[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#1107399: Bug#1107399: Snapshot-revert is failing and shutting down the VM immediately

[Andrea Bolognani]

Control: merge -1 1104735

On Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 12:37:00PM +0530, Trupti wrote:
> `virsh snapshot-revert` is failing for snapshots of running VMs on Debian
> Trixie/Sid (powerpc64le), causing the VM to shut off.
> 
> The error is:
> `error: load of internal snapshot 'snapshot_name' job failed: Device
> 'libvirt-2-format' is writable but does not support snapshots`
> 
[...]
> 
> The upstream fix for this is available at:
> https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/commit/889d2ae289cd95d612575ebc7a4e111ac33b0939
> (Discussed further in: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/771)
> 
> This bug is fixed in the new release of libvirt package 11.4.0-1 as
> mentioned in the link https://libvirt.org/news.html#:~:text=floppies%20not%20work.-,Bug%20fixes,-qemu%3A%20Fix%20failure
> 
> To resolve this bug for Debian users, we propose applying the linked
> upstream fix to the libvirt package in Trixie/Sid, ensuring it carries
> forward to subsequent releases.

The fix has been included via backport in 11.3.0-2, targeting trixie:

  https://tracker.debian.org/news/1647903/accepted-libvirt-1130-2-source-into-unstable/

It will also be included via rebase in the upcoming 11.4.0-1,
targeting future Debian releases:

  https://salsa.debian.org/libvirt-team/libvirt/-/merge_requests/268

-- 
Andrea Bolognani <eof at kiyuko.org>
Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.
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