, 3 Jun 2019 16:25:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Max Reitz To: qemu-block@nongnu.org Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 18:25:11 +0200 Message-Id: <20190603162512.30422-2-mreitz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190603162512.30422-1-mreitz@redhat.com> References: <20190603162512.30422-1-mreitz@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.26]); Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:25:17 +0000 (UTC) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qapi/block-core: Overlays are not snapshots X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , Markus Armbruster , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Max Reitz Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" A snapshot is something that reflects the state of something at a certain point in time. It does not change. The file our snapshot commands create (or the node they install) is not a snapshot, as it does change over time. It is an overlay. We cannot do anything about the parameter names, but we can at least adjust the descriptions to reflect that fact. Signed-off-by: Max Reitz Reviewed-by: Eric Blake --- qapi/block-core.json | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json index 1defcde048..df52a90736 100644 --- a/qapi/block-core.json +++ b/qapi/block-core.json @@ -1279,17 +1279,17 @@ # # Either @device or @node-name must be set but not both. # -# @device: the name of the device to generate the snapshot from. +# @device: the name of the device to take a snapshot of. # # @node-name: graph node name to generate the snapshot from (Since 2.0) # -# @snapshot-file: the target of the new image. If the file exists, or -# if it is a device, the snapshot will be created in the existing -# file/device. Otherwise, a new file will be created. +# @snapshot-file: the target of the new overlay image. If the file +# exists, or if it is a device, the overlay will be created in the +# existing file/device. Otherwise, a new file will be created. # # @snapshot-node-name: the graph node name of the new image (Since 2.0) # -# @format: the format of the snapshot image, default is 'qcow2'. +# @format: the format of the overlay image, default is 'qcow2'. # # @mode: whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is # 'absolute-paths'. @@ -1302,10 +1302,10 @@ ## # @BlockdevSnapshot: # -# @node: device or node name that will have a snapshot created. +# @node: device or node name that will have a snapshot taken. # # @overlay: reference to the existing block device that will become -# the overlay of @node, as part of creating the snapshot. +# the overlay of @node, as part of taking the snapshot. # It must not have a current backing file (this can be # achieved by passing "backing": null to blockdev-add). # @@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ ## # @blockdev-snapshot-sync: # -# Generates a synchronous snapshot of a block device. +# Takes a synchronous snapshot of a block device. # # For the arguments, see the documentation of BlockdevSnapshotSync. # @@ -1469,9 +1469,9 @@ ## # @blockdev-snapshot: # -# Generates a snapshot of a block device. +# Takes a snapshot of a block device. # -# Create a snapshot, by installing 'node' as the backing image of +# Take a snapshot, by installing 'node' as the backing image of # 'overlay'. Additionally, if 'node' is associated with a block # device, the block device changes to using 'overlay' as its new active # image. --=20 2.21.0