Allow non-file disk backingStores
I am trying to use a qcow image with libvirt where the backing 'file' is a
qemu-nbd server. Unfortunately virDomainDiskDefForeachPath() assumes that
backingStore is always a real file so something like 'nbd:0:3333' is rejected
because a file with that name cannot be accessed. Note that I am not worried
about directly using nbd images. That would require a new disk type with XML
markup, etc. I only want it to be permitted as a backingStore
The following patch implements danpb's suggestion:
> I think I'm inclined to push the logic for skipping NBD one stage higher.
> I'd rather expect virStorageFileGetMetadata() to return all backing
> stores, even if not files. The virDomainDiskDefForeachPath() method
> should definitely ignore non-file backing stores though.
>
> So what I'm thinking is to extend the virStorageFileMetadata struct and
> just add a 'bool isFile' field to it. Default this field to true, unless
> you see the prefix of nbd: in which case set it to false. The
> virDomainDiskDefForeachPath() method can then skip over any backing
> store with isFile == false
Signed-off-by: NAdam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
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