[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server] fix #1749: do not copy pending changes when cloning a vm

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 5/2/18 10:55 AM, Dominik Csapak wrote:
> cloning a vm means copying the current state, not the
> state of 'some time in the future, when the vm is started again'
> we should not copy the pending changes, which also fixes the
> issue that we got a wrong pending change on the disks,net,smbios,etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak <d.csapak at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  PVE/API2/Qemu.pm | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
> index 0f27d29..e340e24 100644
> --- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
> +++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
> @@ -2624,6 +2624,9 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
>  	    my $fullclone = {};
>  	    my $vollist = [];
>  
> +	    # do not copy pending changes
> +	    delete $oldconf->{pending};
> +

I'd output a warning or informative note, if pending changes got
deleted/ignored. Else it may be a bit nontransparent and confusing
for the user, IMO.

>  	    foreach my $opt (keys %$oldconf) {
>  		my $value = $oldconf->{$opt};
>  
>