add mode field to blockdev-snapshot-sync transaction item
The mode field lets a management application create the snapshot
destination outside QEMU.
Right now, the only modes are "existing" and "absolute-paths". Mirroring
introduces "no-backing-file". In the future "relative-paths" could be
implemented too.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 85de38e..0882f43 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1118,6 +1118,22 @@
{ 'command': 'block_resize', 'data': { 'device': 'str', 'size': 'int' }}
##
+# @NewImageMode
+#
+# An enumeration that tells QEMU how to set the backing file path in
+# a new image file.
+#
+# @existing: QEMU should look for an existing image file.
+#
+# @absolute-paths: QEMU should create a new image with absolute paths
+# for the backing file.
+#
+# Since: 1.1
+##
+{ 'enum': 'NewImageMode'
+ 'data': [ 'existing', 'absolute-paths' ] }
+
+##
# @BlockdevSnapshot
#
# @device: the name of the device to generate the snapshot from.
@@ -1127,7 +1143,8 @@
# @format: #optional the format of the snapshot image, default is 'qcow2'.
##
{ 'type': 'BlockdevSnapshot',
- 'data': { 'device': 'str', 'snapshot-file': 'str', '*format': 'str' } }
+ 'data': { 'device': 'str', 'snapshot-file': 'str', '*format': 'str',
+ '*mode': 'NewImageMode' } }
##
# @BlockdevAction
