Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qcow2: Unset zero_beyond_eof in save_vmstate

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 21.10.2013 um 22:37 hat Eric Blake geschrieben:
> On 10/20/2013 08:52 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> > Saving the VM state is done using bdrv_pwrite. This function may perform
> > a read-modify-write, which in this case results in data being read from
> > beyond the end of the virtual disk. Since we are actually trying to
> > access an area which is not a part of the virtual disk, zero_beyond_eof
> > has to be set to false before performing the partial write, otherwise
> > the VM state may become corrupted.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > Follow-up to (depends on):
> >  - qcow2: Restore total_sectors value in save_vmstate
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

Thanks, applied to the block branch.

Kevin