[Libguestfs] [PATCH] lib: direct: Disable qemu locking when opening drives readonly.

Since qemu 2.10, qemu locks all drives even when they are opened readonly. This disables this locking in this safe case. Incomplete fix for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417306 --- lib/launch-direct.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/launch-direct.c b/lib/launch-direct.c index 3b848165c..e5465539d 100644 --- a/lib/launch-direct.c +++ b/lib/launch-direct.c @@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ add_drive_standard_params (guestfs_h *g, struct backend_direct_data *data, file = guestfs_int_drive_source_qemu_param (g, &drv->src); append_list_format ("file=%s", file); - if (drv->readonly) + if (drv->readonly) { append_list ("snapshot=on"); + if (guestfs_int_version_ge (&data->qemu_version, 2, 10, 0)) + append_list ("locking=off"); + } append_list_format ("cache=%s", drv->cachemode ? drv->cachemode : "writeback"); if (drv->src.format) -- 2.13.2