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author | Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> | 2013-05-14 16:14:34 +0200 |
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committer | Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> | 2013-05-14 16:44:33 +0200 |
commit | f3f4d2c09b9cf46903ba38425ec46c44185162bd (patch) | |
tree | c06947f5dbdc4b492739e0a0d1a52192e3b83d40 /block.c | |
parent | 2cf7cfa1cde6672b8a35bbed3fbc989f28c05dce (diff) |
block: Add hint to -EFBIG error message
The limit of qcow2 files at least depends on the cluster size. If the
image format has a cluster_size option, suggest to increase it.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'block.c')
-rw-r--r-- | block.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -4857,8 +4857,12 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt, error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for " "file format '%s'", fmt); } else if (ret == -EFBIG) { - error_setg(errp, "The image size is too large for file format '%s'", - fmt); + const char *cluster_size_hint = ""; + if (get_option_parameter(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) { + cluster_size_hint = " (try using a larger cluster size)"; + } + error_setg(errp, "The image size is too large for file format '%s'%s", + fmt, cluster_size_hint); } else { error_setg(errp, "%s: error while creating %s: %s", filename, fmt, strerror(-ret)); |