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[v6,16/18] xen: automatically create XenBlockDevice-s

Message ID 20181217133011.31433-17-paul.durrant@citrix.com
State New
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Series Xen PV backend 'qdevification' | expand

Commit Message

Paul Durrant Dec. 17, 2018, 1:30 p.m. UTC
This patch adds create and destroy function for XenBlockDevice-s so that
they can be created automatically when the Xen toolstack instantiates a new
PV backend via xenstore. When the XenBlockDevice is created this way it is
also necessary to create a 'drive' which matches the configuration that the
Xen toolstack has written into xenstore. This is done by formulating the
parameters necessary for each 'blockdev' layer of the drive and then using
qmp_blockdev_add() to create the layers. Also, for compatibility with the
legacy 'xen_disk' implementation, an iothread is automatically created for
the new XenBlockDevice. This, like the driver layers, will be destroyed
after the XenBlockDevice is unrealized.

The legacy backend scan for 'qdisk' is removed by this patch, which makes
the 'xen_disk' code is redundant. The code will be removed by a subsequent
patch.

Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
---
Cc: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Cc: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>

v5:
 - Extensively re-worked to avoid using drive_new() and use
   qmp_blockdev_add() instead
 - Also use qmp_object_add() for IOThread
 - Dropped Anthony's R-b because of the code changes

v2:
 - Get rid of error_abort
 - Don't use qdev_init_nofail
 - Explain why file locking needs to be off
---
 hw/block/trace-events       |   4 +
 hw/block/xen-block.c        | 419 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c |   1 -
 include/hw/xen/xen-block.h  |  13 ++
 4 files changed, 436 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Anthony PERARD Dec. 19, 2018, 12:39 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 01:30:09PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> +static char *xen_block_blockdev_add(const char *id, QDict *qdict,
> +                                    Error **errp)
> +{
> +    const char *driver = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "driver");
> +    BlockdevOptions *options = NULL;
> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> +    char *str = NULL;
> +    char *node_name;
> +    Visitor *v;
> +
> +    if (!driver) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "no 'driver' parameter");
> +        return NULL;
> +    }
> +
> +    node_name = g_strdup_printf("%s-%s", id, driver);
> +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "node-name", node_name);
> +
> +    qdict_iter(qdict, add_item, &str);
> +
> +    trace_xen_block_blockdev_add(str);
> +    g_free(str);
> +
> +    v = qobject_input_visitor_new_flat_confused(qdict, errp);

Kevin seems to say that this could be done without the _flat_confused
version. The flat_confused version seems to be useful just because
the key "cache.direct" is used earlier, and because everything in qdict
is a string.

I think instead, qobject_input_visitor_new could be used. You would just
need to replace
    qdict_put_str(qdict, "cache.direct", "on");
by
    QDict *cache = qdict_new();
    qdict_put_str(cache, "direct", "on");
    qdict_put_obj(qdict, "cache", QOBJECT(cache));

And also the property "read-only" which seems to be a bool as well. I've
check all property in the qdict, and I think that the only two that
needs to be changes. And then, we can use:
    v = qobject_input_visitor_new(qdict); which never fails.

You'll just need "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h" instead of "block/qdict.h"

> +    if (!v) {
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    visit_type_BlockdevOptions(v, NULL, &options, &local_err);
> +    visit_free(v);
> +
> +    if (local_err) {
> +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    qmp_blockdev_add(options, &local_err);
> +
> +    if (local_err) {
> +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> +        goto fail;
> +    }
> +
> +    qapi_free_BlockdevOptions(options);
> +
> +    return node_name;
> +
> +fail:
> +    if (options) {
> +        qapi_free_BlockdevOptions(options);
> +    }
> +    g_free(node_name);
> +
> +    return NULL;
> +}
[...]
> +static XenBlockDrive *xen_block_drive_create(const char *id,
> +                                             const char *device_type,
> +                                             QDict *opts, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    const char *params = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "params");
> +    const char *mode = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "mode");
> +    const char *direct_io_safe = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "direct-io-safe");
> +    const char *discard_enable = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "discard-enable");
> +    char *driver = NULL;
> +    char *filename = NULL;
> +    XenBlockDrive *drive = NULL;
> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> +    QDict *qdict;
> +
> +    if (params) {
> +        char **v = g_strsplit(params, ":", 2);
> +
> +        if (v[1] == NULL) {
> +            filename = g_strdup(v[0]);
> +            driver = g_strdup("file");
> +        } else {
> +            if (strcmp(v[0], "aio") == 0) {
> +                driver = g_strdup("file");
> +            } else if (strcmp(v[0], "vhd") == 0) {
> +                driver = g_strdup("vpc");
> +            } else {
> +                driver = g_strdup(v[0]);
> +            }
> +            filename = g_strdup(v[1]);
> +        }
> +
> +        g_strfreev(v);
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!filename) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "no filename");
> +        goto done;
> +    }
> +    assert(driver);
> +
> +    drive = g_new0(XenBlockDrive, 1);
> +    drive->id = g_strdup(id);
> +
> +    qdict = qdict_new();
> +
> +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "driver", "file");
> +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "filename", filename);
> +
> +    if (mode && *mode != 'w') {
> +        qdict_put_str(qdict, "read-only", "on");
> +    }
> +
> +    if (direct_io_safe) {
> +        unsigned long value;
> +
> +        if (!qemu_strtoul(direct_io_safe, NULL, 2, &value) && !!value) {
> +            qdict_put_str(qdict, "cache.direct", "on");
> +            qdict_put_str(qdict, "aio", "native");
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    if (discard_enable) {
> +        unsigned long value;
> +
> +        if (!qemu_strtoul(discard_enable, NULL, 2, &value) && !!value) {
> +            qdict_put_str(qdict, "discard", "unmap");
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    /*
> +     * It is necessary to turn file locking off as an emulated device
> +     * may have already opened the same image file.
> +     */
> +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "locking", "off");
> +
> +    xen_block_drive_layer_add(drive, qdict, &local_err);
> +    qobject_unref(qdict);
> +
> +    if (local_err) {
> +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> +        goto done;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* If the image is a raw file then we are done */

I don't think that is true, as I have this warning in QEMU:
qemu-system-i386: warning: Opening a block device as a file using the 'file' driver is deprecated

We would need a "raw" driver.

> +    if (!strcmp(driver, "file")) {
> +        goto done;
> +    }
> +
> +    qdict = qdict_new();
> +
> +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "driver", driver);
> +
> +    xen_block_drive_layer_add(drive, qdict, &local_err);
> +    qobject_unref(qdict);
> +
> +done:
> +    g_free(driver);
> +    g_free(filename);
> +
> +    if (local_err) {
> +        xen_block_drive_destroy(drive, NULL);
> +        return NULL;
> +    }
> +
> +    return drive;
> +}
Paul Durrant Dec. 19, 2018, 12:43 p.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony PERARD [mailto:anthony.perard@citrix.com]
> Sent: 19 December 2018 12:39
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
> Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org; qemu-block@nongnu.org; xen-
> devel@lists.xenproject.org; Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>; Max Reitz
> <mreitz@redhat.com>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 16/18] xen: automatically create XenBlockDevice-s
> 
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 01:30:09PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > +static char *xen_block_blockdev_add(const char *id, QDict *qdict,
> > +                                    Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    const char *driver = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "driver");
> > +    BlockdevOptions *options = NULL;
> > +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> > +    char *str = NULL;
> > +    char *node_name;
> > +    Visitor *v;
> > +
> > +    if (!driver) {
> > +        error_setg(errp, "no 'driver' parameter");
> > +        return NULL;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    node_name = g_strdup_printf("%s-%s", id, driver);
> > +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "node-name", node_name);
> > +
> > +    qdict_iter(qdict, add_item, &str);
> > +
> > +    trace_xen_block_blockdev_add(str);
> > +    g_free(str);
> > +
> > +    v = qobject_input_visitor_new_flat_confused(qdict, errp);
> 
> Kevin seems to say that this could be done without the _flat_confused
> version. The flat_confused version seems to be useful just because
> the key "cache.direct" is used earlier, and because everything in qdict
> is a string.

It could be, but there's a good reason for wanting everything as a string, and that is so that I can do a qdict_iter to generate my trace message. Also I really don't want to get too elaborate here... this is supposed to be mimicking what would normally come via a json blob, and that would start out as strings.

  Paul

> 
> I think instead, qobject_input_visitor_new could be used. You would just
> need to replace
>     qdict_put_str(qdict, "cache.direct", "on");
> by
>     QDict *cache = qdict_new();
>     qdict_put_str(cache, "direct", "on");
>     qdict_put_obj(qdict, "cache", QOBJECT(cache));
> 
> And also the property "read-only" which seems to be a bool as well. I've
> check all property in the qdict, and I think that the only two that
> needs to be changes. And then, we can use:
>     v = qobject_input_visitor_new(qdict); which never fails.
> 
> You'll just need "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h" instead of "block/qdict.h"
> 
> > +    if (!v) {
> > +        goto fail;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    visit_type_BlockdevOptions(v, NULL, &options, &local_err);
> > +    visit_free(v);
> > +
> > +    if (local_err) {
> > +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > +        goto fail;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    qmp_blockdev_add(options, &local_err);
> > +
> > +    if (local_err) {
> > +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > +        goto fail;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    qapi_free_BlockdevOptions(options);
> > +
> > +    return node_name;
> > +
> > +fail:
> > +    if (options) {
> > +        qapi_free_BlockdevOptions(options);
> > +    }
> > +    g_free(node_name);
> > +
> > +    return NULL;
> > +}
> [...]
> > +static XenBlockDrive *xen_block_drive_create(const char *id,
> > +                                             const char *device_type,
> > +                                             QDict *opts, Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    const char *params = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "params");
> > +    const char *mode = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "mode");
> > +    const char *direct_io_safe = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "direct-io-
> safe");
> > +    const char *discard_enable = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "discard-
> enable");
> > +    char *driver = NULL;
> > +    char *filename = NULL;
> > +    XenBlockDrive *drive = NULL;
> > +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> > +    QDict *qdict;
> > +
> > +    if (params) {
> > +        char **v = g_strsplit(params, ":", 2);
> > +
> > +        if (v[1] == NULL) {
> > +            filename = g_strdup(v[0]);
> > +            driver = g_strdup("file");
> > +        } else {
> > +            if (strcmp(v[0], "aio") == 0) {
> > +                driver = g_strdup("file");
> > +            } else if (strcmp(v[0], "vhd") == 0) {
> > +                driver = g_strdup("vpc");
> > +            } else {
> > +                driver = g_strdup(v[0]);
> > +            }
> > +            filename = g_strdup(v[1]);
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        g_strfreev(v);
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (!filename) {
> > +        error_setg(errp, "no filename");
> > +        goto done;
> > +    }
> > +    assert(driver);
> > +
> > +    drive = g_new0(XenBlockDrive, 1);
> > +    drive->id = g_strdup(id);
> > +
> > +    qdict = qdict_new();
> > +
> > +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "driver", "file");
> > +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "filename", filename);
> > +
> > +    if (mode && *mode != 'w') {
> > +        qdict_put_str(qdict, "read-only", "on");
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (direct_io_safe) {
> > +        unsigned long value;
> > +
> > +        if (!qemu_strtoul(direct_io_safe, NULL, 2, &value) && !!value)
> {
> > +            qdict_put_str(qdict, "cache.direct", "on");
> > +            qdict_put_str(qdict, "aio", "native");
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (discard_enable) {
> > +        unsigned long value;
> > +
> > +        if (!qemu_strtoul(discard_enable, NULL, 2, &value) && !!value)
> {
> > +            qdict_put_str(qdict, "discard", "unmap");
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /*
> > +     * It is necessary to turn file locking off as an emulated device
> > +     * may have already opened the same image file.
> > +     */
> > +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "locking", "off");
> > +
> > +    xen_block_drive_layer_add(drive, qdict, &local_err);
> > +    qobject_unref(qdict);
> > +
> > +    if (local_err) {
> > +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > +        goto done;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /* If the image is a raw file then we are done */
> 
> I don't think that is true, as I have this warning in QEMU:
> qemu-system-i386: warning: Opening a block device as a file using the
> 'file' driver is deprecated
> 
> We would need a "raw" driver.
> 
> > +    if (!strcmp(driver, "file")) {
> > +        goto done;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    qdict = qdict_new();
> > +
> > +    qdict_put_str(qdict, "driver", driver);
> > +
> > +    xen_block_drive_layer_add(drive, qdict, &local_err);
> > +    qobject_unref(qdict);
> > +
> > +done:
> > +    g_free(driver);
> > +    g_free(filename);
> > +
> > +    if (local_err) {
> > +        xen_block_drive_destroy(drive, NULL);
> > +        return NULL;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    return drive;
> > +}
> 
> --
> Anthony PERARD
Anthony PERARD Dec. 19, 2018, 2:01 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:43:24PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > Kevin seems to say that this could be done without the _flat_confused
> > version. The flat_confused version seems to be useful just because
> > the key "cache.direct" is used earlier, and because everything in qdict
> > is a string.
> 
> It could be, but there's a good reason for wanting everything as a string, and that is so that I can do a qdict_iter to generate my trace message. Also I really don't want to get too elaborate here... this is supposed to be mimicking what would normally come via a json blob, and that would start out as strings.

Mimic JSON ? Not really. JSON has types. If the toolstack wanted
cache.direct or read-only option on a blockdev, it will need to use the
bool type as string type will be rejected.  The expected types when
issuing a QMP request can be found in "qapi/block-core.json", for the
command "blockdev-add".

Also, there is a comment on the qobject_input_visitor_new_flat_confused
function, it reads:
    The block subsystem uses this function to visit its flat QDict with
    possibly confused scalar types.  It should not be used for anything
    else, and it should go away once the block subsystem has been
    cleaned up.

We might as well avoid using it right now, as it's easy to do so.
Paul Durrant Dec. 19, 2018, 2:03 p.m. UTC | #4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony PERARD [mailto:anthony.perard@citrix.com]
> Sent: 19 December 2018 14:01
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
> Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org; qemu-block@nongnu.org; xen-
> devel@lists.xenproject.org; Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>; Max Reitz
> <mreitz@redhat.com>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 16/18] xen: automatically create XenBlockDevice-s
> 
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:43:24PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > > Kevin seems to say that this could be done without the _flat_confused
> > > version. The flat_confused version seems to be useful just because
> > > the key "cache.direct" is used earlier, and because everything in
> qdict
> > > is a string.
> >
> > It could be, but there's a good reason for wanting everything as a
> string, and that is so that I can do a qdict_iter to generate my trace
> message. Also I really don't want to get too elaborate here... this is
> supposed to be mimicking what would normally come via a json blob, and
> that would start out as strings.
> 
> Mimic JSON ? Not really. JSON has types. If the toolstack wanted
> cache.direct or read-only option on a blockdev, it will need to use the
> bool type as string type will be rejected.  The expected types when
> issuing a QMP request can be found in "qapi/block-core.json", for the
> command "blockdev-add".
> 
> Also, there is a comment on the qobject_input_visitor_new_flat_confused
> function, it reads:
>     The block subsystem uses this function to visit its flat QDict with
>     possibly confused scalar types.  It should not be used for anything
>     else, and it should go away once the block subsystem has been
>     cleaned up.
> 
> We might as well avoid using it right now, as it's easy to do so.

Ah, I'd not noticed that comment. In that case, yes it should be avoided.

  Paul

> 
> --
> Anthony PERARD
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Patch

diff --git a/hw/block/trace-events b/hw/block/trace-events
index 89e258319c..55e5a5500c 100644
--- a/hw/block/trace-events
+++ b/hw/block/trace-events
@@ -137,3 +137,7 @@  xen_disk_realize(void) ""
 xen_disk_unrealize(void) ""
 xen_cdrom_realize(void) ""
 xen_cdrom_unrealize(void) ""
+xen_block_blockdev_add(char *str) "%s"
+xen_block_blockdev_del(const char *node_name) "%s"
+xen_block_device_create(unsigned int number) "%u"
+xen_block_device_destroy(unsigned int number) "%u"
diff --git a/hw/block/xen-block.c b/hw/block/xen-block.c
index a7c37c185a..5e69fa0412 100644
--- a/hw/block/xen-block.c
+++ b/hw/block/xen-block.c
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@ 
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-block-core.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-visit-block-core.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "block/qdict.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen_common.h"
 #include "hw/block/xen_blkif.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen-block.h"
+#include "hw/xen/xen-backend.h"
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "sysemu/iothread.h"
@@ -474,6 +482,7 @@  static void xen_block_class_init(ObjectClass *class, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dev_class = DEVICE_CLASS(class);
     XenDeviceClass *xendev_class = XEN_DEVICE_CLASS(class);
 
+    xendev_class->backend = "qdisk";
     xendev_class->device = "vbd";
     xendev_class->get_name = xen_block_get_name;
     xendev_class->realize = xen_block_realize;
@@ -586,3 +595,413 @@  static void xen_block_register_types(void)
 }
 
 type_init(xen_block_register_types)
+
+static void xen_block_blockdev_del(const char *node_name, Error **errp)
+{
+    trace_xen_block_blockdev_del(node_name);
+
+    qmp_blockdev_del(node_name, errp);
+}
+
+static void add_item(const char *key, QObject *obj, void *opaque)
+{
+    const char *val = qobject_get_try_str(obj);
+    char **strp = opaque;
+    char *str = *strp;
+
+    *strp = (!str) ? g_strdup_printf("%s=%s", key, val) :
+                     g_strdup_printf("%s %s=%s", str, key, val);
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static char *xen_block_blockdev_add(const char *id, QDict *qdict,
+                                    Error **errp)
+{
+    const char *driver = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "driver");
+    BlockdevOptions *options = NULL;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    char *str = NULL;
+    char *node_name;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    if (!driver) {
+        error_setg(errp, "no 'driver' parameter");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    node_name = g_strdup_printf("%s-%s", id, driver);
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "node-name", node_name);
+
+    qdict_iter(qdict, add_item, &str);
+
+    trace_xen_block_blockdev_add(str);
+    g_free(str);
+
+    v = qobject_input_visitor_new_flat_confused(qdict, errp);
+    if (!v) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    visit_type_BlockdevOptions(v, NULL, &options, &local_err);
+    visit_free(v);
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    qmp_blockdev_add(options, &local_err);
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    qapi_free_BlockdevOptions(options);
+
+    return node_name;
+
+fail:
+    if (options) {
+        qapi_free_BlockdevOptions(options);
+    }
+    g_free(node_name);
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void xen_block_drive_destroy(XenBlockDrive *drive, Error **errp)
+{
+    while (drive->layers-- != 0) {
+        char *node_name = drive->node_name[drive->layers];
+        Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+        xen_block_blockdev_del(node_name, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+            drive->layers++;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    g_free(drive->id);
+    g_free(drive);
+}
+
+static void xen_block_drive_layer_add(XenBlockDrive *drive, QDict *qdict,
+                                      Error **errp)
+{
+    unsigned int i = drive->layers;
+    char *node_name;
+
+    g_assert(drive->layers < ARRAY_SIZE(drive->node_name));
+
+    if (i != 0) {
+        /* Link to the lower layer */
+        qdict_put_str(qdict, "file", drive->node_name[i - 1]);
+    }
+
+    node_name = xen_block_blockdev_add(drive->id, qdict, errp);
+    if (!node_name) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    drive->node_name[i] = node_name;
+    drive->layers++;
+}
+
+static XenBlockDrive *xen_block_drive_create(const char *id,
+                                             const char *device_type,
+                                             QDict *opts, Error **errp)
+{
+    const char *params = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "params");
+    const char *mode = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "mode");
+    const char *direct_io_safe = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "direct-io-safe");
+    const char *discard_enable = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "discard-enable");
+    char *driver = NULL;
+    char *filename = NULL;
+    XenBlockDrive *drive = NULL;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    QDict *qdict;
+
+    if (params) {
+        char **v = g_strsplit(params, ":", 2);
+
+        if (v[1] == NULL) {
+            filename = g_strdup(v[0]);
+            driver = g_strdup("file");
+        } else {
+            if (strcmp(v[0], "aio") == 0) {
+                driver = g_strdup("file");
+            } else if (strcmp(v[0], "vhd") == 0) {
+                driver = g_strdup("vpc");
+            } else {
+                driver = g_strdup(v[0]);
+            }
+            filename = g_strdup(v[1]);
+        }
+
+        g_strfreev(v);
+    }
+
+    if (!filename) {
+        error_setg(errp, "no filename");
+        goto done;
+    }
+    assert(driver);
+
+    drive = g_new0(XenBlockDrive, 1);
+    drive->id = g_strdup(id);
+
+    qdict = qdict_new();
+
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "driver", "file");
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "filename", filename);
+
+    if (mode && *mode != 'w') {
+        qdict_put_str(qdict, "read-only", "on");
+    }
+
+    if (direct_io_safe) {
+        unsigned long value;
+
+        if (!qemu_strtoul(direct_io_safe, NULL, 2, &value) && !!value) {
+            qdict_put_str(qdict, "cache.direct", "on");
+            qdict_put_str(qdict, "aio", "native");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (discard_enable) {
+        unsigned long value;
+
+        if (!qemu_strtoul(discard_enable, NULL, 2, &value) && !!value) {
+            qdict_put_str(qdict, "discard", "unmap");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * It is necessary to turn file locking off as an emulated device
+     * may have already opened the same image file.
+     */
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "locking", "off");
+
+    xen_block_drive_layer_add(drive, qdict, &local_err);
+    qobject_unref(qdict);
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /* If the image is a raw file then we are done */
+    if (!strcmp(driver, "file")) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    qdict = qdict_new();
+
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "driver", driver);
+
+    xen_block_drive_layer_add(drive, qdict, &local_err);
+    qobject_unref(qdict);
+
+done:
+    g_free(driver);
+    g_free(filename);
+
+    if (local_err) {
+        xen_block_drive_destroy(drive, NULL);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return drive;
+}
+
+static const char *xen_block_drive_get_node_name(XenBlockDrive *drive)
+{
+    return drive->layers ? drive->node_name[drive->layers - 1] : "";
+}
+
+static void xen_block_iothread_destroy(XenBlockIOThread *iothread,
+                                       Error **errp)
+{
+    qmp_object_del(iothread->id, errp);
+
+    g_free(iothread->id);
+    g_free(iothread);
+}
+
+static XenBlockIOThread *xen_block_iothread_create(const char *id,
+                                                   Error **errp)
+{
+    XenBlockIOThread *iothread = g_new(XenBlockIOThread, 1);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    iothread->id = g_strdup(id);
+
+    qmp_object_add(TYPE_IOTHREAD, id, false, NULL, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+
+        g_free(iothread->id);
+        g_free(iothread);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return iothread;
+}
+
+static void xen_block_device_create(XenBackendInstance *backend,
+                                    QDict *opts, Error **errp)
+{
+    XenBus *xenbus = xen_backend_get_bus(backend);
+    const char *name = xen_backend_get_name(backend);
+    unsigned long number;
+    const char *vdev, *device_type;
+    XenBlockDrive *drive = NULL;
+    XenBlockIOThread *iothread = NULL;
+    XenDevice *xendev = NULL;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    const char *type;
+    XenBlockDevice *blockdev;
+
+    if (qemu_strtoul(name, NULL, 10, &number)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to parse name '%s'", name);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    trace_xen_block_device_create(number);
+
+    vdev = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "dev");
+    if (!vdev) {
+        error_setg(errp, "no dev parameter");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    device_type = qdict_get_try_str(opts, "device-type");
+    if (!device_type) {
+        error_setg(errp, "no device-type parameter");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!strcmp(device_type, "disk")) {
+        type = TYPE_XEN_DISK_DEVICE;
+    } else if (!strcmp(device_type, "cdrom")) {
+        type = TYPE_XEN_CDROM_DEVICE;
+    } else {
+        error_setg(errp, "invalid device-type parameter '%s'", device_type);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    drive = xen_block_drive_create(vdev, device_type, opts, &local_err);
+    if (!drive) {
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err, "failed to create drive: ");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    iothread = xen_block_iothread_create(vdev, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err,
+                                "failed to create iothread: ");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    xendev = XEN_DEVICE(qdev_create(BUS(xenbus), type));
+    blockdev = XEN_BLOCK_DEVICE(xendev);
+
+    object_property_set_str(OBJECT(xendev), vdev, "vdev", &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err, "failed to set 'vdev': ");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    object_property_set_str(OBJECT(xendev),
+                            xen_block_drive_get_node_name(drive), "drive",
+                            &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err, "failed to set 'drive': ");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    object_property_set_str(OBJECT(xendev), iothread->id, "iothread",
+                            &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err,
+                                "failed to set 'iothread': ");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    blockdev->iothread = iothread;
+    blockdev->drive = drive;
+
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(xendev), true, "realized", &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err,
+                                "realization of device %s failed: ",
+                                type);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    xen_backend_set_device(backend, xendev);
+    return;
+
+fail:
+    if (xendev) {
+        object_unparent(OBJECT(xendev));
+    }
+
+    if (iothread) {
+        xen_block_iothread_destroy(iothread, NULL);
+    }
+
+    if (drive) {
+        xen_block_drive_destroy(drive, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
+static void xen_block_device_destroy(XenBackendInstance *backend,
+                                     Error **errp)
+{
+    XenDevice *xendev = xen_backend_get_device(backend);
+    XenBlockDevice *blockdev = XEN_BLOCK_DEVICE(xendev);
+    XenBlockVdev *vdev = &blockdev->props.vdev;
+    XenBlockDrive *drive = blockdev->drive;
+    XenBlockIOThread *iothread = blockdev->iothread;
+
+    trace_xen_block_device_destroy(vdev->number);
+
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(xendev));
+
+    if (iothread) {
+        Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+        xen_block_iothread_destroy(iothread, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err,
+                                "failed to destroy iothread: ");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (drive) {
+        Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+        xen_block_drive_destroy(drive, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err,
+                                "failed to destroy drive: ");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static const XenBackendInfo xen_block_backend_info = {
+    .type = "qdisk",
+    .create = xen_block_device_create,
+    .destroy = xen_block_device_destroy,
+};
+
+static void xen_block_register_backend(void)
+{
+    xen_backend_register(&xen_block_backend_info);
+}
+
+xen_backend_init(xen_block_register_backend);
diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c b/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c
index 0c26023799..fb227de35d 100644
--- a/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c
+++ b/hw/xen/xen-legacy-backend.c
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@  void xen_be_register_common(void)
 
     xen_be_register("console", &xen_console_ops);
     xen_be_register("vkbd", &xen_kbdmouse_ops);
-    xen_be_register("qdisk", &xen_blkdev_ops);
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
     xen_be_register("9pfs", &xen_9pfs_ops);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/xen/xen-block.h b/include/hw/xen/xen-block.h
index c4223f9be1..6f5d675edb 100644
--- a/include/hw/xen/xen-block.h
+++ b/include/hw/xen/xen-block.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@  typedef struct XenBlockVdev {
     unsigned long number;
 } XenBlockVdev;
 
+
 typedef struct XenBlockProperties {
     XenBlockVdev vdev;
     BlockConf conf;
@@ -36,12 +37,24 @@  typedef struct XenBlockProperties {
     IOThread *iothread;
 } XenBlockProperties;
 
+typedef struct XenBlockDrive {
+    char *id;
+    char *node_name[2];
+    unsigned int layers;
+} XenBlockDrive;
+
+typedef struct XenBlockIOThread {
+    char *id;
+} XenBlockIOThread;
+
 typedef struct XenBlockDevice {
     XenDevice xendev;
     XenBlockProperties props;
     const char *device_type;
     unsigned int info;
     XenBlockDataPlane *dataplane;
+    XenBlockDrive *drive;
+    XenBlockIOThread *iothread;
 } XenBlockDevice;
 
 typedef void (*XenBlockDeviceRealize)(XenBlockDevice *blockdev, Error **errp);