@@ -1199,12 +1199,34 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
/* If there is a backing file, use it */
if ((flags & BDRV_O_NO_BACKING) == 0) {
QDict *backing_options;
+ const char *backing_name;
+ BlockDriverState *backing_hd;
+ backing_name = qdict_get_try_str(options, "backing");
qdict_extract_subqdict(options, &backing_options, "backing.");
- ret = bdrv_open_backing_file(bs, backing_options, &local_err);
- if (ret < 0) {
+
+ if (backing_name && qdict_size(backing_options)) {
+ error_setg(&local_err,
+ "Option \"backing\" and \"backing.*\" cannot be "
+ "used together");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
goto close_and_fail;
}
+ if (backing_name) {
+ backing_hd = bdrv_find(backing_name);
+ if (!backing_hd) {
+ error_set(&local_err, QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, backing_name);
+ ret = -ENOENT;
+ goto close_and_fail;
+ }
+ qdict_del(options, "backing");
+ bdrv_set_backing_hd(bs, backing_hd);
+ } else {
+ ret = bdrv_open_backing_file(bs, backing_options, &local_err);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ goto close_and_fail;
+ }
+ }
}
/* Check if any unknown options were used */
Now it's safe to allow reference for backing_hd in the interface. Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com> --- block.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)