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diff --git a/mailinglist/output_launchpad/1592590 b/mailinglist/output_launchpad/1592590 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8597cef7 --- /dev/null +++ b/mailinglist/output_launchpad/1592590 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Prevent qemu-img resize from causing "Active L1 table too large" + +This commit prevents qemu from overallocating if qcow2 image is too big (whatever that means): https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-07/msg01481.html + +However, `qemu-img resize` isn't protected by the same code and allows to go beyond that. + +root@nwkr-laptop ~virtkick/hdd # qemu-img resize 33_test_609dffde-eb51-4b75-918d-b814f1bcb526.qcow2 +100000T +Image resized. + +Which then causes "Active L1 table too large" error that cannot be reversed. + +root@nwkr-laptop ~virtkick/hdd # qemu-img info 33_test_609dffde-eb51-4b75-918d-b814f1bcb526.qcow2 +qemu-img: Could not open '33_test_609dffde-eb51-4b75-918d-b814f1bcb526.qcow2': Active L1 table too large + +root@nwkr-laptop ~virtkick/hdd # qemu-img resize 33_test_609dffde-eb51-4b75-918d-b814f1bcb526.qcow2 -100000T +qemu-img: Could not open '33_test_609dffde-eb51-4b75-918d-b814f1bcb526.qcow2': Active L1 table too large + + +I originally faces this bug when I passed wrong parameters to qemu-img in a programatic way which caused an image to go corrupt. It's good to protect user's images from being resized too much. + +Thanks for the report, sorry for the late reply: This has been fixed in commit 84c26520d3c1c9ff4a10455748139463278816d5 (included in the 2.7.0 release). + |