tree d67179a64345f0d819c5f3d19e1c1bbe6d49a428
parent 7be20252588422ab92464250d60063997ad29d59
author Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> 1594397594 +0200
committer Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> 1598340004 +0200

qcow2: Allow preallocation and backing files if extended_l2 is set

Traditional qcow2 images don't allow preallocation if a backing file
is set. This is because once a cluster is allocated there is no way to
tell that its data should be read from the backing file.

Extended L2 entries have individual allocation bits for each
subcluster, and therefore it is perfectly possible to have an
allocated cluster with all its subclusters unallocated.

Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <6d5b0f38e7dc5f2f31d8cab1cb92044e9909aece.1594396418.git.berto@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>