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authorAlberto Garcia2018-04-10 18:05:04 +0200
committerMax Reitz2018-05-15 16:15:21 +0200
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parentFix error message about compressed clusters with OFLAG_COPIED (diff)
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specs/qcow2: Clarify that compressed clusters have the COPIED bit reset
Compressed clusters are not supposed to have the COPIED bit set, but this is not made explicit in the specs, so let's document it. Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Message-id: 74552e1d6e858d3159cb0c0e188e80bc9248e337.1523376013.git.berto@igalia.com Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
index feb711fb6a..8e1547ded2 100644
--- a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
+++ b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
@@ -400,10 +400,10 @@ L2 table entry:
62: 0 for standard clusters
1 for compressed clusters
- 63: 0 for a cluster that is unused or requires COW, 1 if its
- refcount is exactly one. This information is only accurate
- in L2 tables that are reachable from the active L1
- table.
+ 63: 0 for clusters that are unused, compressed or require COW.
+ 1 for standard clusters whose refcount is exactly one.
+ This information is only accurate in L2 tables
+ that are reachable from the active L1 table.
Standard Cluster Descriptor: