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docs: add dirty bit to qcow2 specification
authorStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:05:18 +0000 (09:05 +0100)
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:39:14 +0000 (22:39 +0200)
commit0f6d767aa84676a2374d38797f42df4595415369
tree199c11ba0e274a5b93cb1f8b2059ccf60a00b0c8
parente77964f79b905760ce7f0406fc6b988daeabbb65
docs: add dirty bit to qcow2 specification

The dirty bit will make it possible to perform lazy refcount updates,
where the image file is not kept consistent all the time.  Upon opening
a dirty image file, it is necessary to perform a consistency check and
repair any incorrect refcounts.

Therefore the dirty bit must be an incompatible feature bit.  We don't
want old programs accessing a file with stale refcounts.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
docs/specs/qcow2.txt