id = 1287
title = "qemu-img info foo.qcow2 tries to get write lock"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2022-10-28T12:34:38.214Z"
closed_at = "2022-10-31T07:17:46.046Z"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1287"
host-os = "Arch Linux"
host-arch = "x86"
qemu-version = "QEMU emulator version 7.1.0"
guest-os = "Fedora 36"
guest-arch = "n/a"
description = """When trying to run qemu-img info on an image which is used by QEMU qemu-img tries to acquire a write lock. Ideally this would not attempt to acquire a write lock and let qemu-img info succeed.
```
[jelle@t14s][/tmp]%qemu-img info /var/tmp/cockpit-qr_j3e_m.qcow2
qemu-img: Could not open '/var/tmp/cockpit-qr_j3e_m.qcow2': Failed to get shared "write" lock
Is another process using the image [/var/tmp/cockpit-qr_j3e_m.qcow2]?
```"""
reproduce = """1. Run qemu-img on an image used by a QEMU process."""
additional = "n/a"