[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 01/13] blockdev: cmdline: add blockdev syntax support

[Fabian Grünbichler]

> Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com> hat am 06.06.2025 09:50 CEST geschrieben:
> 
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> Am 05.06.25 um 16:39 schrieb DERUMIER, Alexandre:
> > Am 03.06.25 um 09:55 schrieb Alexandre Derumier via pve-devel:
> >> +sub encode_nodename {
> >> +    my ($type, $volid, $snap) = @_;
> >> +
> >> +    my $nodename = "$volid";
> >> +    $nodename .= "-$snap" if $snap;
> > 
> > This will lead to clashes in some cases:
> >>> 1. Currently, we allow attaching the same volume multiple times to a
> >>> single guest.
> > do you mean, manually with editing the vm configuration ?  What is the
> > usecase ? (I mean, without breaking the fs because the drive could be
> > mounted twice )
> > (the vm will not start if node-name is duplicated, so it's look more
> > secure now ^_^)
> 
> No manual editing needed, just use "qm set" twice with the same volume
> ;) Sure, those are most likely quite exotic use cases. If we want to, we
> could go ahead an prohibit this for PVE 9. There always is the -args
> escape hatch for people that really need it. Would also avoid cases
> where it's done accidentally, so I'm not opposed to this. We'd need to
> document it as a breaking change in the upgrade guide and add a check to
> the pve8to9 script.

it is very handy for testing multipath ;) we could add the "slot" to the 
input for deriving the node name?