From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: qemu-block@nongnu.org, "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>,
Andrey Drobyshev <andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com>,
Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com>,
qemu-stable@nongnu.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/5] qcow2: do not clear the dirty bit when reopening a read-only node
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:37:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824133729.1141990-2-den@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824133729.1141990-1-den@openvz.org>
From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
qcow2_reopen_prepare() clears the dirty bit whenever the node is
reopened read-only, with an unguarded header write. A read-only node
can still be dirty, inherited from an earlier writable session, and it
holds no BLK_PERM_WRITE to resolve that. A read-only to read-only
reopen of a dirty image therefore fails outright:
$ qemu-io -r -f qcow2 dirty.qcow2 <<< $'reopen -r\nquit'
qemu-io: failed while preparing to reopen image 'dirty.qcow2'
Where the file node below is writable the write is not refused early,
and bdrv_co_write_req_prepare() aborts on its BLK_PERM_WRITE assertion
instead.
Clear it only for a node that is writable now, the predicate
qcow2_do_open() already uses for the repair. bdrv_is_writable() also
excludes an inactive node, whose header must not be touched either.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Drobyshev <andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com>
CC: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
CC: Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com>
CC: Andrey Drobyshev <andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
---
block/qcow2.c | 8 +++---
tests/qemu-iotests/039 | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/qemu-iotests/039.out | 20 +++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 7292dd036c..1543255eba 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -2102,9 +2102,11 @@ qcow2_reopen_prepare(BDRVReopenState *state,BlockReopenQueue *queue,
goto fail;
}
- ret = qcow2_mark_clean(state->bs);
- if (ret < 0) {
- goto fail;
+ if (bdrv_is_writable(state->bs)) {
+ ret = qcow2_mark_clean(state->bs);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ goto fail;
+ }
}
}
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/039 b/tests/qemu-iotests/039
index 94a8bfe754..3d0c073d65 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/039
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/039
@@ -95,6 +95,40 @@ $QEMU_IMG info --image-opts \
# The dirty bit must still be set: this open never wrote any guest data
_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+echo
+echo "== Read-only reopen must not clear the dirty bit =="
+
+# A read-only node cannot write the header, and must keep the dirty bit
+$QEMU_IO -r -c "reopen -r" -c "read -P 0x5a 0 512" "$TEST_IMG" \
+ | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# The dirty bit must still be set
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+
+echo
+echo "== Read-only reopen must not write through a writable file node =="
+
+# The write the header update needs is refused by the permission system
+echo "{'execute': 'qmp_capabilities'}
+ {'execute': 'blockdev-reopen',
+ 'arguments': {'options': [{'node-name': 'drive',
+ 'driver': 'qcow2',
+ 'read-only': true,
+ 'file': 'prot'}]}}
+ {'execute': 'quit'}" \
+ | $QEMU -qmp stdio -nographic -nodefaults \
+ -blockdev "{'node-name': 'prot',
+ 'driver': 'file',
+ 'filename': '$TEST_IMG'}" \
+ -blockdev "{'node-name': 'drive',
+ 'driver': 'qcow2',
+ 'file': 'prot',
+ 'read-only': true}" \
+ | _filter_qmp
+
+# The dirty bit must still be set
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+
echo
echo "== Repairing the image file must succeed =="
@@ -108,6 +142,22 @@ echo "== Data should still be accessible after repair =="
$QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0x5a 0 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+echo
+echo "== A read-write to read-only reopen must clear the dirty bit =="
+
+_make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" $size
+
+# The kill keeps the close from clearing the bit, so the header shows what
+# the reopen did with it
+_NO_VALGRIND \
+$QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x5a 0 512" \
+ -c "reopen -r" \
+ -c "sigraise $(kill -l KILL)" "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 \
+ | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# The dirty bit must not be set
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+
echo
echo "== Opening a dirty image read/write should repair it =="
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out
index c66361128f..ce8ee57721 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/039.out
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ incompatible_features [0]
== Read-only open must not crash on close ==
incompatible_features [0]
+== Read-only reopen must not clear the dirty bit ==
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 0
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+incompatible_features [0]
+
+== Read-only reopen must not write through a writable file node ==
+QMP_VERSION
+{"return": {}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds": TIMESTAMP, "microseconds": TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false, "reason": "host-qmp-quit"}}
+{"return": {}}
+incompatible_features [0]
+
== Repairing the image file must succeed ==
ERROR cluster 5 refcount=0 reference=1
Rebuilding refcount structure
@@ -45,6 +58,13 @@ incompatible_features []
read 512/512 bytes at offset 0
512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+== A read-write to read-only reopen must clear the dirty bit ==
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
+wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 0
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+./common.rc: Killed ( VALGRIND_QEMU="${VALGRIND_QEMU_IO}" _qemu_proc_exec "${VALGRIND_LOGFILE}" "$QEMU_IO_PROG" $QEMU_IO_ARGS "$@" )
+incompatible_features []
+
== Opening a dirty image read/write should repair it ==
Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 0
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-24 13:37 [PATCH v4 0/5] qcow2: silent corruption when a dirty image becomes writable Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-24 13:37 ` Denis V. Lunev [this message]
2026-10-06 10:01 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] qcow2: do not clear the dirty bit when reopening a read-only node Kevin Wolf
2026-08-24 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] block: reject a reopen of an unusable node instead of crashing Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-06 10:02 ` Kevin Wolf
2026-08-24 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] block: let bdrv_reopen_commit_post() report a failure Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-06 12:12 ` Kevin Wolf
2026-08-24 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] block: remember the flags a reopen starts from Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-24 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] qcow2: repair a dirty image when it becomes writable Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-25 9:37 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-08-26 13:49 ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-26 15:24 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-08-26 16:37 ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-27 9:15 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-08-27 16:06 ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-31 12:31 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-08-31 19:01 ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-08-31 22:03 ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-06 10:30 ` Kevin Wolf
2026-09-21 19:40 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] qcow2: silent corruption when a dirty image " Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-05 8:57 ` Denis V. Lunev
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260824133729.1141990-2-den@openvz.org \
--to=den@openvz.org \
--cc=andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com \
--cc=hreitz@redhat.com \
--cc=kwolf@redhat.com \
--cc=qemu-block@nongnu.org \
--cc=qemu-devel@nongnu.org \
--cc=qemu-stable@nongnu.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.