From 2a9848fa03b3c5ecefdb3f09b6c458f83c4d233d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 10:03:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] RHEL 7: All qemu-kvm in RHEL 7 supports discard of qcow2 (RHBZ#1225467). For rationale behind this, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225467#c2 --- src/launch-direct.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/launch-direct.c b/src/launch-direct.c index fa3bb7a..4dde5df 100644 --- a/src/launch-direct.c +++ b/src/launch-direct.c @@ -1431,10 +1431,6 @@ guestfs_int_discard_possible (guestfs_h *g, struct drive *drv, * discard option on -drive at all. */ bool qemu15 = qemu_version >= 1005000; - /* qemu >= 1.6. This was the first version that supported unmap on - * qcow2 backing files. - */ - bool qemu16 = qemu_version >= 1006000; if (!qemu15) NOT_SUPPORTED (g, false, @@ -1459,12 +1455,8 @@ guestfs_int_discard_possible (guestfs_h *g, struct drive *drv, } else if (STREQ (drv->src.format, "raw")) /* OK */ ; - else if (STREQ (drv->src.format, "qcow2")) { - if (!qemu16) - NOT_SUPPORTED (g, false, - _("discard cannot be enabled on this drive: " - "qemu < 1.6 cannot do discard on qcow2 files")); - } + else if (STREQ (drv->src.format, "qcow2")) + /* OK */ ; else { /* It's possible in future other formats will support discard, but * currently (qemu 1.7) none of them do. -- 1.8.3.1