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Re: [PATCH v6 03/14] block/amend: add 'force' option


From: Maxim Levitsky
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/14] block/amend: add 'force' option
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 11:15:26 +0300

On Thu, 2020-05-14 at 14:18 +0200, Max Reitz wrote:
> On 10.05.20 15:40, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > 'force' option will be used for some unsafe amend operations.
> > 
> > This includes things like erasing last keyslot in luks based formats
> > (which destroys the data, unless the master key is backed up
> > by external means), but that _might_ be desired result.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <address@hidden>
> > Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  block.c                   | 4 +++-
> >  block/qcow2.c             | 1 +
> >  docs/tools/qemu-img.rst   | 5 ++++-
> >  include/block/block.h     | 1 +
> >  include/block/block_int.h | 1 +
> >  qemu-img-cmds.hx          | 4 ++--
> >  qemu-img.c                | 8 +++++++-
> >  7 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> [...]
> 
> > diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
> > index 0080f83a76..fc2dca6649 100644
> > --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
> > +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
> > @@ -249,11 +249,14 @@ Command description:
> >  
> >  .. program:: qemu-img-commands
> >  
> > -.. option:: amend [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-p] [-q] [-f FMT] 
> > [-t CACHE] -o OPTIONS FILENAME
> > +.. option:: amend [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-p] [-q] [-f FMT] 
> > [-t CACHE] [--force] -o OPTIONS FILENAME
> >  
> >    Amends the image format specific *OPTIONS* for the image file
> >    *FILENAME*. Not all file formats support this operation.
> >  
> > +  --force allows some unsafe operations. Currently for -f luks, it allows 
> > to
> > +  erase last encryption key, and to overwrite an active encryption key.
> 
> *erase the last encryption key
Fixed, thanks!
> 
> With that fixed:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
> 

Thanks for the review,
        Best regards,
                Maxim Levitsky




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