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-rw-r--r--nova/virt/disk/api.py5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nova/virt/disk/api.py b/nova/virt/disk/api.py
index 47d56c954..9a457a318 100644
--- a/nova/virt/disk/api.py
+++ b/nova/virt/disk/api.py
@@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ class _DiskImage(object):
# As a performance tweak, don't bother trying to
# directly loopback mount a cow image.
self.handlers = FLAGS.img_handlers[:]
- if use_cow:
+ if use_cow and 'loop' in self.handlers:
self.handlers.remove('loop')
+ if not self.handlers:
+ raise exception.Error(_('no capable image handler configured'))
+
@property
def errors(self):
"""Return the collated errors from all operations."""