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[V12,3/4] Use QemuOpts support in block layer

Message ID 1362043236-4635-4-git-send-email-wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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Robert Wang Feb. 28, 2013, 9:20 a.m. UTC
This patch will use QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it will return
a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
options.

And create options's primary consumer is block creating related
functions, so modify them together.

Signed-off-by: Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

v11->v12:
1) create functions, such as qemu_opt_get_del  and qemu_opt_replace_set.
These functions works like origin code.
2) use QEMU_OPT_SIZE, not QEMU_OPT_NUMBER.
3) in bdrv_create, if opts is NULL, will create an empty one, so can
discard if(opts) code safely.

v10->v11:
1) qed.h move QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE from enum to macro, or
qemu_opts_print produce un-expanded cluster_size.
2) In qcow2.c and qcow.c, bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL), NULL ->
opts,
or while using protocol, there will be an error.

v8->v9:
1) add qemu_ prefix to gluster_create_opts.
2) fix bug: bdrv_gluster_unix and bdrv_gluster_rdma should also be
   converted.

v7->v8:
1) rebase to upstream source tree.
2) add gluster.c, raw-win32.c, and rbd.c.

v6->v7:
1) use osdep.h:stringify(), not redefining new macro.
2) preserve TODO comment.
3) fix typo. BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT->BLOCK_OPT_STATIC.
4) initialize disk_type even when opts is NULL.

v5->v6:
1) judge if opts == NULL in block layer create functions.
2) use bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL) in qcow_create and cow_create
funtion.
3) made more readable while using qemu_opt_get_number.


 block.c                   |  91 ++++++++++++------------
 block/cow.c               |  46 ++++++------
 block/gluster.c           |  37 +++++-----
 block/iscsi.c             |   8 +--
 block/qcow.c              |  61 ++++++++--------
 block/qcow2.c             | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 block/qed.c               |  86 +++++++++++------------
 block/qed.h               |   2 +-
 block/raw-posix.c         |  59 +++++++---------
 block/raw-win32.c         |  31 +++++----
 block/raw.c               |  30 ++++----
 block/rbd.c               |  62 ++++++++---------
 block/sheepdog.c          |  75 ++++++++++----------
 block/vdi.c               |  70 +++++++++----------
 block/vmdk.c              |  90 ++++++++++++------------
 block/vpc.c               |  57 +++++++--------
 block/vvfat.c             |  11 +--
 include/block/block.h     |   4 +-
 include/block/block_int.h |   6 +-
 include/qemu/option.h     |  13 +++-
 qemu-img.c                |  61 ++++++++--------
 util/qemu-option.c        |  93 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 22 files changed, 613 insertions(+), 553 deletions(-)

Comments

Robert Wang March 6, 2013, 1:51 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Dong Xu Wang
<wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> This patch will use QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
> a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it will return
> a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
> options.
>
> And create options's primary consumer is block creating related
> functions, so modify them together.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> v11->v12:
> 1) create functions, such as qemu_opt_get_del  and qemu_opt_replace_set.
> These functions works like origin code.
> 2) use QEMU_OPT_SIZE, not QEMU_OPT_NUMBER.
> 3) in bdrv_create, if opts is NULL, will create an empty one, so can
> discard if(opts) code safely.
>
> v10->v11:
> 1) qed.h move QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE from enum to macro, or
> qemu_opts_print produce un-expanded cluster_size.
> 2) In qcow2.c and qcow.c, bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL), NULL ->
> opts,
> or while using protocol, there will be an error.
>
> v8->v9:
> 1) add qemu_ prefix to gluster_create_opts.
> 2) fix bug: bdrv_gluster_unix and bdrv_gluster_rdma should also be
>    converted.
>
> v7->v8:
> 1) rebase to upstream source tree.
> 2) add gluster.c, raw-win32.c, and rbd.c.
>
> v6->v7:
> 1) use osdep.h:stringify(), not redefining new macro.
> 2) preserve TODO comment.
> 3) fix typo. BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT->BLOCK_OPT_STATIC.
> 4) initialize disk_type even when opts is NULL.
>
> v5->v6:
> 1) judge if opts == NULL in block layer create functions.
> 2) use bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL) in qcow_create and cow_create
> funtion.
> 3) made more readable while using qemu_opt_get_number.
>
>
>  block.c                   |  91 ++++++++++++------------
>  block/cow.c               |  46 ++++++------
>  block/gluster.c           |  37 +++++-----
>  block/iscsi.c             |   8 +--
>  block/qcow.c              |  61 ++++++++--------
>  block/qcow2.c             | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  block/qed.c               |  86 +++++++++++------------
>  block/qed.h               |   2 +-
>  block/raw-posix.c         |  59 +++++++---------
>  block/raw-win32.c         |  31 +++++----
>  block/raw.c               |  30 ++++----
>  block/rbd.c               |  62 ++++++++---------
>  block/sheepdog.c          |  75 ++++++++++----------
>  block/vdi.c               |  70 +++++++++----------
>  block/vmdk.c              |  90 ++++++++++++------------
>  block/vpc.c               |  57 +++++++--------
>  block/vvfat.c             |  11 +--
>  include/block/block.h     |   4 +-
>  include/block/block_int.h |   6 +-
>  include/qemu/option.h     |  13 +++-
>  qemu-img.c                |  61 ++++++++--------
>  util/qemu-option.c        |  93 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  22 files changed, 613 insertions(+), 553 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> index 4582961..975c3d8 100644
> --- a/block.c
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name)
>  typedef struct CreateCo {
>      BlockDriver *drv;
>      char *filename;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
> +    QemuOpts *opts;
>      int ret;
>  } CreateCo;
>
> @@ -366,11 +366,11 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
>      CreateCo *cco = opaque;
>      assert(cco->drv);
>
> -    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options);
> +    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->opts);
>  }
>
>  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +    QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int ret;
>
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
>      CreateCo cco = {
>          .drv = drv,
>          .filename = g_strdup(filename),
> -        .options = options,
> +        .opts = opts ?: qemu_opts_create_nofail(drv->bdrv_create_opts),
>          .ret = NOT_DONE,
>      };
>
> @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      BlockDriver *drv;
>
> @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>          return -ENOENT;
>      }
>
> -    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, options);
> +    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
>  }
>
>  /*
> @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
>          int64_t total_size;
>          int is_protocol = 0;
>          BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow2;
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *options;
> +        QemuOpts *opts;
>          char backing_filename[PATH_MAX];
>
>          /* if snapshot, we create a temporary backing file and open it
> @@ -847,17 +847,16 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
>              return -errno;
>
>          bdrv_qcow2 = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
> -        options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow2->create_options, NULL);
> +        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow2->bdrv_create_opts);
>
> -        set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
> -        set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
> +        qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
> +        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
>          if (drv) {
> -            set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
> -                drv->format_name);
> +            qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, drv->format_name);
>          }
>
> -        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, options);
> -        free_option_parameters(options);
> +        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, opts);
> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);
>          if (ret < 0) {
>              return ret;
>          }
> @@ -4502,8 +4501,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>                       char *options, uint64_t img_size, int flags,
>                       Error **errp, bool quiet)
>  {
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *backing_fmt, *backing_file, *size;
> +    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
> +    const char *backing_fmt, *backing_file;
> +    int64_t size;
>      BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
>      BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
>      BlockDriver *backing_drv = NULL;
> @@ -4521,28 +4522,23 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>          error_setg(errp, "Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
>          return;
>      }
> -
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              drv->create_options);
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
> -
> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>      /* Create parameter list with default values */
> -    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
> +    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
>
> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
> +    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
>
>      /* Parse -o options */
>      if (options) {
> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
> -        if (param == NULL) {
> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }
>
>      if (base_filename) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>                                   base_filename)) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>                         fmt);
> @@ -4551,39 +4547,37 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>      }
>
>      if (base_fmt) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
>                               "format '%s'", fmt);
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }
>
> -    backing_file = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> -    if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
> -        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file->value.s)) {
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    if (backing_file) {
> +        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file)) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Error: Trying to create an image with the "
>                               "same filename as the backing file");
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }
>
> -    backing_fmt = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> -    if (backing_fmt && backing_fmt->value.s) {
> -        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt->value.s);
> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> +    if (backing_fmt) {
> +        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt);
>          if (!backing_drv) {
> -            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'",
> -                       backing_fmt->value.s);
> +            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'", backing_fmt);
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }
>
>      // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
>      // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
> -    size = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE);
> -    if (size && size->value.n == -1) {
> -        if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
> +    size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    if (size == -1) {
> +        if (backing_file) {
>              uint64_t size;
> -            char buf[32];
>              int back_flags;
>
>              /* backing files always opened read-only */
> @@ -4592,17 +4586,16 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>
>              bs = bdrv_new("");
>
> -            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file->value.s, back_flags, backing_drv);
> +            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file, back_flags, backing_drv);
>              if (ret < 0) {
>                  error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not open '%s'",
> -                                 backing_file->value.s);
> +                                 backing_file);
>                  goto out;
>              }
>              bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &size);
>              size *= 512;
>
> -            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRId64, size);
> -            set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, buf);
> +            qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size);
>          } else {
>              error_setg(errp, "Image creation needs a size parameter");
>              goto out;
> @@ -4611,10 +4604,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>
>      if (!quiet) {
>          printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s ", filename, fmt);
> -        print_option_parameters(param);
> +        qemu_opts_print(opts, NULL);
>          puts("");
>      }
> -    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, param);
> +    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
>              error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for "
> @@ -4629,8 +4622,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>      }
>
>  out:
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(param);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
> +    if (opts) {
> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);
> +    }
>
>      if (bs) {
>          bdrv_delete(bs);
> diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
> index 4baf904..135fa33 100644
> --- a/block/cow.c
> +++ b/block/cow.c
> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static void cow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>  {
>  }
>
> -static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int cow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      struct cow_header_v2 cow_header;
>      struct stat st;
> @@ -264,17 +264,11 @@ static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      int ret;
>      BlockDriverState *cow_bs;
>
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            image_sectors = options->value.n / 512;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            image_filename = options->value.s;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +    /* Read out opts */
> +    image_sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
> +    image_filename = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>
> -    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
> +    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          return ret;
>      }
> @@ -318,18 +312,22 @@ exit:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter cow_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList cow_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "cow-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cow_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
> @@ -345,7 +343,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
>      .bdrv_write             = cow_co_write,
>      .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = cow_co_is_allocated,
>
> -    .create_options = cow_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts       = &cow_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_cow_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
> index ccd684d..a219201 100644
> --- a/block/gluster.c
> +++ b/block/gluster.c
> @@ -335,8 +335,7 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      struct glfs *glfs;
>      struct glfs_fd *fd;
> @@ -350,12 +349,8 @@ static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
>          goto out;
>      }
>
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +    total_size =
> +        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
>
>      fd = glfs_creat(glfs, gconf->image,
>          O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
> @@ -544,13 +539,17 @@ static void qemu_gluster_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      glfs_fini(s->glfs);
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_gluster_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList qemu_gluster_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "qemu-gluster-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_gluster_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
> @@ -565,7 +564,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
>      .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
>      .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
>      .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
> -    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
> @@ -580,7 +579,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
>      .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
>      .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
>      .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
> -    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
> @@ -595,7 +594,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
>      .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
>      .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
>      .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
> -    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
> @@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
>      .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
>      .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
>      .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
> -    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_gluster_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
> index deb3b68..def377a 100644
> --- a/block/iscsi.c
> +++ b/block/iscsi.c
> @@ -789,9 +789,7 @@ static char *parse_initiator_name(const char *target)
>          if (!opts) {
>              opts = QTAILQ_FIRST(&list->head);
>          }
> -        if (opts) {
> -            name = qemu_opt_get(opts, "initiator-name");
> -        }
> +        name = qemu_opt_get(opts, "initiator-name");
>      }
>
>      if (name) {
> @@ -1073,7 +1071,7 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter iscsi_create_options[] = {
> +static QEMUOptionParameter iscsi_create_opts[] = {
>      {
>          .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
>          .type = OPT_SIZE,
> @@ -1090,7 +1088,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_iscsi = {
>      .bdrv_file_open  = iscsi_open,
>      .bdrv_close      = iscsi_close,
>      .bdrv_create     = iscsi_create,
> -    .create_options  = iscsi_create_options,
> +    .create_opts     = iscsi_create_opts,
>
>      .bdrv_getlength  = iscsi_getlength,
>
> diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
> index a7135ee..f0c4c38 100644
> --- a/block/qcow.c
> +++ b/block/qcow.c
> @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static void qcow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      error_free(s->migration_blocker);
>  }
>
> -static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int header_size, backing_filename_len, l1_size, shift, i;
>      QCowHeader header;
> @@ -662,19 +662,14 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      int ret;
>      BlockDriverState *qcow_bs;
>
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            backing_file = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
> -            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> +    /* Read out opts */
> +    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {
> +        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT;
>      }
>
> -    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
> +    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          return ret;
>      }
> @@ -851,24 +846,28 @@ static int qcow_get_info(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverInfo *bdi)
>      return 0;
>  }
>
> -
> -static QEMUOptionParameter qcow_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
> -        .type = OPT_FLAG,
> -        .help = "Encrypt the image"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList qcow_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "qcow-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qcow_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> +            .help = "Encrypt the image",
> +            .def_value_str = "off"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
> @@ -889,7 +888,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
>      .bdrv_write_compressed  = qcow_write_compressed,
>      .bdrv_get_info          = qcow_get_info,
>
> -    .create_options = qcow_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts       = &qcow_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_qcow_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
> index 7610e56..83288a8 100644
> --- a/block/qcow2.c
> +++ b/block/qcow2.c
> @@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ static int preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs)
>  static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
>                           const char *backing_file, const char *backing_format,
>                           int flags, size_t cluster_size, int prealloc,
> -                         QEMUOptionParameter *options, int version)
> +                         QemuOpts *opts, int version)
>  {
>      /* Calculate cluster_bits */
>      int cluster_bits;
> @@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
>      uint8_t* refcount_table;
>      int ret;
>
> -    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
> +    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          return ret;
>      }
> @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      const char *backing_file = NULL;
>      const char *backing_fmt = NULL;
> @@ -1320,45 +1320,41 @@ static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      size_t cluster_size = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
>      int prealloc = 0;
>      int version = 2;
> +    const char *buf;
>
>      /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            sectors = options->value.n / 512;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            backing_file = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT)) {
> -            backing_fmt = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
> -            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                cluster_size = options->value.n;
> -            }
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC)) {
> -            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "off")) {
> -                prealloc = 0;
> -            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "metadata")) {
> -                prealloc = 1;
> -            } else {
> -                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'\n",
> -                    options->value.s);
> -                return -EINVAL;
> -            }
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL)) {
> -            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "0.10")) {
> -                version = 2;
> -            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "1.1")) {
> -                version = 3;
> -            } else {
> -                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid compatibility level: '%s'\n",
> -                    options->value.s);
> -                return -EINVAL;
> -            }
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS)) {
> -            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS : 0;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> +    sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {
> +        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT;
> +    }
> +    cluster_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +                                         DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
> +    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
> +    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "off")) {
> +        prealloc = 0;
> +    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "metadata")) {
> +        prealloc = 1;
> +    } else {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'\n",
> +            buf);
> +        return -EINVAL;
> +    }
> +
> +    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL);
> +    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "0.10")) {
> +        version = 2;
> +    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "1.1")) {
> +        version = 3;
> +    } else {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid compatibility level: '%s'\n",
> +            buf);
> +        return -EINVAL;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS, 0)) {
> +        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS;
>      }
>
>      if (backing_file && prealloc) {
> @@ -1374,7 +1370,7 @@ static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      }
>
>      return qcow2_create2(filename, sectors, backing_file, backing_fmt, flags,
> -                         cluster_size, prealloc, options, version);
> +                         cluster_size, prealloc, opts, version);
>  }
>
>  static int qcow2_make_empty(BlockDriverState *bs)
> @@ -1635,49 +1631,55 @@ static int qcow2_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *buf,
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter qcow2_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "Image format of the base image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
> -        .type = OPT_FLAG,
> -        .help = "Encrypt the image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "qcow2 cluster size",
> -        .value = { .n = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata)"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS,
> -        .type = OPT_FLAG,
> -        .help = "Postpone refcount updates",
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList qcow2_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "qcow2-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qcow2_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Image format of the base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> +            .help = "Encrypt the image",
> +            .def_value_str = "off"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "qcow2 cluster size",
> +            .def_value_str = stringify(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE)
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata)"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> +            .help = "Postpone refcount updates",
> +            .def_value_str = "off"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
> @@ -1715,8 +1717,9 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
>
>      .bdrv_invalidate_cache      = qcow2_invalidate_cache,
>
> -    .create_options = qcow2_create_options,
>      .bdrv_check = qcow2_check,
> +
> +    .bdrv_create_opts     = &qcow2_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_qcow2_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
> index b8515e5..6032ea6 100644
> --- a/block/qed.c
> +++ b/block/qed.c
> @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      uint64_t image_size = 0;
>      uint32_t cluster_size = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
> @@ -611,24 +611,14 @@ static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      const char *backing_file = NULL;
>      const char *backing_fmt = NULL;
>
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            image_size = options->value.n;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            backing_file = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT)) {
> -            backing_fmt = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                cluster_size = options->value.n;
> -            }
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                table_size = options->value.n;
> -            }
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +    image_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> +    cluster_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,
> +                                         BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +                                         QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
> +    table_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
> +                                       QED_DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE);
>
>      if (!qed_is_cluster_size_valid(cluster_size)) {
>          fprintf(stderr, "QED cluster size must be within range [%u, %u] and power of 2\n",
> @@ -1537,36 +1527,44 @@ static int bdrv_qed_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *result,
>      return qed_check(s, result, !!fix);
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter qed_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size (in bytes)"
> -    }, {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    }, {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "Image format of the base image"
> -    }, {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Cluster size (in bytes)",
> -        .value = { .n = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
> -    }, {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "L1/L2 table size (in clusters)"
> -    },
> -    { /* end of list */ }
> +static QemuOptsList qed_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "qed-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qed_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Image format of the base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Cluster size (in bytes)",
> +            .def_value_str = stringify(QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE),
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "L1/L2 table size (in clusters)"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_qed = {
>      .format_name              = "qed",
>      .instance_size            = sizeof(BDRVQEDState),
> -    .create_options           = qed_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts         = &qed_create_opts,
>
>      .bdrv_probe               = bdrv_qed_probe,
>      .bdrv_rebind              = bdrv_qed_rebind,
> diff --git a/block/qed.h b/block/qed.h
> index 2b4dded..99a7726 100644
> --- a/block/qed.h
> +++ b/block/qed.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>   *
>   * All fields are little-endian on disk.
>   */
> +#define  QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE  65536
>
>  enum {
>      QED_MAGIC = 'Q' | 'E' << 8 | 'D' << 16 | '\0' << 24,
> @@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ enum {
>       */
>      QED_MIN_CLUSTER_SIZE = 4 * 1024, /* in bytes */
>      QED_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
> -    QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024,
>
>      /* Allocated clusters are tracked using a 2-level pagetable.  Table size is
>       * a multiple of clusters so large maximum image sizes can be supported
> diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
> index 4dfdf98..18e965f 100644
> --- a/block/raw-posix.c
> +++ b/block/raw-posix.c
> @@ -123,6 +123,19 @@
>
>  #define MAX_BLOCKSIZE  4096
>
> +static QemuOptsList file_proto_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "file-proto-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(file_proto_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
> +};
> +
>  typedef struct BDRVRawState {
>      int fd;
>      int type;
> @@ -1006,19 +1019,14 @@ static int64_t raw_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      return (int64_t)st.st_blocks * 512;
>  }
>
> -static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int fd;
>      int result = 0;
>      int64_t total_size = 0;
>
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +    total_size =
> +        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
>
>      fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
>                     0644);
> @@ -1145,15 +1153,6 @@ static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
>                         cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD);
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> -};
> -
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
>      .format_name = "file",
>      .protocol_name = "file",
> @@ -1176,8 +1175,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
>      .bdrv_getlength = raw_getlength,
>      .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
>                          = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
> -
> -    .create_options = raw_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  /***********************************************/
> @@ -1459,20 +1457,15 @@ static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *hdev_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
>                         cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD|QEMU_AIO_BLKDEV);
>  }
>
> -static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int fd;
>      int ret = 0;
>      struct stat stat_buf;
>      int64_t total_size = 0;
>
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, "size")) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +    total_size =
> +        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
>
>      fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY);
>      if (fd < 0)
> @@ -1496,7 +1489,7 @@ static int hdev_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
>      .format_name        = "host_device",
> -    .protocol_name        = "host_device",
> +    .protocol_name      = "host_device",
>      .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRawState),
>      .bdrv_probe_device  = hdev_probe_device,
>      .bdrv_file_open     = hdev_open,
> @@ -1505,7 +1498,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
>      .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
>      .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
>      .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
> -    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
>      .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
>
>      .bdrv_aio_readv    = raw_aio_readv,
> @@ -1514,9 +1506,10 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
>      .bdrv_aio_discard   = hdev_aio_discard,
>
>      .bdrv_truncate      = raw_truncate,
> -    .bdrv_getlength    = raw_getlength,
> +    .bdrv_getlength     = raw_getlength,
>      .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
>                          = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
>
>      /* generic scsi device */
>  #ifdef __linux__
> @@ -1630,7 +1623,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
>      .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
>      .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
>      .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
> -    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
>      .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
>
>      .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
> @@ -1646,6 +1638,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
>      .bdrv_is_inserted   = floppy_is_inserted,
>      .bdrv_media_changed = floppy_media_changed,
>      .bdrv_eject         = floppy_eject,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static int cdrom_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags)
> @@ -1732,7 +1725,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
>      .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
>      .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
>      .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
> -    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
>      .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
>
>      .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
> @@ -1752,6 +1744,8 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
>      /* generic scsi device */
>      .bdrv_ioctl         = hdev_ioctl,
>      .bdrv_aio_ioctl     = hdev_aio_ioctl,
> +
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
>  };
>  #endif /* __linux__ */
>
> @@ -1854,7 +1848,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
>      .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
>      .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
>      .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
> -    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
>      .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
>
>      .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
> diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
> index b89ac19..d000f88 100644
> --- a/block/raw-win32.c
> +++ b/block/raw-win32.c
> @@ -382,18 +382,15 @@ static int64_t raw_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      return st.st_size;
>  }
>
> -static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int fd;
>      int64_t total_size = 0;
>
>      /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +
> +    total_size =
> +        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
>
>      fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
>                     0644);
> @@ -405,13 +402,17 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      return 0;
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "raw-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(raw_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
> @@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
>      .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
>                          = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
>
> -    .create_options = raw_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &raw_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  /***********************************************/
> diff --git a/block/raw.c b/block/raw.c
> index 75812db..8cb26c2 100644
> --- a/block/raw.c
> +++ b/block/raw.c
> @@ -95,18 +95,22 @@ static BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs,
>     return bdrv_aio_ioctl(bs->file, req, buf, cb, opaque);
>  }
>
> -static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> -{
> -    return bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
> -}
> -
> -static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
> +{
> +    return bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
> +}
> +
> +static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "raw-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(raw_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static int raw_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
> @@ -143,8 +147,8 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
>      .bdrv_aio_ioctl     = raw_aio_ioctl,
>
>      .bdrv_create        = raw_create,
> -    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
>      .bdrv_has_zero_init = raw_has_zero_init,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &raw_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_raw_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> index 8cd10a7..2b56ed7 100644
> --- a/block/rbd.c
> +++ b/block/rbd.c
> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf)
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int64_t bytes = 0;
>      int64_t objsize;
> @@ -310,24 +310,18 @@ static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      }
>
>      /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            bytes = options->value.n;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                objsize = options->value.n;
> -                if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
> -                    error_report("obj size needs to be power of 2");
> -                    return -EINVAL;
> -                }
> -                if (objsize < 4096) {
> -                    error_report("obj size too small");
> -                    return -EINVAL;
> -                }
> -                obj_order = ffs(objsize) - 1;
> -            }
> +    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    objsize = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0);
> +    if (objsize) {
> +        if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
> +            error_report("obj size needs to be power of 2");
> +            return -EINVAL;
> +        }
> +        if (objsize < 4096) {
> +            error_report("obj size too small");
> +            return -EINVAL;
>          }
> -        options++;
> +        obj_order = ffs(objsize) - 1;
>      }
>
>      clientname = qemu_rbd_parse_clientname(conf, clientname_buf);
> @@ -920,20 +914,24 @@ static BlockDriverAIOCB* qemu_rbd_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
>  }
>  #endif
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_rbd_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -     .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -     .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -     .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -     .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> -     .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -     .help = "RBD object size"
> -    },
> -    {NULL}
> +static QemuOptsList rbd_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "rbd-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rbd_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "RBD object size",
> +            .def_value_str = stringify(0),
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
> -
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
>      .format_name        = "rbd",
>      .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRBDState),
> @@ -941,7 +939,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
>      .bdrv_close         = qemu_rbd_close,
>      .bdrv_create        = qemu_rbd_create,
>      .bdrv_get_info      = qemu_rbd_getinfo,
> -    .create_options     = qemu_rbd_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &rbd_create_opts,
>      .bdrv_getlength     = qemu_rbd_getlength,
>      .bdrv_truncate      = qemu_rbd_truncate,
>      .protocol_name      = "rbd",
> diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
> index d466b23..56397cc 100644
> --- a/block/sheepdog.c
> +++ b/block/sheepdog.c
> @@ -1274,12 +1274,12 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int sd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int ret = 0;
>      uint32_t vid = 0, base_vid = 0;
>      int64_t vdi_size = 0;
> -    char *backing_file = NULL;
> +    const char *backing_file = NULL, *buf = NULL;
>      BDRVSheepdogState *s;
>      char vdi[SD_MAX_VDI_LEN], tag[SD_MAX_VDI_TAG_LEN];
>      uint32_t snapid;
> @@ -1298,26 +1298,18 @@ static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>          goto out;
>      }
>
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            vdi_size = options->value.n;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            backing_file = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC)) {
> -            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "off")) {
> -                prealloc = false;
> -            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "full")) {
> -                prealloc = true;
> -            } else {
> -                error_report("Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'",
> -                             options->value.s);
> -                ret = -EINVAL;
> -                goto out;
> -            }
> -        }
> -        options++;
> +    vdi_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
> +    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "off")) {
> +        prealloc = false;
> +    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "full")) {
> +        prealloc = true;
> +    } else {
> +        error_report("Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'", buf);
> +        ret = -EINVAL;
> +        goto out;
>      }
> -
>      if (vdi_size > SD_MAX_VDI_SIZE) {
>          error_report("too big image size");
>          ret = -EINVAL;
> @@ -2043,24 +2035,27 @@ static int sd_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *data,
>      return do_load_save_vmstate(s, data, pos, size, 1);
>  }
>
> -
> -static QEMUOptionParameter sd_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList sd_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "sheepdog-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(sd_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
> @@ -2085,7 +2080,7 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
>      .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
>      .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
>
> -    .create_options = sd_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &sd_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_sheepdog_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
> index 87c691b..48b1bec 100644
> --- a/block/vdi.c
> +++ b/block/vdi.c
> @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static int vdi_co_write(BlockDriverState *bs,
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int fd;
>      int result = 0;
> @@ -648,25 +648,18 @@ static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      logout("\n");
>
>      /* Read out options. */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            bytes = options->value.n;
> +    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
> -                block_size = options->value.n;
> -            }
> +        /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
> +    block_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,
> +                                       BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +                                       DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
>  #endif
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_STATIC_IMAGE)
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_STATIC)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                image_type = VDI_TYPE_STATIC;
> -            }
> -#endif
> -        }
> -        options++;
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_STATIC, 0)) {
> +        image_type = VDI_TYPE_STATIC;
>      }
> +#endif
>
>      fd = qemu_open(filename,
>                     O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
> @@ -746,29 +739,34 @@ static void vdi_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      error_free(s->migration_blocker);
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter vdi_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> +static QemuOptsList vdi_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "vdi-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vdi_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "VDI cluster (block) size",
> -        .value = { .n = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
> -    },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "VDI cluster (block) size",
> +            .def_value_str = stringify(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE)
> +        },
>  #endif
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_STATIC_IMAGE)
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_STATIC,
> -        .type = OPT_FLAG,
> -        .help = "VDI static (pre-allocated) image"
> -    },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_STATIC,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> +            .help = "VDI static (pre-allocated) image",
> +            .def_value_str = "off"
> +        },
>  #endif
> -    /* TODO: An additional option to set UUID values might be useful. */
> -    { NULL }
> +        /* TODO: An additional option to set UUID values might be useful. */
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_vdi = {
> @@ -789,7 +787,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_vdi = {
>
>      .bdrv_get_info = vdi_get_info,
>
> -    .create_options = vdi_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts = &vdi_create_opts,
>      .bdrv_check = vdi_check,
>  };
>
> diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
> index aef1abc..5428b1a 100644
> --- a/block/vmdk.c
> +++ b/block/vmdk.c
> @@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ static int relative_path(char *dest, int dest_size,
>      return 0;
>  }
>
> -static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      int fd, idx = 0;
>      char desc[BUF_SIZE];
> @@ -1470,21 +1470,14 @@ static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      if (filename_decompose(filename, path, prefix, postfix, PATH_MAX)) {
>          return -EINVAL;
>      }
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE)) {
> -            adapter_type = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            backing_file = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6)) {
> -            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6 : 0;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT)) {
> -            fmt = options->value.s;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> +    /* Read out opts */
> +    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    adapter_type = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE);
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6, 0)) {
> +        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6;
>      }
> +    fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
>      if (!adapter_type) {
>          adapter_type = "ide";
>      } else if (strcmp(adapter_type, "ide") &&
> @@ -1665,36 +1658,41 @@ static int64_t vmdk_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter vmdk_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "Virtual adapter type, can be one of "
> -                "ide (default), lsilogic, buslogic or legacyESX"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
> -        .type = OPT_FLAG,
> -        .help = "VMDK version 6 image"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help =
> -            "VMDK flat extent format, can be one of "
> -            "{monolithicSparse (default) | monolithicFlat | twoGbMaxExtentSparse | twoGbMaxExtentFlat | streamOptimized} "
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList vmdk_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "vmdk-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vmdk_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE,
> +            .type = OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Virtual adapter type, can be one of "
> +                    "ide (default), lsilogic, buslogic or legacyESX"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> +            .help = "VMDK version 6 image",
> +            .def_value_str = "off"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help =
> +                "VMDK flat extent format, can be one of "
> +                "{monolithicSparse (default) | monolithicFlat | twoGbMaxExtentSparse | twoGbMaxExtentFlat | streamOptimized} "
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
> @@ -1711,7 +1709,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
>      .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = vmdk_co_is_allocated,
>      .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size  = vmdk_get_allocated_file_size,
>
> -    .create_options = vmdk_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts = &vmdk_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_vmdk_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
> index 82229ef..e8c439f 100644
> --- a/block/vpc.c
> +++ b/block/vpc.c
> @@ -683,34 +683,31 @@ static int create_fixed_disk(int fd, uint8_t *buf, int64_t total_size)
>      return ret;
>  }
>
> -static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      uint8_t buf[1024];
>      struct vhd_footer *footer = (struct vhd_footer *) buf;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *disk_type_param;
> +    const char *disk_type_param = NULL;
>      int fd, i;
>      uint16_t cyls = 0;
>      uint8_t heads = 0;
>      uint8_t secs_per_cyl = 0;
>      int64_t total_sectors;
> -    int64_t total_size;
> -    int disk_type;
> +    int64_t total_size = 0;
> +    int disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
>      int ret = -EIO;
>
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    total_size = get_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)->value.n;
> -
> -    disk_type_param = get_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
> -    if (disk_type_param && disk_type_param->value.s) {
> -        if (!strcmp(disk_type_param->value.s, "dynamic")) {
> +    /* Read out opts */
> +    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    disk_type_param = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
> +    if (disk_type_param) {
> +        if (!strcmp(disk_type_param, "dynamic")) {
>              disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(disk_type_param->value.s, "fixed")) {
> +        } else if (!strcmp(disk_type_param, "fixed")) {
>              disk_type = VHD_FIXED;
>          } else {
>              return -EINVAL;
>          }
> -    } else {
> -        disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
>      }
>
>      /* Create the file */
> @@ -798,20 +795,24 @@ static void vpc_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      error_free(s->migration_blocker);
>  }
>
> -static QEMUOptionParameter vpc_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help =
> -            "Type of virtual hard disk format. Supported formats are "
> -            "{dynamic (default) | fixed} "
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList vpc_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "vpc-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vpc_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
> +            .type = OPT_STRING,
> +            .help =
> +                "Type of virtual hard disk format. Supported formats are "
> +                "{dynamic (default) | fixed} "
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
> @@ -827,7 +828,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
>      .bdrv_read              = vpc_co_read,
>      .bdrv_write             = vpc_co_write,
>
> -    .create_options = vpc_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts = &vpc_create_opts,
>  };
>
>  static void bdrv_vpc_init(void)
> diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
> index 06e6654..26ebe7c 100644
> --- a/block/vvfat.c
> +++ b/block/vvfat.c
> @@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ static BlockDriver vvfat_write_target = {
>  static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
>  {
>      BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
> +    QemuOpts *opts;
>      int ret;
>      int size = sector2cluster(s, s->sector_count);
>      s->used_clusters = calloc(size, 1);
> @@ -2818,12 +2818,13 @@ static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
>      }
>
>      bdrv_qcow = bdrv_find_format("qcow");
> -    options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow->create_options, NULL);
> -    set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
> -    set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
> +    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow->bdrv_create_opts);
> +    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
> +    qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
>
> -    if (bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, options) < 0)
> +    if (bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, opts) < 0) {
>         return -1;
> +    }
>
>      s->qcow = bdrv_new("");
>      if (s->qcow == NULL) {
> diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
> index 0f750d7..a477b7a 100644
> --- a/include/block/block.h
> +++ b/include/block/block.h
> @@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename);
>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name);
>  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> +    QemuOpts *options);
> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);
>  BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name);
>  void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
>  void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
> diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
> index eaad53e..4f942ef 100644
> --- a/include/block/block_int.h
> +++ b/include/block/block_int.h
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>                        const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
>      void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>      void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
> -    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> +    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);
>      int (*bdrv_set_key)(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *key);
>      int (*bdrv_make_empty)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>      /* aio */
> @@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>          unsigned long int req, void *buf,
>          BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
>
> -    /* List of options for creating images, terminated by name == NULL */
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
> -
> +    QemuOptsList *bdrv_create_opts;
>
>      /*
>       * Returns 0 for completed check, -errno for internal errors.
> diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
> index c58db43..0d5fb66 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/option.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/option.h
> @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct QemuOptsList {
>  };
>
>  const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
> +const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>  /**
>   * qemu_opt_has_help_opt:
>   * @opts: options to search for a help request
> @@ -121,9 +122,13 @@ const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>   */
>  bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts);
>  bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
> +bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
> +uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
> +                               uint64_t defval);
>  int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
> +int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
>  void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>                        Error **errp);
>  int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val);
> @@ -144,7 +149,10 @@ const char *qemu_opts_id(QemuOpts *opts);
>  void qemu_opts_del(QemuOpts *opts);
>  void qemu_opts_validate(QemuOpts *opts, const QemuOptDesc *desc, Error **errp);
>  int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname);
> -QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params, int permit_abbrev);
> +int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
> +                               const char *firstname);
> +QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
> +                          int permit_abbrev);
>  void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>                              int permit_abbrev);
>  QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,
> @@ -156,8 +164,7 @@ int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy);
>  int qemu_opts_foreach(QemuOptsList *list, qemu_opts_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
>                        int abort_on_failure);
>
> -QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first,
> -                               QemuOptsList *second);
> +QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first, QemuOptsList *second);
>  void qemu_opts_free(QemuOptsList *list);
>  void qemu_opts_print_help(QemuOptsList *list);
>  #endif
> diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
> index 471de7d..9339957 100644
> --- a/qemu-img.c
> +++ b/qemu-img.c
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int read_password(char *buf, int buf_size)
>  static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
>  {
>      BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL;
> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
>
>      /* Find driver and parse its options */
>      drv = bdrv_find_format(fmt);
> @@ -244,12 +244,10 @@ static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
>          return 1;
>      }
>
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              drv->create_options);
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
> -    print_option_help(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
> +    qemu_opts_print_help(create_opts);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
>      return 0;
>  }
>
> @@ -301,19 +299,19 @@ fail:
>      return NULL;
>  }
>
> -static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QEMUOptionParameter *list,
> +static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QemuOpts *list,
>                                   const char *base_filename,
>                                   const char *base_fmt)
>  {
>      if (base_filename) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
> +        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
>              error_report("Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>                           fmt);
>              return -1;
>          }
>      }
>      if (base_fmt) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
> +        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>              error_report("Backing file format not supported for file "
>                           "format '%s'", fmt);
>              return -1;
> @@ -1120,8 +1118,9 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>      uint8_t * buf = NULL;
>      const uint8_t *buf1;
>      BlockDriverInfo bdi;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
> +    QemuOpts *param = NULL;
> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
> +    const char *out_baseimg_param;
>      char *options = NULL;
>      const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
>      float local_progress = 0;
> @@ -1265,40 +1264,36 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>          goto out;
>      }
>
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              drv->create_options);
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>
>      if (options) {
> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
> -        if (param == NULL) {
> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(param, options, NULL) != 0) {
>              error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
>              ret = -1;
>              goto out;
>          }
>      } else {
> -        param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
> +        param = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
>      }
> -
> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
> +    qemu_opt_set_number(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
>      ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, param, out_baseimg, NULL);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          goto out;
>      }
>
>      /* Get backing file name if -o backing_file was used */
> -    out_baseimg_param = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    out_baseimg_param = qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>      if (out_baseimg_param) {
> -        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param->value.s;
> +        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param;
>      }
>
>      /* Check if compression is supported */
>      if (compress) {
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *encryption =
> -            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT);
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *preallocation =
> -            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
> +        bool encryption =
> +            qemu_opt_get_bool(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, false);
> +        const char *preallocation =
> +            qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
>
>          if (!drv->bdrv_write_compressed) {
>              error_report("Compression not supported for this file format");
> @@ -1306,15 +1301,15 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>              goto out;
>          }
>
> -        if (encryption && encryption->value.n) {
> +        if (encryption) {
>              error_report("Compression and encryption not supported at "
>                           "the same time");
>              ret = -1;
>              goto out;
>          }
>
> -        if (preallocation && preallocation->value.s
> -            && strcmp(preallocation->value.s, "off"))
> +        if (preallocation
> +            && strcmp(preallocation, "off"))
>          {
>              error_report("Compression and preallocation not supported at "
>                           "the same time");
> @@ -1532,8 +1527,10 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>      }
>  out:
>      qemu_progress_end();
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(param);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
> +    if (param) {
> +        qemu_opts_del(param);
> +    }
>      qemu_vfree(buf);
>      if (out_bs) {
>          bdrv_delete(out_bs);
> diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
> index 0e42452..dba82b4 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-option.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-option.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
>  #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
>  #include "qemu/option_int.h"
>
> +static void qemu_opt_del(QemuOpt *opt);
> +
>  /*
>   * Extracts the name of an option from the parameter string (p points at the
>   * first byte of the option name)
> @@ -531,6 +533,16 @@ const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
>      return opt ? opt->str : NULL;
>  }
>
> +const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
> +{
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    const char *str = opt ? opt->str : NULL;
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    return str;
> +}

Sorry, should use g_strdup,please ignore the mistake and give other
comments.Thanks.
> +
>  bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      QemuOpt *opt;
> @@ -553,6 +565,22 @@ bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
>      return opt->value.boolean;
>  }
>
> +bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
> +{
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    bool ret;
> +
> +    if (opt == NULL) {
> +        return defval;
> +    }
> +    ret = opt->value.boolean;
> +    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_BOOL);
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
>  {
>      QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> @@ -573,6 +601,23 @@ uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
>      return opt->value.uint;
>  }
>
> +uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
> +                               uint64_t defval)
> +{
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    uint64_t ret;
> +
> +    if (opt == NULL) {
> +        return defval;
> +    }
> +    ret = opt->value.uint;
> +    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_SIZE);
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static void qemu_opt_parse(QemuOpt *opt, Error **errp)
>  {
>      if (opt->desc == NULL)
> @@ -624,7 +669,7 @@ static const QemuOptDesc *find_desc_by_name(const QemuOptDesc *desc,
>  }
>
>  static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
> -                    bool prepend, Error **errp)
> +                    bool prepend, bool replace, Error **errp)
>  {
>      QemuOpt *opt;
>      const QemuOptDesc *desc;
> @@ -636,6 +681,11 @@ static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>          return;
>      }
>
> +    opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    if (replace && opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +
>      opt = g_malloc0(sizeof(*opt));
>      opt->name = g_strdup(name);
>      opt->opts = opts;
> @@ -658,7 +708,29 @@ int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>  {
>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>
> -    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, &local_err);
> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, &local_err);
> +    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
> +        qerror_report_err(local_err);
> +        error_free(local_err);
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * If name exists, the function will delete the opt first and then add a new
> + * one.
> + */
> +int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
> +{
> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, true, &local_err);
>      if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>          qerror_report_err(local_err);
>          error_free(local_err);
> @@ -671,7 +743,7 @@ int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>  void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>                        Error **errp)
>  {
> -    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, errp);
> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, errp);
>  }
>
>  int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val)
> @@ -895,7 +967,7 @@ int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy)
>  }
>
>  static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
> -                         const char *firstname, bool prepend)
> +                         const char *firstname, bool prepend, bool replace)
>  {
>      char option[128], value[1024];
>      const char *p,*pe,*pc;
> @@ -931,7 +1003,7 @@ static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>          }
>          if (strcmp(option, "id") != 0) {
>              /* store and parse */
> -            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, &local_err);
> +            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, replace, &local_err);
>              if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>                  qerror_report_err(local_err);
>                  error_free(local_err);
> @@ -947,9 +1019,16 @@ static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>
>  int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname)
>  {
> -    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false);
> +    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, false);
> +}
> +
> +int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
> +                               const char *firstname)
> +{
> +    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, true);
>  }
>
> +
>  static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>                              int permit_abbrev, bool defaults)
>  {
> @@ -986,7 +1065,7 @@ static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>          return NULL;
>      }
>
> -    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults) != 0) {
> +    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults, false) != 0) {
>          qemu_opts_del(opts);
>          return NULL;
>      }
> --
> 1.7.11.7
>
>
Markus Armbruster March 21, 2013, 3:31 p.m. UTC | #2
Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> This patch will use QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
> a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it will return
> a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
> options.
>
> And create options's primary consumer is block creating related
> functions, so modify them together.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> v11->v12:
> 1) create functions, such as qemu_opt_get_del  and qemu_opt_replace_set.
> These functions works like origin code.
> 2) use QEMU_OPT_SIZE, not QEMU_OPT_NUMBER.
> 3) in bdrv_create, if opts is NULL, will create an empty one, so can
> discard if(opts) code safely.
>
> v10->v11:
> 1) qed.h move QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE from enum to macro, or
> qemu_opts_print produce un-expanded cluster_size.
> 2) In qcow2.c and qcow.c, bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL), NULL ->
> opts,
> or while using protocol, there will be an error.
>
> v8->v9:
> 1) add qemu_ prefix to gluster_create_opts.
> 2) fix bug: bdrv_gluster_unix and bdrv_gluster_rdma should also be
>    converted.
>
> v7->v8:
> 1) rebase to upstream source tree.
> 2) add gluster.c, raw-win32.c, and rbd.c.
>
> v6->v7:
> 1) use osdep.h:stringify(), not redefining new macro.
> 2) preserve TODO comment.
> 3) fix typo. BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT->BLOCK_OPT_STATIC.
> 4) initialize disk_type even when opts is NULL.
>
> v5->v6:
> 1) judge if opts == NULL in block layer create functions.
> 2) use bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL) in qcow_create and cow_create
> funtion.
> 3) made more readable while using qemu_opt_get_number.
>
>
>  block.c                   |  91 ++++++++++++------------
>  block/cow.c               |  46 ++++++------
>  block/gluster.c           |  37 +++++-----
>  block/iscsi.c             |   8 +--
>  block/qcow.c              |  61 ++++++++--------
>  block/qcow2.c             | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  block/qed.c               |  86 +++++++++++------------
>  block/qed.h               |   2 +-
>  block/raw-posix.c         |  59 +++++++---------
>  block/raw-win32.c         |  31 +++++----
>  block/raw.c               |  30 ++++----
>  block/rbd.c               |  62 ++++++++---------
>  block/sheepdog.c          |  75 ++++++++++----------
>  block/vdi.c               |  70 +++++++++----------
>  block/vmdk.c              |  90 ++++++++++++------------
>  block/vpc.c               |  57 +++++++--------
>  block/vvfat.c             |  11 +--
>  include/block/block.h     |   4 +-
>  include/block/block_int.h |   6 +-
>  include/qemu/option.h     |  13 +++-
>  qemu-img.c                |  61 ++++++++--------
>  util/qemu-option.c        |  93 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  22 files changed, 613 insertions(+), 553 deletions(-)

*Ouch*

Any chance to split this patch up some?  Its size makes it really hard
to review...

> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> index 4582961..975c3d8 100644
> --- a/block.c
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name)
>  typedef struct CreateCo {
>      BlockDriver *drv;
>      char *filename;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
> +    QemuOpts *opts;
>      int ret;
>  } CreateCo;
>  
> @@ -366,11 +366,11 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
>      CreateCo *cco = opaque;
>      assert(cco->drv);
>  
> -    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options);
> +    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->opts);
>  }
>  
>  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +    QemuOpts *opts)

Since you touch this anyway, consider unbreaking the line:

int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename, QemuOpts *opts)

>  {
>      int ret;
>  
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
>      CreateCo cco = {
>          .drv = drv,
>          .filename = g_strdup(filename),
> -        .options = options,
> +        .opts = opts ?: qemu_opts_create_nofail(drv->bdrv_create_opts),
>          .ret = NOT_DONE,
>      };
>  

As discussed during review of v11, this avoids passing null opts to the
bdrv_create() method.  Good.

> @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ out:
   out:
       g_free(cco.filename);
>      return ret;
>  }

I suspect you need

    if (!opts) {
        qemu_opts_del(cco->opts);
    }

to avoid leaking the empty cco->opts you create in the previous hunk.

>  
> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      BlockDriver *drv;
>  
> @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>          return -ENOENT;
>      }
>  
> -    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, options);
> +    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
>          int64_t total_size;
>          int is_protocol = 0;
>          BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow2;
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *options;
> +        QemuOpts *opts;
>          char backing_filename[PATH_MAX];
>  
>          /* if snapshot, we create a temporary backing file and open it
> @@ -847,17 +847,16 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
>              return -errno;
>  
>          bdrv_qcow2 = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
> -        options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow2->create_options, NULL);
> +        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow2->bdrv_create_opts);
>  
> -        set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
> -        set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
> +        qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
> +        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
>          if (drv) {
> -            set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
> -                drv->format_name);
> +            qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, drv->format_name);
>          }
>  
> -        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, options);
> -        free_option_parameters(options);
> +        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, opts);
> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);
>          if (ret < 0) {
>              return ret;
>          }
> @@ -4502,8 +4501,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>                       char *options, uint64_t img_size, int flags,
>                       Error **errp, bool quiet)
>  {
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *backing_fmt, *backing_file, *size;
> +    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
> +    const char *backing_fmt, *backing_file;
> +    int64_t size;
>      BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
>      BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
>      BlockDriver *backing_drv = NULL;
> @@ -4521,28 +4522,23 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>          error_setg(errp, "Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
>          return;
>      }
> -
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              drv->create_options);
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
> -
> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);

qemu_opts_append() dereferences its arguments to compute

    dest->merge_lists = first->merge_lists || second->merge_lists;

However, either of drv->create_opts and proto_drv->create_opts may be
null, as far as I can see.  If I'm correct, you need a few more test
cases :)

Before: format's options get appended first, then protocol's options.
Because get_option_parameter() searches in order, format options shadow
protocol options.

After: append_opts_list() gives first argument's options precedence.

Thus, no change.  Good.

Should bdrv_create_options option name clashes be avoided?  Beyond the
scope of this patch.

>      /* Create parameter list with default values */
> -    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
> +    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);

Before: param empty.

After: opts empty.

Good.

>  
> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
> +    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);

Before: param contains exactly BLOCK_OPT_SIZE = img_size.

After: opts contains exactly BLOCK_OPT_SIZE = img_size.

Both old and new code seem to assume BLOCK_OPT_SIZE is always a valid
option.  Beyond the scope of this patch.

Good.

>  
>      /* Parse -o options */
>      if (options) {
> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
> -        if (param == NULL) {
> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }

Before: values from -o replace whatever is in param already.

After: values from -o replace whatever is in opts already.

In particular, size from -o replaces img_size before and after.

Did you test it does?

    $ qemu-img create -f raw -o size=1024 t.img 512
    Formatting 't.img', fmt=raw size=1024 
    $ ls -l t.img 
    -rw-r--r--. 1 armbru armbru 1024 Mar 21 15:12 t.img

>  
>      if (base_filename) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>                                   base_filename)) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>                         fmt);

Before: base_filename replaces any backing_file from -o in param.

After: base_filename replaces any backing_file from -o in opts.

Did you test it does?

    $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b t.img -o backing_file=/dev/null t.qcow2
    Formatting 't.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=1024 backing_file='t.img' encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off 
    $ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
    file format: qcow2
    virtual size: 1.0K (1024 bytes)
    disk size: 196K
    cluster_size: 65536
    backing file: t.img

> @@ -4551,39 +4547,37 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>      }
>  
>      if (base_fmt) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
>                               "format '%s'", fmt);
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }

Likewise.

Did you test?

    $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b t.img -F file -o backing_file=/dev/null,backing_fmt=host_device t.qcow2
    Formatting 't.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=1024 backing_file='t.img' backing_fmt='file' encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off 
    $ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
    file format: qcow2
    virtual size: 1.0K (1024 bytes)
    disk size: 196K
    cluster_size: 65536
    backing file: t.img
    backing file format: file

>  
> -    backing_file = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> -    if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
> -        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file->value.s)) {
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    if (backing_file) {
> +        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file)) {
>              error_setg(errp, "Error: Trying to create an image with the "
>                               "same filename as the backing file");
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }
>  
> -    backing_fmt = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> -    if (backing_fmt && backing_fmt->value.s) {
> -        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt->value.s);
> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> +    if (backing_fmt) {
> +        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt);
>          if (!backing_drv) {
> -            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'",
> -                       backing_fmt->value.s);
> +            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'", backing_fmt);
>              goto out;
>          }
>      }
>  
>      // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
>      // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
> -    size = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE);
> -    if (size && size->value.n == -1) {
> -        if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
> +    size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    if (size == -1) {
> +        if (backing_file) {
>              uint64_t size;
> -            char buf[32];
>              int back_flags;
>  
>              /* backing files always opened read-only */
> @@ -4592,17 +4586,16 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>  
>              bs = bdrv_new("");
>  
> -            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file->value.s, back_flags, backing_drv);
> +            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file, back_flags, backing_drv);
>              if (ret < 0) {
>                  error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not open '%s'",
> -                                 backing_file->value.s);
> +                                 backing_file);
>                  goto out;
>              }
>              bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &size);
>              size *= 512;
>  
> -            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRId64, size);
> -            set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, buf);
> +            qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size);

We get here only when opts doesn't have BLOCK_OPT_SIZE.

Good.

>          } else {
>              error_setg(errp, "Image creation needs a size parameter");
>              goto out;
> @@ -4611,10 +4604,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>  
>      if (!quiet) {
>          printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s ", filename, fmt);
> -        print_option_parameters(param);
> +        qemu_opts_print(opts, NULL);
>          puts("");
>      }

Before:

param[] contains all valid options.  If the option in param[i] hasn't
been set, param[i].value still has the default value defined in the
.create_options[] where we got this option.

print_option_parameters() iterates over all valid options, and prints
NAME=VALUE.  Except it prints nothing for an option of type OPT_STRING
when the value is null.  That's the case when the default is null and
the option hasn't been set.

After:

opts contains only the options that have been set.  opts->list->desc[]
contains all valid options (or is empty, which means "accept all", but
that shouldn't happen here).

qemu_opts_print() in master prints only the options that have been set.
Differs from print_option_parameters() for unset options.  That's why
you rewrite qemu_opts_print() in PATCH 1/4.

The rewritten qemu_opts_print() prints all all valid options, except
unset ones that have a null def_value_str.

Therefore:

* OPT_STRING parameters need to become QEMU_OPT_STRING options, and
  their default value needs to go both into def_value_str *and* into
  every caller's handling of qemu_opt_get() returning null.

* OPT_FLAG, OPT_NUMBER, OPT_STRING parameters need to become
  QEMU_OPT_BOOL, QEMU_OPT_NUMBER, QEMU_OPT_SIZE options, and their
  default value needs to go both into def_value_str *and* into the last
  argument of every qemu_opt_bool() getting it.

I hate how the default value needs to go in multiple places now.  More
on that in my forthcoming review of PATCH 1/4.

> -    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, param);
> +    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
>              error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for "
> @@ -4629,8 +4622,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>      }
>  
>  out:
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(param);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
> +    if (opts) {
> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);
> +    }
>  
>      if (bs) {
>          bdrv_delete(bs);
> diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
> index 4baf904..135fa33 100644
> --- a/block/cow.c
> +++ b/block/cow.c
> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static void cow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>  {
>  }
>  
> -static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int cow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      struct cow_header_v2 cow_header;
>      struct stat st;
> @@ -264,17 +264,11 @@ static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      int ret;
>      BlockDriverState *cow_bs;
>  
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            image_sectors = options->value.n / 512;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            image_filename = options->value.s;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> -    }
> +    /* Read out opts */
> +    image_sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
> +    image_filename = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);

Why _del?

>  
> -    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
> +    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          return ret;
>      }
> @@ -318,18 +312,22 @@ exit:
>      return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static QEMUOptionParameter cow_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> +static QemuOptsList cow_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "cow-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cow_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
>  };
>  
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
> @@ -345,7 +343,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
>      .bdrv_write             = cow_co_write,
>      .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = cow_co_is_allocated,
>  
> -    .create_options = cow_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts       = &cow_create_opts,
>  };
>  
>  static void bdrv_cow_init(void)
[Boatload of drivers snipped; not reviewed in this round]
> diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
> index 0f750d7..a477b7a 100644
> --- a/include/block/block.h
> +++ b/include/block/block.h
> @@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename);
>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name);
>  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> +    QemuOpts *options);
> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);

QemuOpts *opts

>  BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name);
>  void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
>  void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
> diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
> index eaad53e..4f942ef 100644
> --- a/include/block/block_int.h
> +++ b/include/block/block_int.h
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>                        const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
>      void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>      void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
> -    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> +    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);

QemuOpts *opts

>      int (*bdrv_set_key)(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *key);
>      int (*bdrv_make_empty)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>      /* aio */
> @@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>          unsigned long int req, void *buf,
>          BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
>  
> -    /* List of options for creating images, terminated by name == NULL */
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
> -
> +    QemuOptsList *bdrv_create_opts;
>  
>      /*
>       * Returns 0 for completed check, -errno for internal errors.
> diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
> index c58db43..0d5fb66 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/option.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/option.h
> @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct QemuOptsList {
>  };
>  
>  const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
> +const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>  /**
>   * qemu_opt_has_help_opt:
>   * @opts: options to search for a help request
> @@ -121,9 +122,13 @@ const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>   */
>  bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts);
>  bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
> +bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
> +uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
> +                               uint64_t defval);
>  int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
> +int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
>  void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>                        Error **errp);
>  int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val);
> @@ -144,7 +149,10 @@ const char *qemu_opts_id(QemuOpts *opts);
>  void qemu_opts_del(QemuOpts *opts);
>  void qemu_opts_validate(QemuOpts *opts, const QemuOptDesc *desc, Error **errp);
>  int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname);
> -QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params, int permit_abbrev);
> +int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
> +                               const char *firstname);
> +QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
> +                          int permit_abbrev);
>  void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>                              int permit_abbrev);
>  QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,

Putting these new qemu_opt_*() functions in their own patch would reduce
this patch's size a little.

> @@ -156,8 +164,7 @@ int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy);
>  int qemu_opts_foreach(QemuOptsList *list, qemu_opts_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
>                        int abort_on_failure);
>  
> -QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first,
> -                               QemuOptsList *second);
> +QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first, QemuOptsList *second);
>  void qemu_opts_free(QemuOptsList *list);
>  void qemu_opts_print_help(QemuOptsList *list);
>  #endif
> diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
> index 471de7d..9339957 100644
> --- a/qemu-img.c
> +++ b/qemu-img.c
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int read_password(char *buf, int buf_size)
>  static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
>  {
>      BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL;
> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
>  
>      /* Find driver and parse its options */
>      drv = bdrv_find_format(fmt);
> @@ -244,12 +244,10 @@ static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
>          return 1;
>      }
>  
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              drv->create_options);
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
> -    print_option_help(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
> +    qemu_opts_print_help(create_opts);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
>      return 0;
>  }
>  

Must merge options exactly like bdrv_img_create().  It does.  Good.

I suspect the merge code should be factored out.  Beyond the scope of
this patch.

Running out of steam, review is becoming more superficial and less
reliable.

> @@ -301,19 +299,19 @@ fail:
>      return NULL;
>  }
>  
> -static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QEMUOptionParameter *list,
> +static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QemuOpts *list,
>                                   const char *base_filename,
>                                   const char *base_fmt)
>  {
>      if (base_filename) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
> +        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
>              error_report("Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>                           fmt);
>              return -1;
>          }
>      }
>      if (base_fmt) {
> -        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
> +        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>              error_report("Backing file format not supported for file "
>                           "format '%s'", fmt);
>              return -1;

Looks like this duplicates code in bdrv_img_create().  Cleanup beyond
the scope of this patch.

> @@ -1120,8 +1118,9 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>      uint8_t * buf = NULL;
>      const uint8_t *buf1;
>      BlockDriverInfo bdi;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
> +    QemuOpts *param = NULL;
> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
> +    const char *out_baseimg_param;
>      char *options = NULL;
>      const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
>      float local_progress = 0;
> @@ -1265,40 +1264,36 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>          goto out;
>      }
>  
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              drv->create_options);
> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>  

More duplicated option merge code.  Cleanup beyond the scope of this
patch.

>      if (options) {
> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
> -        if (param == NULL) {
> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(param, options, NULL) != 0) {
>              error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
>              ret = -1;
>              goto out;
>          }
>      } else {
> -        param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
> +        param = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
>      }
> -
> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
> +    qemu_opt_set_number(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
>      ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, param, out_baseimg, NULL);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          goto out;
>      }
>  
>      /* Get backing file name if -o backing_file was used */
> -    out_baseimg_param = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    out_baseimg_param = qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>      if (out_baseimg_param) {
> -        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param->value.s;
> +        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param;
>      }

More copy/paste coding.  Cleanup beyond the scope of this patch.

>  
>      /* Check if compression is supported */
>      if (compress) {
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *encryption =
> -            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT);
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *preallocation =
> -            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
> +        bool encryption =
> +            qemu_opt_get_bool(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, false);
> +        const char *preallocation =
> +            qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
>  
>          if (!drv->bdrv_write_compressed) {
>              error_report("Compression not supported for this file format");
> @@ -1306,15 +1301,15 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>              goto out;
>          }
>  
> -        if (encryption && encryption->value.n) {
> +        if (encryption) {
>              error_report("Compression and encryption not supported at "
>                           "the same time");
>              ret = -1;
>              goto out;
>          }
>  
> -        if (preallocation && preallocation->value.s
> -            && strcmp(preallocation->value.s, "off"))
> +        if (preallocation
> +            && strcmp(preallocation, "off"))
>          {
>              error_report("Compression and preallocation not supported at "
>                           "the same time");
> @@ -1532,8 +1527,10 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>      }
>  out:
>      qemu_progress_end();
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(param);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
> +    if (param) {
> +        qemu_opts_del(param);
> +    }
>      qemu_vfree(buf);
>      if (out_bs) {
>          bdrv_delete(out_bs);
> diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
> index 0e42452..dba82b4 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-option.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-option.c

Changes to this file not reviewed in this round.

> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
>  #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
>  #include "qemu/option_int.h"
>  
> +static void qemu_opt_del(QemuOpt *opt);
> +
>  /*
>   * Extracts the name of an option from the parameter string (p points at the
>   * first byte of the option name)
> @@ -531,6 +533,16 @@ const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
>      return opt ? opt->str : NULL;
>  }
>  
> +const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
> +{
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    const char *str = opt ? opt->str : NULL;
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    return str;
> +}
> +
>  bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      QemuOpt *opt;
> @@ -553,6 +565,22 @@ bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
>      return opt->value.boolean;
>  }
>  
> +bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
> +{
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    bool ret;
> +
> +    if (opt == NULL) {
> +        return defval;
> +    }
> +    ret = opt->value.boolean;
> +    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_BOOL);
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
>  {
>      QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> @@ -573,6 +601,23 @@ uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
>      return opt->value.uint;
>  }
>  
> +uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
> +                               uint64_t defval)
> +{
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    uint64_t ret;
> +
> +    if (opt == NULL) {
> +        return defval;
> +    }
> +    ret = opt->value.uint;
> +    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_SIZE);
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static void qemu_opt_parse(QemuOpt *opt, Error **errp)
>  {
>      if (opt->desc == NULL)
> @@ -624,7 +669,7 @@ static const QemuOptDesc *find_desc_by_name(const QemuOptDesc *desc,
>  }
>  
>  static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
> -                    bool prepend, Error **errp)
> +                    bool prepend, bool replace, Error **errp)
>  {
>      QemuOpt *opt;
>      const QemuOptDesc *desc;
> @@ -636,6 +681,11 @@ static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>          return;
>      }
>  
> +    opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +    if (replace && opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +
>      opt = g_malloc0(sizeof(*opt));
>      opt->name = g_strdup(name);
>      opt->opts = opts;
> @@ -658,7 +708,29 @@ int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>  {
>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>  
> -    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, &local_err);
> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, &local_err);
> +    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
> +        qerror_report_err(local_err);
> +        error_free(local_err);
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * If name exists, the function will delete the opt first and then add a new
> + * one.
> + */
> +int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
> +{
> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
> +
> +    if (opt) {
> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
> +    }
> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, true, &local_err);
>      if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>          qerror_report_err(local_err);
>          error_free(local_err);
> @@ -671,7 +743,7 @@ int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>  void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>                        Error **errp)
>  {
> -    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, errp);
> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, errp);
>  }
>  
>  int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val)
> @@ -895,7 +967,7 @@ int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy)
>  }
>  
>  static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
> -                         const char *firstname, bool prepend)
> +                         const char *firstname, bool prepend, bool replace)
>  {
>      char option[128], value[1024];
>      const char *p,*pe,*pc;
> @@ -931,7 +1003,7 @@ static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>          }
>          if (strcmp(option, "id") != 0) {
>              /* store and parse */
> -            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, &local_err);
> +            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, replace, &local_err);
>              if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>                  qerror_report_err(local_err);
>                  error_free(local_err);
> @@ -947,9 +1019,16 @@ static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>  
>  int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname)
>  {
> -    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false);
> +    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, false);
> +}
> +
> +int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
> +                               const char *firstname)
> +{
> +    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, true);
>  }
>  
> +
>  static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>                              int permit_abbrev, bool defaults)
>  {
> @@ -986,7 +1065,7 @@ static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>          return NULL;
>      }
>  
> -    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults) != 0) {
> +    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults, false) != 0) {
>          qemu_opts_del(opts);
>          return NULL;
>      }
Robert Wang March 25, 2013, 6:31 a.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
> Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> This patch will use QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
>> a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it will return
>> a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
>> options.
>>
>> And create options's primary consumer is block creating related
>> functions, so modify them together.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v11->v12:
>> 1) create functions, such as qemu_opt_get_del  and qemu_opt_replace_set.
>> These functions works like origin code.
>> 2) use QEMU_OPT_SIZE, not QEMU_OPT_NUMBER.
>> 3) in bdrv_create, if opts is NULL, will create an empty one, so can
>> discard if(opts) code safely.
>>
>> v10->v11:
>> 1) qed.h move QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE from enum to macro, or
>> qemu_opts_print produce un-expanded cluster_size.
>> 2) In qcow2.c and qcow.c, bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL), NULL ->
>> opts,
>> or while using protocol, there will be an error.
>>
>> v8->v9:
>> 1) add qemu_ prefix to gluster_create_opts.
>> 2) fix bug: bdrv_gluster_unix and bdrv_gluster_rdma should also be
>>    converted.
>>
>> v7->v8:
>> 1) rebase to upstream source tree.
>> 2) add gluster.c, raw-win32.c, and rbd.c.
>>
>> v6->v7:
>> 1) use osdep.h:stringify(), not redefining new macro.
>> 2) preserve TODO comment.
>> 3) fix typo. BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT->BLOCK_OPT_STATIC.
>> 4) initialize disk_type even when opts is NULL.
>>
>> v5->v6:
>> 1) judge if opts == NULL in block layer create functions.
>> 2) use bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL) in qcow_create and cow_create
>> funtion.
>> 3) made more readable while using qemu_opt_get_number.
>>
>>
>>  block.c                   |  91 ++++++++++++------------
>>  block/cow.c               |  46 ++++++------
>>  block/gluster.c           |  37 +++++-----
>>  block/iscsi.c             |   8 +--
>>  block/qcow.c              |  61 ++++++++--------
>>  block/qcow2.c             | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>>  block/qed.c               |  86 +++++++++++------------
>>  block/qed.h               |   2 +-
>>  block/raw-posix.c         |  59 +++++++---------
>>  block/raw-win32.c         |  31 +++++----
>>  block/raw.c               |  30 ++++----
>>  block/rbd.c               |  62 ++++++++---------
>>  block/sheepdog.c          |  75 ++++++++++----------
>>  block/vdi.c               |  70 +++++++++----------
>>  block/vmdk.c              |  90 ++++++++++++------------
>>  block/vpc.c               |  57 +++++++--------
>>  block/vvfat.c             |  11 +--
>>  include/block/block.h     |   4 +-
>>  include/block/block_int.h |   6 +-
>>  include/qemu/option.h     |  13 +++-
>>  qemu-img.c                |  61 ++++++++--------
>>  util/qemu-option.c        |  93 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  22 files changed, 613 insertions(+), 553 deletions(-)
>
> *Ouch*
>
> Any chance to split this patch up some?  Its size makes it really hard
> to review...
>
I will split this patch into some small patches in next version.

>> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
>> index 4582961..975c3d8 100644
>> --- a/block.c
>> +++ b/block.c
>> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name)
>>  typedef struct CreateCo {
>>      BlockDriver *drv;
>>      char *filename;
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
>> +    QemuOpts *opts;
>>      int ret;
>>  } CreateCo;
>>
>> @@ -366,11 +366,11 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
>>      CreateCo *cco = opaque;
>>      assert(cco->drv);
>>
>> -    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options);
>> +    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->opts);
>>  }
>>
>>  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>> +    QemuOpts *opts)
>
> Since you touch this anyway, consider unbreaking the line:
>
> int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>
Okay.
>>  {
>>      int ret;
>>
>> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
>>      CreateCo cco = {
>>          .drv = drv,
>>          .filename = g_strdup(filename),
>> -        .options = options,
>> +        .opts = opts ?: qemu_opts_create_nofail(drv->bdrv_create_opts),
>>          .ret = NOT_DONE,
>>      };
>>
>
> As discussed during review of v11, this avoids passing null opts to the
> bdrv_create() method.  Good.
>
>> @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ out:
>    out:
>        g_free(cco.filename);
>>      return ret;
>>  }
>
> I suspect you need
>
>     if (!opts) {
>         qemu_opts_del(cco->opts);
>     }
>
> to avoid leaking the empty cco->opts you create in the previous hunk.
>
Okay.
>>
>> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>>  {
>>      BlockDriver *drv;
>>
>> @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>>          return -ENOENT;
>>      }
>>
>> -    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, options);
>> +    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
>>  }
>>
>>  /*
>> @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
>>          int64_t total_size;
>>          int is_protocol = 0;
>>          BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow2;
>> -        QEMUOptionParameter *options;
>> +        QemuOpts *opts;
>>          char backing_filename[PATH_MAX];
>>
>>          /* if snapshot, we create a temporary backing file and open it
>> @@ -847,17 +847,16 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
>>              return -errno;
>>
>>          bdrv_qcow2 = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
>> -        options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow2->create_options, NULL);
>> +        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow2->bdrv_create_opts);
>>
>> -        set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
>> -        set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
>> +        qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
>> +        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
>>          if (drv) {
>> -            set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
>> -                drv->format_name);
>> +            qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, drv->format_name);
>>          }
>>
>> -        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, options);
>> -        free_option_parameters(options);
>> +        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, opts);
>> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);
>>          if (ret < 0) {
>>              return ret;
>>          }
>> @@ -4502,8 +4501,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>                       char *options, uint64_t img_size, int flags,
>>                       Error **errp, bool quiet)
>>  {
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *backing_fmt, *backing_file, *size;
>> +    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
>> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
>> +    const char *backing_fmt, *backing_file;
>> +    int64_t size;
>>      BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
>>      BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
>>      BlockDriver *backing_drv = NULL;
>> @@ -4521,28 +4522,23 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>          error_setg(errp, "Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
>>          return;
>>      }
>> -
>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>> -                                              drv->create_options);
>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
>> -
>> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
>> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>
> qemu_opts_append() dereferences its arguments to compute
>
>     dest->merge_lists = first->merge_lists || second->merge_lists;
>
> However, either of drv->create_opts and proto_drv->create_opts may be
> null, as far as I can see.  If I'm correct, you need a few more test
> cases :)
>
Okay, will check first and second.
> Before: format's options get appended first, then protocol's options.
> Because get_option_parameter() searches in order, format options shadow
> protocol options.
>
> After: append_opts_list() gives first argument's options precedence.
>
> Thus, no change.  Good.
>
> Should bdrv_create_options option name clashes be avoided?  Beyond the
> scope of this patch.
>
>>      /* Create parameter list with default values */
>> -    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
>> +    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
>
> Before: param empty.
>
> After: opts empty.
>
> Good.
>
>>
>> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
>> +    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
>
> Before: param contains exactly BLOCK_OPT_SIZE = img_size.
>
> After: opts contains exactly BLOCK_OPT_SIZE = img_size.
>
> Both old and new code seem to assume BLOCK_OPT_SIZE is always a valid
> option.  Beyond the scope of this patch.
>
> Good.
>
>>
>>      /* Parse -o options */
>>      if (options) {
>> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
>> -        if (param == NULL) {
>> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
>>              error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>      }
>
> Before: values from -o replace whatever is in param already.
>
> After: values from -o replace whatever is in opts already.
>
> In particular, size from -o replaces img_size before and after.
>
> Did you test it does?
>
>     $ qemu-img create -f raw -o size=1024 t.img 512
>     Formatting 't.img', fmt=raw size=1024
>     $ ls -l t.img
>     -rw-r--r--. 1 armbru armbru 1024 Mar 21 15:12 t.img
>
>>
>>      if (base_filename) {
>> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>>                                   base_filename)) {
>>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>>                         fmt);
>
> Before: base_filename replaces any backing_file from -o in param.
>
> After: base_filename replaces any backing_file from -o in opts.
>
> Did you test it does?
>
Oh, I did not test command line like this, my patch will fail here.
Will fix in next version.

>     $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b t.img -o backing_file=/dev/null t.qcow2
>     Formatting 't.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=1024 backing_file='t.img' encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off
>     $ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
>     file format: qcow2
>     virtual size: 1.0K (1024 bytes)
>     disk size: 196K
>     cluster_size: 65536
>     backing file: t.img
>

I run this command using upstream QEMU code, but failed.
[wdongxu@13@VM:~]$ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
qemu-img: Could not open 't.qcow2image:': No such file or directory

Or did I type something wrong?

>> @@ -4551,39 +4547,37 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>      }
>>
>>      if (base_fmt) {
>> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
>>                               "format '%s'", fmt);
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>      }
>
> Likewise.
>
> Did you test?
>
>     $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b t.img -F file -o backing_file=/dev/null,backing_fmt=host_device t.qcow2
>     Formatting 't.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=1024 backing_file='t.img' backing_fmt='file' encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off
>     $ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
>     file format: qcow2
>     virtual size: 1.0K (1024 bytes)
>     disk size: 196K
>     cluster_size: 65536
>     backing file: t.img
>     backing file format: file
>
>>
>> -    backing_file = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>> -    if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
>> -        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file->value.s)) {
>> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>> +    if (backing_file) {
>> +        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file)) {
>>              error_setg(errp, "Error: Trying to create an image with the "
>>                               "same filename as the backing file");
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>      }
>>
>> -    backing_fmt = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
>> -    if (backing_fmt && backing_fmt->value.s) {
>> -        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt->value.s);
>> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
>> +    if (backing_fmt) {
>> +        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt);
>>          if (!backing_drv) {
>> -            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'",
>> -                       backing_fmt->value.s);
>> +            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'", backing_fmt);
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>      }
>>
>>      // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
>>      // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
>> -    size = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE);
>> -    if (size && size->value.n == -1) {
>> -        if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
>> +    size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
>> +    if (size == -1) {
>> +        if (backing_file) {
>>              uint64_t size;
>> -            char buf[32];
>>              int back_flags;
>>
>>              /* backing files always opened read-only */
>> @@ -4592,17 +4586,16 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>
>>              bs = bdrv_new("");
>>
>> -            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file->value.s, back_flags, backing_drv);
>> +            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file, back_flags, backing_drv);
>>              if (ret < 0) {
>>                  error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not open '%s'",
>> -                                 backing_file->value.s);
>> +                                 backing_file);
>>                  goto out;
>>              }
>>              bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &size);
>>              size *= 512;
>>
>> -            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRId64, size);
>> -            set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, buf);
>> +            qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size);
>
> We get here only when opts doesn't have BLOCK_OPT_SIZE.
>
> Good.
>
>>          } else {
>>              error_setg(errp, "Image creation needs a size parameter");
>>              goto out;
>> @@ -4611,10 +4604,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>
>>      if (!quiet) {
>>          printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s ", filename, fmt);
>> -        print_option_parameters(param);
>> +        qemu_opts_print(opts, NULL);
>>          puts("");
>>      }
>
> Before:
>
> param[] contains all valid options.  If the option in param[i] hasn't
> been set, param[i].value still has the default value defined in the
> .create_options[] where we got this option.
>
> print_option_parameters() iterates over all valid options, and prints
> NAME=VALUE.  Except it prints nothing for an option of type OPT_STRING
> when the value is null.  That's the case when the default is null and
> the option hasn't been set.
>
> After:
>
> opts contains only the options that have been set.  opts->list->desc[]
> contains all valid options (or is empty, which means "accept all", but
> that shouldn't happen here).
>
> qemu_opts_print() in master prints only the options that have been set.
> Differs from print_option_parameters() for unset options.  That's why
> you rewrite qemu_opts_print() in PATCH 1/4.
>
> The rewritten qemu_opts_print() prints all all valid options, except
> unset ones that have a null def_value_str.
>
> Therefore:
>
> * OPT_STRING parameters need to become QEMU_OPT_STRING options, and
>   their default value needs to go both into def_value_str *and* into
>   every caller's handling of qemu_opt_get() returning null.
>
> * OPT_FLAG, OPT_NUMBER, OPT_STRING parameters need to become
>   QEMU_OPT_BOOL, QEMU_OPT_NUMBER, QEMU_OPT_SIZE options, and their
>   default value needs to go both into def_value_str *and* into the last
>   argument of every qemu_opt_bool() getting it.
>
> I hate how the default value needs to go in multiple places now.  More
> on that in my forthcoming review of PATCH 1/4.
>
>> -    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, param);
>> +    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
>>      if (ret < 0) {
>>          if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
>>              error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for "
>> @@ -4629,8 +4622,10 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>      }
>>
>>  out:
>> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
>> -    free_option_parameters(param);
>> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
>> +    if (opts) {
>> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);
>> +    }
>>
>>      if (bs) {
>>          bdrv_delete(bs);
>> diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
>> index 4baf904..135fa33 100644
>> --- a/block/cow.c
>> +++ b/block/cow.c
>> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static void cow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>>  {
>>  }
>>
>> -static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>> +static int cow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>>  {
>>      struct cow_header_v2 cow_header;
>>      struct stat st;
>> @@ -264,17 +264,11 @@ static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>>      int ret;
>>      BlockDriverState *cow_bs;
>>
>> -    /* Read out options */
>> -    while (options && options->name) {
>> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
>> -            image_sectors = options->value.n / 512;
>> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
>> -            image_filename = options->value.s;
>> -        }
>> -        options++;
>> -    }
>> +    /* Read out opts */
>> +    image_sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
>> +    image_filename = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>
> Why _del?
>

Before: after getting one parameter, then option++, so in my patches, I want to
delete the opt after using it. If I did not delete it, some parameters
will be passed
to "protocol", it will go wrong. Do you think it is acceptable?

>>
>> -    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
>> +    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
>>      if (ret < 0) {
>>          return ret;
>>      }
>> @@ -318,18 +312,22 @@ exit:
>>      return ret;
>>  }
>>
>> -static QEMUOptionParameter cow_create_options[] = {
>> -    {
>> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
>> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
>> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
>> -    },
>> -    {
>> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>> -        .type = OPT_STRING,
>> -        .help = "File name of a base image"
>> -    },
>> -    { NULL }
>> +static QemuOptsList cow_create_opts = {
>> +    .name = "cow-create-opts",
>> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cow_create_opts.head),
>> +    .desc = {
>> +        {
>> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
>> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
>> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
>> +        },
>> +        {
>> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
>> +            .help = "File name of a base image"
>> +        },
>> +        { /* end of list */ }
>> +    }
>>  };
>>
>>  static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
>> @@ -345,7 +343,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
>>      .bdrv_write             = cow_co_write,
>>      .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = cow_co_is_allocated,
>>
>> -    .create_options = cow_create_options,
>> +    .bdrv_create_opts       = &cow_create_opts,
>>  };
>>
>>  static void bdrv_cow_init(void)
> [Boatload of drivers snipped; not reviewed in this round]
>> diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
>> index 0f750d7..a477b7a 100644
>> --- a/include/block/block.h
>> +++ b/include/block/block.h
>> @@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename);
>>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
>>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name);
>>  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options);
>> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
>> +    QemuOpts *options);
>> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);
>
> QemuOpts *opts
>

Okay.

>>  BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name);
>>  void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
>>  void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
>> diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
>> index eaad53e..4f942ef 100644
>> --- a/include/block/block_int.h
>> +++ b/include/block/block_int.h
>> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>>                        const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
>>      void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>>      void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>> -    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
>> +    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);
>
> QemuOpts *opts
>
>>      int (*bdrv_set_key)(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *key);
>>      int (*bdrv_make_empty)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>>      /* aio */
>> @@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>>          unsigned long int req, void *buf,
>>          BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
>>
>> -    /* List of options for creating images, terminated by name == NULL */
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
>> -
>> +    QemuOptsList *bdrv_create_opts;
>>
>>      /*
>>       * Returns 0 for completed check, -errno for internal errors.
>> diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
>> index c58db43..0d5fb66 100644
>> --- a/include/qemu/option.h
>> +++ b/include/qemu/option.h
>> @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct QemuOptsList {
>>  };
>>
>>  const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>> +const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>>  /**
>>   * qemu_opt_has_help_opt:
>>   * @opts: options to search for a help request
>> @@ -121,9 +122,13 @@ const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
>>   */
>>  bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts);
>>  bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
>> +bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
>>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
>>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
>> +uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
>> +                               uint64_t defval);
>>  int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
>> +int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
>>  void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>>                        Error **errp);
>>  int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val);
>> @@ -144,7 +149,10 @@ const char *qemu_opts_id(QemuOpts *opts);
>>  void qemu_opts_del(QemuOpts *opts);
>>  void qemu_opts_validate(QemuOpts *opts, const QemuOptDesc *desc, Error **errp);
>>  int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname);
>> -QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params, int permit_abbrev);
>> +int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>> +                               const char *firstname);
>> +QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>> +                          int permit_abbrev);
>>  void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>>                              int permit_abbrev);
>>  QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,
>
> Putting these new qemu_opt_*() functions in their own patch would reduce
> this patch's size a little.
>
>> @@ -156,8 +164,7 @@ int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy);
>>  int qemu_opts_foreach(QemuOptsList *list, qemu_opts_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
>>                        int abort_on_failure);
>>
>> -QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first,
>> -                               QemuOptsList *second);
>> +QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first, QemuOptsList *second);
>>  void qemu_opts_free(QemuOptsList *list);
>>  void qemu_opts_print_help(QemuOptsList *list);
>>  #endif
>> diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
>> index 471de7d..9339957 100644
>> --- a/qemu-img.c
>> +++ b/qemu-img.c
>> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int read_password(char *buf, int buf_size)
>>  static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
>>  {
>>      BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL;
>> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
>>
>>      /* Find driver and parse its options */
>>      drv = bdrv_find_format(fmt);
>> @@ -244,12 +244,10 @@ static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
>>          return 1;
>>      }
>>
>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>> -                                              drv->create_options);
>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
>> -    print_option_help(create_options);
>> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
>> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
>> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>> +    qemu_opts_print_help(create_opts);
>> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
>>      return 0;
>>  }
>>
>
> Must merge options exactly like bdrv_img_create().  It does.  Good.
>
> I suspect the merge code should be factored out.  Beyond the scope of
> this patch.
>
> Running out of steam, review is becoming more superficial and less
> reliable.
>
>> @@ -301,19 +299,19 @@ fail:
>>      return NULL;
>>  }
>>
>> -static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QEMUOptionParameter *list,
>> +static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QemuOpts *list,
>>                                   const char *base_filename,
>>                                   const char *base_fmt)
>>  {
>>      if (base_filename) {
>> -        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
>> +        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
>>              error_report("Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>>                           fmt);
>>              return -1;
>>          }
>>      }
>>      if (base_fmt) {
>> -        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>> +        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
>>              error_report("Backing file format not supported for file "
>>                           "format '%s'", fmt);
>>              return -1;
>
> Looks like this duplicates code in bdrv_img_create().  Cleanup beyond
> the scope of this patch.
>
>> @@ -1120,8 +1118,9 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>>      uint8_t * buf = NULL;
>>      const uint8_t *buf1;
>>      BlockDriverInfo bdi;
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
>> -    QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
>> +    QemuOpts *param = NULL;
>> +    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
>> +    const char *out_baseimg_param;
>>      char *options = NULL;
>>      const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
>>      float local_progress = 0;
>> @@ -1265,40 +1264,36 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>>          goto out;
>>      }
>>
>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>> -                                              drv->create_options);
>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
>> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
>> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>>
>
> More duplicated option merge code.  Cleanup beyond the scope of this
> patch.
>
>>      if (options) {
>> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
>> -        if (param == NULL) {
>> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(param, options, NULL) != 0) {
>>              error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
>>              ret = -1;
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>      } else {
>> -        param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
>> +        param = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
>>      }
>> -
>> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
>> +    qemu_opt_set_number(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
>>      ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, param, out_baseimg, NULL);
>>      if (ret < 0) {
>>          goto out;
>>      }
>>
>>      /* Get backing file name if -o backing_file was used */
>> -    out_baseimg_param = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>> +    out_baseimg_param = qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>>      if (out_baseimg_param) {
>> -        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param->value.s;
>> +        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param;
>>      }
>
> More copy/paste coding.  Cleanup beyond the scope of this patch.
>
>>
>>      /* Check if compression is supported */
>>      if (compress) {
>> -        QEMUOptionParameter *encryption =
>> -            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT);
>> -        QEMUOptionParameter *preallocation =
>> -            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
>> +        bool encryption =
>> +            qemu_opt_get_bool(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, false);
>> +        const char *preallocation =
>> +            qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
>>
>>          if (!drv->bdrv_write_compressed) {
>>              error_report("Compression not supported for this file format");
>> @@ -1306,15 +1301,15 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>
>> -        if (encryption && encryption->value.n) {
>> +        if (encryption) {
>>              error_report("Compression and encryption not supported at "
>>                           "the same time");
>>              ret = -1;
>>              goto out;
>>          }
>>
>> -        if (preallocation && preallocation->value.s
>> -            && strcmp(preallocation->value.s, "off"))
>> +        if (preallocation
>> +            && strcmp(preallocation, "off"))
>>          {
>>              error_report("Compression and preallocation not supported at "
>>                           "the same time");
>> @@ -1532,8 +1527,10 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>>      }
>>  out:
>>      qemu_progress_end();
>> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
>> -    free_option_parameters(param);
>> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
>> +    if (param) {
>> +        qemu_opts_del(param);
>> +    }
>>      qemu_vfree(buf);
>>      if (out_bs) {
>>          bdrv_delete(out_bs);
>> diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
>> index 0e42452..dba82b4 100644
>> --- a/util/qemu-option.c
>> +++ b/util/qemu-option.c
>
> Changes to this file not reviewed in this round.
>
>> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
>>  #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
>>  #include "qemu/option_int.h"
>>
>> +static void qemu_opt_del(QemuOpt *opt);
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * Extracts the name of an option from the parameter string (p points at the
>>   * first byte of the option name)
>> @@ -531,6 +533,16 @@ const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
>>      return opt ? opt->str : NULL;
>>  }
>>
>> +const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
>> +{
>> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
>> +    const char *str = opt ? opt->str : NULL;
>> +    if (opt) {
>> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
>> +    }
>> +    return str;
>> +}
>> +
>>  bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts)
>>  {
>>      QemuOpt *opt;
>> @@ -553,6 +565,22 @@ bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
>>      return opt->value.boolean;
>>  }
>>
>> +bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
>> +{
>> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
>> +    bool ret;
>> +
>> +    if (opt == NULL) {
>> +        return defval;
>> +    }
>> +    ret = opt->value.boolean;
>> +    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_BOOL);
>> +    if (opt) {
>> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
>> +    }
>> +    return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>>  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
>>  {
>>      QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
>> @@ -573,6 +601,23 @@ uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
>>      return opt->value.uint;
>>  }
>>
>> +uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
>> +                               uint64_t defval)
>> +{
>> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
>> +    uint64_t ret;
>> +
>> +    if (opt == NULL) {
>> +        return defval;
>> +    }
>> +    ret = opt->value.uint;
>> +    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_SIZE);
>> +    if (opt) {
>> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
>> +    }
>> +    return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static void qemu_opt_parse(QemuOpt *opt, Error **errp)
>>  {
>>      if (opt->desc == NULL)
>> @@ -624,7 +669,7 @@ static const QemuOptDesc *find_desc_by_name(const QemuOptDesc *desc,
>>  }
>>
>>  static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>> -                    bool prepend, Error **errp)
>> +                    bool prepend, bool replace, Error **errp)
>>  {
>>      QemuOpt *opt;
>>      const QemuOptDesc *desc;
>> @@ -636,6 +681,11 @@ static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>>          return;
>>      }
>>
>> +    opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
>> +    if (replace && opt) {
>> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
>> +    }
>> +
>>      opt = g_malloc0(sizeof(*opt));
>>      opt->name = g_strdup(name);
>>      opt->opts = opts;
>> @@ -658,7 +708,29 @@ int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>>  {
>>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>>
>> -    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, &local_err);
>> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, &local_err);
>> +    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>> +        qerror_report_err(local_err);
>> +        error_free(local_err);
>> +        return -1;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * If name exists, the function will delete the opt first and then add a new
>> + * one.
>> + */
>> +int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>> +{
>> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
>> +    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
>> +
>> +    if (opt) {
>> +        qemu_opt_del(opt);
>> +    }
>> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, true, &local_err);
>>      if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>>          qerror_report_err(local_err);
>>          error_free(local_err);
>> @@ -671,7 +743,7 @@ int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
>>  void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
>>                        Error **errp)
>>  {
>> -    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, errp);
>> +    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, errp);
>>  }
>>
>>  int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val)
>> @@ -895,7 +967,7 @@ int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy)
>>  }
>>
>>  static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>> -                         const char *firstname, bool prepend)
>> +                         const char *firstname, bool prepend, bool replace)
>>  {
>>      char option[128], value[1024];
>>      const char *p,*pe,*pc;
>> @@ -931,7 +1003,7 @@ static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>>          }
>>          if (strcmp(option, "id") != 0) {
>>              /* store and parse */
>> -            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, &local_err);
>> +            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, replace, &local_err);
>>              if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
>>                  qerror_report_err(local_err);
>>                  error_free(local_err);
>> @@ -947,9 +1019,16 @@ static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>>
>>  int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname)
>>  {
>> -    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false);
>> +    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, false);
>> +}
>> +
>> +int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
>> +                               const char *firstname)
>> +{
>> +    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, true);
>>  }
>>
>> +
>>  static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>>                              int permit_abbrev, bool defaults)
>>  {
>> @@ -986,7 +1065,7 @@ static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
>>          return NULL;
>>      }
>>
>> -    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults) != 0) {
>> +    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults, false) != 0) {
>>          qemu_opts_del(opts);
>>          return NULL;
>>      }
>

Really thanks for your reviewing, Markus.
Markus Armbruster April 2, 2013, 4:22 p.m. UTC | #4
Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
>> Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
[...]
>>> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
>>> index 4582961..975c3d8 100644
>>> --- a/block.c
>>> +++ b/block.c
[...]
>>> @@ -4521,28 +4522,23 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
>>>          error_setg(errp, "Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
>>>          return;
>>>      }
>>> -
>>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>>> -                                              drv->create_options);
>>> -    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
>>> -                                              proto_drv->create_options);
>>> -
>>> +    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
>>> +                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
>>
>> qemu_opts_append() dereferences its arguments to compute
>>
>>     dest->merge_lists = first->merge_lists || second->merge_lists;
>>
>> However, either of drv->create_opts and proto_drv->create_opts may be
>> null, as far as I can see.  If I'm correct, you need a few more test
>> cases :)
>>
> Okay, will check first and second.
>> Before: format's options get appended first, then protocol's options.
>> Because get_option_parameter() searches in order, format options shadow
>> protocol options.
>>
>> After: append_opts_list() gives first argument's options precedence.
>>
>> Thus, no change.  Good.
>>
>> Should bdrv_create_options option name clashes be avoided?  Beyond the
>> scope of this patch.
>>
>>>      /* Create parameter list with default values */
>>> -    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
>>> +    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
>>
>> Before: param empty.
>>
>> After: opts empty.
>>
>> Good.
>>
>>>
>>> -    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
>>> +    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
>>
>> Before: param contains exactly BLOCK_OPT_SIZE = img_size.
>>
>> After: opts contains exactly BLOCK_OPT_SIZE = img_size.
>>
>> Both old and new code seem to assume BLOCK_OPT_SIZE is always a valid
>> option.  Beyond the scope of this patch.
>>
>> Good.
>>
>>>
>>>      /* Parse -o options */
>>>      if (options) {
>>> -        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
>>> -        if (param == NULL) {
>>> +        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
>>>              error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
>>>              goto out;
>>>          }
>>>      }
>>
>> Before: values from -o replace whatever is in param already.
>>
>> After: values from -o replace whatever is in opts already.
>>
>> In particular, size from -o replaces img_size before and after.
>>
>> Did you test it does?
>>
>>     $ qemu-img create -f raw -o size=1024 t.img 512
>>     Formatting 't.img', fmt=raw size=1024
>>     $ ls -l t.img
>>     -rw-r--r--. 1 armbru armbru 1024 Mar 21 15:12 t.img
>>
>>>
>>>      if (base_filename) {
>>> -        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>>> +        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
>>>                                   base_filename)) {
>>>              error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
>>>                         fmt);
>>
>> Before: base_filename replaces any backing_file from -o in param.
>>
>> After: base_filename replaces any backing_file from -o in opts.
>>
>> Did you test it does?
>>
> Oh, I did not test command line like this, my patch will fail here.
> Will fix in next version.
>
>>     $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b t.img -o backing_file=/dev/null t.qcow2
>>     Formatting 't.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=1024 backing_file='t.img' encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off
>>     $ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
>>     file format: qcow2
>>     virtual size: 1.0K (1024 bytes)
>>     disk size: 196K
>>     cluster_size: 65536
>>     backing file: t.img
>>
>
> I run this command using upstream QEMU code, but failed.
> [wdongxu@13@VM:~]$ qemu-img info t.qcow2image: t.qcow2
> qemu-img: Could not open 't.qcow2image:': No such file or directory
>
> Or did I type something wrong?

Looks like I pastoed.  Please try "qemu-img info t.qcow2".

[...]
>>> diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
>>> index 4baf904..135fa33 100644
>>> --- a/block/cow.c
>>> +++ b/block/cow.c
>>> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static void cow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
>>>  {
>>>  }
>>>
>>> -static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>>> +static int cow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>>>  {
>>>      struct cow_header_v2 cow_header;
>>>      struct stat st;
>>> @@ -264,17 +264,11 @@ static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>>>      int ret;
>>>      BlockDriverState *cow_bs;
>>>
>>> -    /* Read out options */
>>> -    while (options && options->name) {
>>> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
>>> -            image_sectors = options->value.n / 512;
>>> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
>>> -            image_filename = options->value.s;
>>> -        }
>>> -        options++;
>>> -    }
>>> +    /* Read out opts */
>>> +    image_sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
>>> +    image_filename = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
>>
>> Why _del?
>>
>
> Before: after getting one parameter, then option++, so in my patches, I want to
> delete the opt after using it. If I did not delete it, some parameters
> will be passed
> to "protocol", it will go wrong. Do you think it is acceptable?

I missed the fact that the old code changes its options parameter before
it passes it to bdrv_create_file().  Let's examine how it works.

options is either null an array of QEMUOptionParameter terminated by an
sentinel element with a null name.

The loop steps through options until it hits the sentinel.
Postcondition: !options || !options->name.  In words: either no options,
or an empty array of options.

Then:

>>>
>>> -    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
>>> +    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
>>>      if (ret < 0) {
>>>          return ret;
>>>      }

We pass either no options or an empty array of options to
bdrv_create_file().  I suspect we could just as well pass NULL.

If I'm right, you should pass NULL instead of opts.  No reason to change
opts then.

>>> @@ -318,18 +312,22 @@ exit:
>>>      return ret;
>>>  }

[...]
>
> Really thanks for your reviewing, Markus.

You're welcome!
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 4582961..975c3d8 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name)
 typedef struct CreateCo {
     BlockDriver *drv;
     char *filename;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
     int ret;
 } CreateCo;
 
@@ -366,11 +366,11 @@  static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
     CreateCo *cco = opaque;
     assert(cco->drv);
 
-    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options);
+    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->opts);
 }
 
 int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+    QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int ret;
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
     CreateCo cco = {
         .drv = drv,
         .filename = g_strdup(filename),
-        .options = options,
+        .opts = opts ?: qemu_opts_create_nofail(drv->bdrv_create_opts),
         .ret = NOT_DONE,
     };
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv;
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@  int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         return -ENOENT;
     }
 
-    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, options);
+    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@  int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
         int64_t total_size;
         int is_protocol = 0;
         BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow2;
-        QEMUOptionParameter *options;
+        QemuOpts *opts;
         char backing_filename[PATH_MAX];
 
         /* if snapshot, we create a temporary backing file and open it
@@ -847,17 +847,16 @@  int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags,
             return -errno;
 
         bdrv_qcow2 = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
-        options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow2->create_options, NULL);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow2->bdrv_create_opts);
 
-        set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
-        set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
+        qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
+        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
         if (drv) {
-            set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
-                drv->format_name);
+            qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, drv->format_name);
         }
 
-        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, options);
-        free_option_parameters(options);
+        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, opts);
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
         if (ret < 0) {
             return ret;
         }
@@ -4502,8 +4501,10 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
                      char *options, uint64_t img_size, int flags,
                      Error **errp, bool quiet)
 {
-    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *backing_fmt, *backing_file, *size;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    const char *backing_fmt, *backing_file;
+    int64_t size;
     BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
     BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
     BlockDriver *backing_drv = NULL;
@@ -4521,28 +4522,23 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
         error_setg(errp, "Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
         return;
     }
-
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
-
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
     /* Create parameter list with default values */
-    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
 
-    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
 
     /* Parse -o options */
     if (options) {
-        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
-        if (param == NULL) {
+        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
             error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
     if (base_filename) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
                                  base_filename)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                        fmt);
@@ -4551,39 +4547,37 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     }
 
     if (base_fmt) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
                              "format '%s'", fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backing_file = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
-    if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
-        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file->value.s)) {
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (backing_file) {
+        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Error: Trying to create an image with the "
                              "same filename as the backing file");
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backing_fmt = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
-    if (backing_fmt && backing_fmt->value.s) {
-        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt->value.s);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    if (backing_fmt) {
+        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt);
         if (!backing_drv) {
-            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'",
-                       backing_fmt->value.s);
+            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'", backing_fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
     // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
     // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
-    size = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE);
-    if (size && size->value.n == -1) {
-        if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
+    size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    if (size == -1) {
+        if (backing_file) {
             uint64_t size;
-            char buf[32];
             int back_flags;
 
             /* backing files always opened read-only */
@@ -4592,17 +4586,16 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
 
             bs = bdrv_new("");
 
-            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file->value.s, back_flags, backing_drv);
+            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file, back_flags, backing_drv);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not open '%s'",
-                                 backing_file->value.s);
+                                 backing_file);
                 goto out;
             }
             bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &size);
             size *= 512;
 
-            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRId64, size);
-            set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, buf);
+            qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size);
         } else {
             error_setg(errp, "Image creation needs a size parameter");
             goto out;
@@ -4611,10 +4604,10 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
 
     if (!quiet) {
         printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s ", filename, fmt);
-        print_option_parameters(param);
+        qemu_opts_print(opts, NULL);
         puts("");
     }
-    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, param);
+    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
             error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for "
@@ -4629,8 +4622,10 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     }
 
 out:
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(param);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
+    if (opts) {
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    }
 
     if (bs) {
         bdrv_delete(bs);
diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
index 4baf904..135fa33 100644
--- a/block/cow.c
+++ b/block/cow.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@  static void cow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
 }
 
-static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int cow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     struct cow_header_v2 cow_header;
     struct stat st;
@@ -264,17 +264,11 @@  static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     int ret;
     BlockDriverState *cow_bs;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            image_sectors = options->value.n / 512;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            image_filename = options->value.s;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    /* Read out opts */
+    image_sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
+    image_filename = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -318,18 +312,22 @@  exit:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter cow_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList cow_create_opts = {
+    .name = "cow-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cow_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
@@ -345,7 +343,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
     .bdrv_write             = cow_co_write,
     .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = cow_co_is_allocated,
 
-    .create_options = cow_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts       = &cow_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_cow_init(void)
diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index ccd684d..a219201 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
-        QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     struct glfs *glfs;
     struct glfs_fd *fd;
@@ -350,12 +349,8 @@  static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
     fd = glfs_creat(glfs, gconf->image,
         O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
@@ -544,13 +539,17 @@  static void qemu_gluster_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     glfs_fini(s->glfs);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_gluster_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList qemu_gluster_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qemu-gluster-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_gluster_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
@@ -565,7 +564,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
@@ -580,7 +579,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
@@ -595,7 +594,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_gluster_init(void)
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index deb3b68..def377a 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -789,9 +789,7 @@  static char *parse_initiator_name(const char *target)
         if (!opts) {
             opts = QTAILQ_FIRST(&list->head);
         }
-        if (opts) {
-            name = qemu_opt_get(opts, "initiator-name");
-        }
+        name = qemu_opt_get(opts, "initiator-name");
     }
 
     if (name) {
@@ -1073,7 +1071,7 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter iscsi_create_options[] = {
+static QEMUOptionParameter iscsi_create_opts[] = {
     {
         .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
         .type = OPT_SIZE,
@@ -1090,7 +1088,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_iscsi = {
     .bdrv_file_open  = iscsi_open,
     .bdrv_close      = iscsi_close,
     .bdrv_create     = iscsi_create,
-    .create_options  = iscsi_create_options,
+    .create_opts     = iscsi_create_opts,
 
     .bdrv_getlength  = iscsi_getlength,
 
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index a7135ee..f0c4c38 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@  static void qcow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     error_free(s->migration_blocker);
 }
 
-static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int header_size, backing_filename_len, l1_size, shift, i;
     QCowHeader header;
@@ -662,19 +662,14 @@  static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     int ret;
     BlockDriverState *qcow_bs;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
-        }
-        options++;
+    /* Read out opts */
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -851,24 +846,28 @@  static int qcow_get_info(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverInfo *bdi)
     return 0;
 }
 
-
-static QEMUOptionParameter qcow_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Encrypt the image"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList qcow_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qcow-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qcow_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Encrypt the image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
@@ -889,7 +888,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
     .bdrv_write_compressed  = qcow_write_compressed,
     .bdrv_get_info          = qcow_get_info,
 
-    .create_options = qcow_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts       = &qcow_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_qcow_init(void)
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 7610e56..83288a8 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@  static int preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs)
 static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
                          const char *backing_file, const char *backing_format,
                          int flags, size_t cluster_size, int prealloc,
-                         QEMUOptionParameter *options, int version)
+                         QemuOpts *opts, int version)
 {
     /* Calculate cluster_bits */
     int cluster_bits;
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@  static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
     uint8_t* refcount_table;
     int ret;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     const char *backing_file = NULL;
     const char *backing_fmt = NULL;
@@ -1320,45 +1320,41 @@  static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     size_t cluster_size = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
     int prealloc = 0;
     int version = 2;
+    const char *buf;
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            sectors = options->value.n / 512;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT)) {
-            backing_fmt = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                cluster_size = options->value.n;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC)) {
-            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "off")) {
-                prealloc = 0;
-            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "metadata")) {
-                prealloc = 1;
-            } else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'\n",
-                    options->value.s);
-                return -EINVAL;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL)) {
-            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "0.10")) {
-                version = 2;
-            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "1.1")) {
-                version = 3;
-            } else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid compatibility level: '%s'\n",
-                    options->value.s);
-                return -EINVAL;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS : 0;
-        }
-        options++;
+    sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT;
+    }
+    cluster_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+                                         DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
+    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "off")) {
+        prealloc = 0;
+    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "metadata")) {
+        prealloc = 1;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'\n",
+            buf);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL);
+    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "0.10")) {
+        version = 2;
+    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "1.1")) {
+        version = 3;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid compatibility level: '%s'\n",
+            buf);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS;
     }
 
     if (backing_file && prealloc) {
@@ -1374,7 +1370,7 @@  static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
 
     return qcow2_create2(filename, sectors, backing_file, backing_fmt, flags,
-                         cluster_size, prealloc, options, version);
+                         cluster_size, prealloc, opts, version);
 }
 
 static int qcow2_make_empty(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -1635,49 +1631,55 @@  static int qcow2_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *buf,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qcow2_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Image format of the base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Encrypt the image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "qcow2 cluster size",
-        .value = { .n = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata)"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Postpone refcount updates",
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList qcow2_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qcow2-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qcow2_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Image format of the base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Encrypt the image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "qcow2 cluster size",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE)
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata)"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Postpone refcount updates",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
@@ -1715,8 +1717,9 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
 
     .bdrv_invalidate_cache      = qcow2_invalidate_cache,
 
-    .create_options = qcow2_create_options,
     .bdrv_check = qcow2_check,
+
+    .bdrv_create_opts     = &qcow2_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_qcow2_init(void)
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index b8515e5..6032ea6 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     uint64_t image_size = 0;
     uint32_t cluster_size = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
@@ -611,24 +611,14 @@  static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     const char *backing_file = NULL;
     const char *backing_fmt = NULL;
 
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            image_size = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT)) {
-            backing_fmt = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                cluster_size = options->value.n;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                table_size = options->value.n;
-            }
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    image_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    cluster_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,
+                                         BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+                                         QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
+    table_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
+                                       QED_DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE);
 
     if (!qed_is_cluster_size_valid(cluster_size)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "QED cluster size must be within range [%u, %u] and power of 2\n",
@@ -1537,36 +1527,44 @@  static int bdrv_qed_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *result,
     return qed_check(s, result, !!fix);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qed_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size (in bytes)"
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Image format of the base image"
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Cluster size (in bytes)",
-        .value = { .n = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "L1/L2 table size (in clusters)"
-    },
-    { /* end of list */ }
+static QemuOptsList qed_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qed-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qed_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Image format of the base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Cluster size (in bytes)",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE),
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "L1/L2 table size (in clusters)"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_qed = {
     .format_name              = "qed",
     .instance_size            = sizeof(BDRVQEDState),
-    .create_options           = qed_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts         = &qed_create_opts,
 
     .bdrv_probe               = bdrv_qed_probe,
     .bdrv_rebind              = bdrv_qed_rebind,
diff --git a/block/qed.h b/block/qed.h
index 2b4dded..99a7726 100644
--- a/block/qed.h
+++ b/block/qed.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ 
  *
  * All fields are little-endian on disk.
  */
+#define  QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE  65536
 
 enum {
     QED_MAGIC = 'Q' | 'E' << 8 | 'D' << 16 | '\0' << 24,
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@  enum {
      */
     QED_MIN_CLUSTER_SIZE = 4 * 1024, /* in bytes */
     QED_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
-    QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024,
 
     /* Allocated clusters are tracked using a 2-level pagetable.  Table size is
      * a multiple of clusters so large maximum image sizes can be supported
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index 4dfdf98..18e965f 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -123,6 +123,19 @@ 
 
 #define MAX_BLOCKSIZE	4096
 
+static QemuOptsList file_proto_create_opts = {
+    .name = "file-proto-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(file_proto_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
+};
+
 typedef struct BDRVRawState {
     int fd;
     int type;
@@ -1006,19 +1019,14 @@  static int64_t raw_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return (int64_t)st.st_blocks * 512;
 }
 
-static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int result = 0;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
                    0644);
@@ -1145,15 +1153,6 @@  static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
                        cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
-};
-
 static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .format_name = "file",
     .protocol_name = "file",
@@ -1176,8 +1175,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_getlength = raw_getlength,
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
                         = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
-
-    .create_options = raw_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 };
 
 /***********************************************/
@@ -1459,20 +1457,15 @@  static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *hdev_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
                        cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD|QEMU_AIO_BLKDEV);
 }
 
-static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int ret = 0;
     struct stat stat_buf;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, "size")) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY);
     if (fd < 0)
@@ -1496,7 +1489,7 @@  static int hdev_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .format_name        = "host_device",
-    .protocol_name        = "host_device",
+    .protocol_name      = "host_device",
     .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRawState),
     .bdrv_probe_device  = hdev_probe_device,
     .bdrv_file_open     = hdev_open,
@@ -1505,7 +1498,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv	= raw_aio_readv,
@@ -1514,9 +1506,10 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .bdrv_aio_discard   = hdev_aio_discard,
 
     .bdrv_truncate      = raw_truncate,
-    .bdrv_getlength	= raw_getlength,
+    .bdrv_getlength     = raw_getlength,
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
                         = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 
     /* generic scsi device */
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -1630,7 +1623,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
@@ -1646,6 +1638,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
     .bdrv_is_inserted   = floppy_is_inserted,
     .bdrv_media_changed = floppy_media_changed,
     .bdrv_eject         = floppy_eject,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 };
 
 static int cdrom_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, int flags)
@@ -1732,7 +1725,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
@@ -1752,6 +1744,8 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     /* generic scsi device */
     .bdrv_ioctl         = hdev_ioctl,
     .bdrv_aio_ioctl     = hdev_aio_ioctl,
+
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 };
 #endif /* __linux__ */
 
@@ -1854,7 +1848,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index b89ac19..d000f88 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -382,18 +382,15 @@  static int64_t raw_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return st.st_size;
 }
 
-static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
                    0644);
@@ -405,13 +402,17 @@  static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
+    .name = "raw-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(raw_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
                         = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
 
-    .create_options = raw_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &raw_create_opts,
 };
 
 /***********************************************/
diff --git a/block/raw.c b/block/raw.c
index 75812db..8cb26c2 100644
--- a/block/raw.c
+++ b/block/raw.c
@@ -95,18 +95,22 @@  static BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs,
    return bdrv_aio_ioctl(bs->file, req, buf, cb, opaque);
 }
 
-static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
-{
-    return bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
-}
-
-static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
+{
+    return bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
+}
+
+static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
+    .name = "raw-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(raw_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static int raw_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -143,8 +147,8 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
     .bdrv_aio_ioctl     = raw_aio_ioctl,
 
     .bdrv_create        = raw_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = raw_has_zero_init,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &raw_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_raw_init(void)
diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 8cd10a7..2b56ed7 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@  static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int64_t bytes = 0;
     int64_t objsize;
@@ -310,24 +310,18 @@  static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            bytes = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                objsize = options->value.n;
-                if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
-                    error_report("obj size needs to be power of 2");
-                    return -EINVAL;
-                }
-                if (objsize < 4096) {
-                    error_report("obj size too small");
-                    return -EINVAL;
-                }
-                obj_order = ffs(objsize) - 1;
-            }
+    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    objsize = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0);
+    if (objsize) {
+        if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
+            error_report("obj size needs to be power of 2");
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+        if (objsize < 4096) {
+            error_report("obj size too small");
+            return -EINVAL;
         }
-        options++;
+        obj_order = ffs(objsize) - 1;
     }
 
     clientname = qemu_rbd_parse_clientname(conf, clientname_buf);
@@ -920,20 +914,24 @@  static BlockDriverAIOCB* qemu_rbd_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
 }
 #endif
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_rbd_create_options[] = {
-    {
-     .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-     .type = OPT_SIZE,
-     .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-     .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-     .type = OPT_SIZE,
-     .help = "RBD object size"
-    },
-    {NULL}
+static QemuOptsList rbd_create_opts = {
+    .name = "rbd-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rbd_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "RBD object size",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(0),
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
-
 static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
     .format_name        = "rbd",
     .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRBDState),
@@ -941,7 +939,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
     .bdrv_close         = qemu_rbd_close,
     .bdrv_create        = qemu_rbd_create,
     .bdrv_get_info      = qemu_rbd_getinfo,
-    .create_options     = qemu_rbd_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &rbd_create_opts,
     .bdrv_getlength     = qemu_rbd_getlength,
     .bdrv_truncate      = qemu_rbd_truncate,
     .protocol_name      = "rbd",
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index d466b23..56397cc 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -1274,12 +1274,12 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int sd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     uint32_t vid = 0, base_vid = 0;
     int64_t vdi_size = 0;
-    char *backing_file = NULL;
+    const char *backing_file = NULL, *buf = NULL;
     BDRVSheepdogState *s;
     char vdi[SD_MAX_VDI_LEN], tag[SD_MAX_VDI_TAG_LEN];
     uint32_t snapid;
@@ -1298,26 +1298,18 @@  static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            vdi_size = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC)) {
-            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "off")) {
-                prealloc = false;
-            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "full")) {
-                prealloc = true;
-            } else {
-                error_report("Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'",
-                             options->value.s);
-                ret = -EINVAL;
-                goto out;
-            }
-        }
-        options++;
+    vdi_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "off")) {
+        prealloc = false;
+    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "full")) {
+        prealloc = true;
+    } else {
+        error_report("Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'", buf);
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
     }
-
     if (vdi_size > SD_MAX_VDI_SIZE) {
         error_report("too big image size");
         ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -2043,24 +2035,27 @@  static int sd_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *data,
     return do_load_save_vmstate(s, data, pos, size, 1);
 }
 
-
-static QEMUOptionParameter sd_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList sd_create_opts = {
+    .name = "sheepdog-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(sd_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
@@ -2085,7 +2080,7 @@  BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
     .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
     .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
 
-    .create_options = sd_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &sd_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_sheepdog_init(void)
diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index 87c691b..48b1bec 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@  static int vdi_co_write(BlockDriverState *bs,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int result = 0;
@@ -648,25 +648,18 @@  static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     logout("\n");
 
     /* Read out options. */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            bytes = options->value.n;
+    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
-                block_size = options->value.n;
-            }
+        /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
+    block_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,
+                                       BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+                                       DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_STATIC_IMAGE)
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_STATIC)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                image_type = VDI_TYPE_STATIC;
-            }
-#endif
-        }
-        options++;
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_STATIC, 0)) {
+        image_type = VDI_TYPE_STATIC;
     }
+#endif
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename,
                    O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
@@ -746,29 +739,34 @@  static void vdi_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     error_free(s->migration_blocker);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter vdi_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
+static QemuOptsList vdi_create_opts = {
+    .name = "vdi-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vdi_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "VDI cluster (block) size",
-        .value = { .n = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
-    },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "VDI cluster (block) size",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE)
+        },
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_STATIC_IMAGE)
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_STATIC,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "VDI static (pre-allocated) image"
-    },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_STATIC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "VDI static (pre-allocated) image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
 #endif
-    /* TODO: An additional option to set UUID values might be useful. */
-    { NULL }
+        /* TODO: An additional option to set UUID values might be useful. */
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_vdi = {
@@ -789,7 +787,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_vdi = {
 
     .bdrv_get_info = vdi_get_info,
 
-    .create_options = vdi_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &vdi_create_opts,
     .bdrv_check = vdi_check,
 };
 
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index aef1abc..5428b1a 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@  static int relative_path(char *dest, int dest_size,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd, idx = 0;
     char desc[BUF_SIZE];
@@ -1470,21 +1470,14 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     if (filename_decompose(filename, path, prefix, postfix, PATH_MAX)) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE)) {
-            adapter_type = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6 : 0;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT)) {
-            fmt = options->value.s;
-        }
-        options++;
+    /* Read out opts */
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    adapter_type = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE);
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6;
     }
+    fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
     if (!adapter_type) {
         adapter_type = "ide";
     } else if (strcmp(adapter_type, "ide") &&
@@ -1665,36 +1658,41 @@  static int64_t vmdk_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter vmdk_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Virtual adapter type, can be one of "
-                "ide (default), lsilogic, buslogic or legacyESX"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "VMDK version 6 image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help =
-            "VMDK flat extent format, can be one of "
-            "{monolithicSparse (default) | monolithicFlat | twoGbMaxExtentSparse | twoGbMaxExtentFlat | streamOptimized} "
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList vmdk_create_opts = {
+    .name = "vmdk-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vmdk_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE,
+            .type = OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Virtual adapter type, can be one of "
+                    "ide (default), lsilogic, buslogic or legacyESX"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "VMDK version 6 image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help =
+                "VMDK flat extent format, can be one of "
+                "{monolithicSparse (default) | monolithicFlat | twoGbMaxExtentSparse | twoGbMaxExtentFlat | streamOptimized} "
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
@@ -1711,7 +1709,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
     .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = vmdk_co_is_allocated,
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size  = vmdk_get_allocated_file_size,
 
-    .create_options = vmdk_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &vmdk_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_vmdk_init(void)
diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
index 82229ef..e8c439f 100644
--- a/block/vpc.c
+++ b/block/vpc.c
@@ -683,34 +683,31 @@  static int create_fixed_disk(int fd, uint8_t *buf, int64_t total_size)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     uint8_t buf[1024];
     struct vhd_footer *footer = (struct vhd_footer *) buf;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *disk_type_param;
+    const char *disk_type_param = NULL;
     int fd, i;
     uint16_t cyls = 0;
     uint8_t heads = 0;
     uint8_t secs_per_cyl = 0;
     int64_t total_sectors;
-    int64_t total_size;
-    int disk_type;
+    int64_t total_size = 0;
+    int disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
     int ret = -EIO;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    total_size = get_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)->value.n;
-
-    disk_type_param = get_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
-    if (disk_type_param && disk_type_param->value.s) {
-        if (!strcmp(disk_type_param->value.s, "dynamic")) {
+    /* Read out opts */
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    disk_type_param = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
+    if (disk_type_param) {
+        if (!strcmp(disk_type_param, "dynamic")) {
             disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
-        } else if (!strcmp(disk_type_param->value.s, "fixed")) {
+        } else if (!strcmp(disk_type_param, "fixed")) {
             disk_type = VHD_FIXED;
         } else {
             return -EINVAL;
         }
-    } else {
-        disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
     }
 
     /* Create the file */
@@ -798,20 +795,24 @@  static void vpc_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     error_free(s->migration_blocker);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter vpc_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help =
-            "Type of virtual hard disk format. Supported formats are "
-            "{dynamic (default) | fixed} "
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList vpc_create_opts = {
+    .name = "vpc-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vpc_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
+            .type = OPT_STRING,
+            .help =
+                "Type of virtual hard disk format. Supported formats are "
+                "{dynamic (default) | fixed} "
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
@@ -827,7 +828,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
     .bdrv_read              = vpc_co_read,
     .bdrv_write             = vpc_co_write,
 
-    .create_options = vpc_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &vpc_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_vpc_init(void)
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 06e6654..26ebe7c 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@  static BlockDriver vvfat_write_target = {
 static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
 {
     BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
     int ret;
     int size = sector2cluster(s, s->sector_count);
     s->used_clusters = calloc(size, 1);
@@ -2818,12 +2818,13 @@  static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
     }
 
     bdrv_qcow = bdrv_find_format("qcow");
-    options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow->create_options, NULL);
-    set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
-    set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
+    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow->bdrv_create_opts);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
 
-    if (bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, options) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, opts) < 0) {
 	return -1;
+    }
 
     s->qcow = bdrv_new("");
     if (s->qcow == NULL) {
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 0f750d7..a477b7a 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name);
 int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options);
-int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
+    QemuOpts *options);
+int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name);
 void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index eaad53e..4f942ef 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@  struct BlockDriver {
                       const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
     void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
     void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
-    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
+    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *options);
     int (*bdrv_set_key)(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *key);
     int (*bdrv_make_empty)(BlockDriverState *bs);
     /* aio */
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@  struct BlockDriver {
         unsigned long int req, void *buf,
         BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
 
-    /* List of options for creating images, terminated by name == NULL */
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
-
+    QemuOptsList *bdrv_create_opts;
 
     /*
      * Returns 0 for completed check, -errno for internal errors.
diff --git a/include/qemu/option.h b/include/qemu/option.h
index c58db43..0d5fb66 100644
--- a/include/qemu/option.h
+++ b/include/qemu/option.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@  struct QemuOptsList {
 };
 
 const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
+const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
 /**
  * qemu_opt_has_help_opt:
  * @opts: options to search for a help request
@@ -121,9 +122,13 @@  const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name);
  */
 bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts);
 bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
+bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval);
 uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
 uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval);
+uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
+                               uint64_t defval);
 int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
+int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value);
 void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
                       Error **errp);
 int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val);
@@ -144,7 +149,10 @@  const char *qemu_opts_id(QemuOpts *opts);
 void qemu_opts_del(QemuOpts *opts);
 void qemu_opts_validate(QemuOpts *opts, const QemuOptDesc *desc, Error **errp);
 int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname);
-QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params, int permit_abbrev);
+int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
+                               const char *firstname);
+QemuOpts *qemu_opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
+                          int permit_abbrev);
 void qemu_opts_set_defaults(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
                             int permit_abbrev);
 QemuOpts *qemu_opts_from_qdict(QemuOptsList *list, const QDict *qdict,
@@ -156,8 +164,7 @@  int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy);
 int qemu_opts_foreach(QemuOptsList *list, qemu_opts_loopfunc func, void *opaque,
                       int abort_on_failure);
 
-QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first,
-                               QemuOptsList *second);
+QemuOptsList *qemu_opts_append(QemuOptsList *first, QemuOptsList *second);
 void qemu_opts_free(QemuOptsList *list);
 void qemu_opts_print_help(QemuOptsList *list);
 #endif
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 471de7d..9339957 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@  static int read_password(char *buf, int buf_size)
 static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
 
     /* Find driver and parse its options */
     drv = bdrv_find_format(fmt);
@@ -244,12 +244,10 @@  static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
-    print_option_help(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
+    qemu_opts_print_help(create_opts);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -301,19 +299,19 @@  fail:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QEMUOptionParameter *list,
+static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QemuOpts *list,
                                  const char *base_filename,
                                  const char *base_fmt)
 {
     if (base_filename) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
             error_report("Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                          fmt);
             return -1;
         }
     }
     if (base_fmt) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
             error_report("Backing file format not supported for file "
                          "format '%s'", fmt);
             return -1;
@@ -1120,8 +1118,9 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
     uint8_t * buf = NULL;
     const uint8_t *buf1;
     BlockDriverInfo bdi;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
+    QemuOpts *param = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    const char *out_baseimg_param;
     char *options = NULL;
     const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
     float local_progress = 0;
@@ -1265,40 +1264,36 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
 
     if (options) {
-        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
-        if (param == NULL) {
+        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(param, options, NULL) != 0) {
             error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
             ret = -1;
             goto out;
         }
     } else {
-        param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
+        param = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
     }
-
-    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
     ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, param, out_baseimg, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
     }
 
     /* Get backing file name if -o backing_file was used */
-    out_baseimg_param = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    out_baseimg_param = qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
     if (out_baseimg_param) {
-        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param->value.s;
+        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param;
     }
 
     /* Check if compression is supported */
     if (compress) {
-        QEMUOptionParameter *encryption =
-            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT);
-        QEMUOptionParameter *preallocation =
-            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+        bool encryption =
+            qemu_opt_get_bool(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, false);
+        const char *preallocation =
+            qemu_opt_get(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
 
         if (!drv->bdrv_write_compressed) {
             error_report("Compression not supported for this file format");
@@ -1306,15 +1301,15 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
             goto out;
         }
 
-        if (encryption && encryption->value.n) {
+        if (encryption) {
             error_report("Compression and encryption not supported at "
                          "the same time");
             ret = -1;
             goto out;
         }
 
-        if (preallocation && preallocation->value.s
-            && strcmp(preallocation->value.s, "off"))
+        if (preallocation
+            && strcmp(preallocation, "off"))
         {
             error_report("Compression and preallocation not supported at "
                          "the same time");
@@ -1532,8 +1527,10 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 out:
     qemu_progress_end();
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(param);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
+    if (param) {
+        qemu_opts_del(param);
+    }
     qemu_vfree(buf);
     if (out_bs) {
         bdrv_delete(out_bs);
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 0e42452..dba82b4 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ 
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qemu/option_int.h"
 
+static void qemu_opt_del(QemuOpt *opt);
+
 /*
  * Extracts the name of an option from the parameter string (p points at the
  * first byte of the option name)
@@ -531,6 +533,16 @@  const char *qemu_opt_get(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
     return opt ? opt->str : NULL;
 }
 
+const char *qemu_opt_get_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name)
+{
+    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
+    const char *str = opt ? opt->str : NULL;
+    if (opt) {
+        qemu_opt_del(opt);
+    }
+    return str;
+}
+
 bool qemu_opt_has_help_opt(QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     QemuOpt *opt;
@@ -553,6 +565,22 @@  bool qemu_opt_get_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
     return opt->value.boolean;
 }
 
+bool qemu_opt_get_bool_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool defval)
+{
+    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
+    bool ret;
+
+    if (opt == NULL) {
+        return defval;
+    }
+    ret = opt->value.boolean;
+    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_BOOL);
+    if (opt) {
+        qemu_opt_del(opt);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 uint64_t qemu_opt_get_number(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
 {
     QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
@@ -573,6 +601,23 @@  uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, uint64_t defval)
     return opt->value.uint;
 }
 
+uint64_t qemu_opt_get_size_del(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name,
+                               uint64_t defval)
+{
+    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
+    uint64_t ret;
+
+    if (opt == NULL) {
+        return defval;
+    }
+    ret = opt->value.uint;
+    assert(opt->desc && opt->desc->type == QEMU_OPT_SIZE);
+    if (opt) {
+        qemu_opt_del(opt);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static void qemu_opt_parse(QemuOpt *opt, Error **errp)
 {
     if (opt->desc == NULL)
@@ -624,7 +669,7 @@  static const QemuOptDesc *find_desc_by_name(const QemuOptDesc *desc,
 }
 
 static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
-                    bool prepend, Error **errp)
+                    bool prepend, bool replace, Error **errp)
 {
     QemuOpt *opt;
     const QemuOptDesc *desc;
@@ -636,6 +681,11 @@  static void opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
         return;
     }
 
+    opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
+    if (replace && opt) {
+        qemu_opt_del(opt);
+    }
+
     opt = g_malloc0(sizeof(*opt));
     opt->name = g_strdup(name);
     opt->opts = opts;
@@ -658,7 +708,29 @@  int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, &local_err);
+    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, &local_err);
+    if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
+        qerror_report_err(local_err);
+        error_free(local_err);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If name exists, the function will delete the opt first and then add a new
+ * one.
+ */
+int qemu_opt_replace_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    QemuOpt *opt = qemu_opt_find(opts, name);
+
+    if (opt) {
+        qemu_opt_del(opt);
+    }
+    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, true, &local_err);
     if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
         qerror_report_err(local_err);
         error_free(local_err);
@@ -671,7 +743,7 @@  int qemu_opt_set(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value)
 void qemu_opt_set_err(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, const char *value,
                       Error **errp)
 {
-    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, errp);
+    opt_set(opts, name, value, false, false, errp);
 }
 
 int qemu_opt_set_bool(QemuOpts *opts, const char *name, bool val)
@@ -895,7 +967,7 @@  int qemu_opts_print(QemuOpts *opts, void *dummy)
 }
 
 static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
-                         const char *firstname, bool prepend)
+                         const char *firstname, bool prepend, bool replace)
 {
     char option[128], value[1024];
     const char *p,*pe,*pc;
@@ -931,7 +1003,7 @@  static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
         }
         if (strcmp(option, "id") != 0) {
             /* store and parse */
-            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, &local_err);
+            opt_set(opts, option, value, prepend, replace, &local_err);
             if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
                 qerror_report_err(local_err);
                 error_free(local_err);
@@ -947,9 +1019,16 @@  static int opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
 
 int qemu_opts_do_parse(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params, const char *firstname)
 {
-    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false);
+    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, false);
+}
+
+int qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(QemuOpts *opts, const char *params,
+                               const char *firstname)
+{
+    return opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, false, true);
 }
 
+
 static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
                             int permit_abbrev, bool defaults)
 {
@@ -986,7 +1065,7 @@  static QemuOpts *opts_parse(QemuOptsList *list, const char *params,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults) != 0) {
+    if (opts_do_parse(opts, params, firstname, defaults, false) != 0) {
         qemu_opts_del(opts);
         return NULL;
     }