| Message ID | 20171120141141.24626-2-kwolf@redhat.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Fix 'qemu-img info' on mirror target | expand |
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c index 6c8ef98dfa..68b724206d 100644 --- a/block.c +++ b/block.c @@ -2579,7 +2579,10 @@ static BlockDriverState *bdrv_open_inherit(const char *filename, goto fail; } if (file_bs != NULL) { - file = blk_new(BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ, BLK_PERM_ALL); + /* Not requesting BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ because we're only + * looking at the header to guess the image format. This works even + * in cases where a guest would not see a consistent state. */ + file = blk_new(0, BLK_PERM_ALL); blk_insert_bs(file, file_bs, &local_err); bdrv_unref(file_bs); if (local_err) {
For format probing, we don't really care whether all of the image content is consistent. The only thing we're looking at is the image header, and specifically the magic numbers that are expected to never change, no matter how inconsistent the guest visible disk content is. Therefore, don't request BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ. This allows to use format probing, e.g. in the context of 'qemu-img info', even while the guest visible data in the image is inconsistent during a running block job. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> --- block.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)