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[v3,3/4] block: Allow JSON filenames

Message ID 1399572762-13990-4-git-send-email-mreitz@redhat.com
State New
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Commit Message

Max Reitz May 8, 2014, 6:12 p.m. UTC
If the filename given to bdrv_open() is prefixed with "json:", parse the
rest as a JSON object and merge the result into the options QDict. If
there are conflicts, report one of them to the user and abort.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 block.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)

Comments

Eric Blake May 13, 2014, 10:12 p.m. UTC | #1
On 05/08/2014 12:12 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> If the filename given to bdrv_open() is prefixed with "json:", parse the
> rest as a JSON object and merge the result into the options QDict. If
> there are conflicts, report one of them to the user and abort.

Commit message is stale compared to change in the code.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
> ---
>  block.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)

Code is find, though, so:

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>


> +
> +        /* Options given in the filename have lower priority than options
> +         * specified directly */
> +        qdict_join(options, json_options, false);
> +        QDECREF(json_options);
> +        filename = NULL;
> +    }
> +
>      bs->options = options;
>      options = qdict_clone_shallow(options);
>  
>
Kevin Wolf May 14, 2014, 10:52 a.m. UTC | #2
Am 14.05.2014 um 00:12 hat Eric Blake geschrieben:
> On 05/08/2014 12:12 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> > If the filename given to bdrv_open() is prefixed with "json:", parse the
> > rest as a JSON object and merge the result into the options QDict. If
> > there are conflicts, report one of them to the user and abort.
> 
> Commit message is stale compared to change in the code.

Changed the last sentence as follows:

"If there are conflicts, the options QDict takes precedence."

Kevin
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diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index b749d31..6ac0f84 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1275,6 +1275,33 @@  out:
     g_free(tmp_filename);
 }
 
+static QDict *parse_json_filename(const char *filename, Error **errp)
+{
+    QObject *options_obj;
+    QDict *options;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = strstart(filename, "json:", &filename);
+    assert(ret);
+
+    options_obj = qobject_from_json(filename);
+    if (!options_obj) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Could not parse the JSON options");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (qobject_type(options_obj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
+        qobject_decref(options_obj);
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid JSON object given");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    options = qobject_to_qdict(options_obj);
+    qdict_flatten(options);
+
+    return options;
+}
+
 /*
  * Opens a disk image (raw, qcow2, vmdk, ...)
  *
@@ -1337,6 +1364,20 @@  int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState **pbs, const char *filename,
         options = qdict_new();
     }
 
+    if (filename && g_str_has_prefix(filename, "json:")) {
+        QDict *json_options = parse_json_filename(filename, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        /* Options given in the filename have lower priority than options
+         * specified directly */
+        qdict_join(options, json_options, false);
+        QDECREF(json_options);
+        filename = NULL;
+    }
+
     bs->options = options;
     options = qdict_clone_shallow(options);