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docs: snapshot: Add a note that blockjobs ought to be avoided with 'manual' snapshots
authorPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:27:16 +0000 (15:27 +0200)
committerPeter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:32:40 +0000 (15:32 +0200)
commit1ebee849dbeaebda5e52206786f6dc5d8d1d4f45
tree5991901db17cfd363f751922fc335c0f2b1896db
parent69e066c0ba972f4bdac8a5f5512ebaec3907ff5b
docs: snapshot: Add a note that blockjobs ought to be avoided with 'manual' snapshots

Using a blockjob will reactivate the block nodes in qemu and thus e.g.
qcow2 metadata such as bitmaps may become marked as dirty. Users of
'manual' snapshots ought to avoid those.

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