Re: [Qemu-devel] qcow2, lazy_refcounts and killing qemu

[Greg Kurz]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:19:28 +0100
"Richard W.M. Jones" <address@hidden> wrote:

> A test case, attached.
> 
> Note that you have to look at the output of the final qemu-img info
> command.  In the case where it goes wrong, the 'backing file:' and
> 'backing file format:' lines disappear completely.  In the case where
> the bug is not reproduced, these lines are still present.
> 
> It's 100% reproducible for me when lazy_refcounts=on, and 0%
> reproducible when lazy_refcounts=off.
> 
> BUT it only occurs if the backing file is a remote source (nbd:... in
> this case), not if the backing file is a plain file.  Make of that
> what you will.
> 
> Rich.
> 

Thanks. I'll try that.

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