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kbase: virtiofs: Clarify migration support statement
authorPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:00:25 +0000 (10:00 +0100)
committerPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:34:29 +0000 (10:34 +0100)
virtiofs 1.11 contains support for migration so update the 'Note' which
states that migration is not supported.

Additionally mention that VM snapshots don't save state of the files
shared via virtiofs so reverting is not a good idea.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst

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@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ is designed to offer local file system semantics and performance.
 
 See https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/
 
-*Note:* virtiofs currently does not support migration so operations such as
-migration, save/managed-save, or snapshots with memory are not supported if
-a VM has a virtiofs filesystem connected.
+*Note:* Older versions of ``virtiofsd`` (prior to ``1.11``)  do not not support
+migration so operations such as migration, save/managed-save, or snapshots with
+memory may not supported if a VM has a virtiofs filesystem connected.
+
+Additionally snapshot operations managed by libvirt do not snapshot the state
+of the files shared via ``virtiofs``, and thus reverting to an earlier state is
+not recommended.
 
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