[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/6] block: Let drivers reconstruct the filename

[Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>]

We may sometimes want a filename for BDSs which do not have one because
they weren't opened using a simple filename (but rather just through
options, for example).

Some block drivers are always capable of reconstructing a valid filename
(e.g. NBD), even if the BDS has been opened using the options QDict
only. For others (e.g. Quorum) this is impossible. To accommodate this
case, the function which reconstructs ("refreshes") the filename for a
BDS also generates an options QDict (which should always work). If some
layer cannot generate a plain filename (e.g. a Quorum instance), we can
still generate a QDict which contains all options necessary for opening
the block device in (basically) the same state.

If a filename can be generated, the one stored in the BDS is
overwritten. Otherwise, the QDict is converted to JSON, prefixed with
"json:" and then used as the filename (making use of the JSON
pseudo-protocol).


Block drivers which probably need to implement bdrv_refresh_filename()
besides blkdebug, blkverify, NBD and Quorum but which this series does
not cover, are the following: curl, ssh and vvfat.


This series supersedes my previous 'block: Fix unset "filename" for
certain drivers'.


Max Reitz (6):
  block: Add bdrv_refresh_filename()
  blkdebug: Implement bdrv_refresh_filename()
  blkverify: Implement bdrv_refresh_filename()
  nbd: Implement bdrv_refresh_filename()
  quorum: Implement bdrv_refresh_filename()
  iotests: Add test for image filename construction

 block.c                    | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 block/blkdebug.c           |  97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 block/blkverify.c          |  29 ++++++++++
 block/nbd.c                |  36 ++++++++++++
 block/quorum.c             |  39 +++++++++++++
 include/block/block.h      |   1 +
 include/block/block_int.h  |   6 ++
 tests/qemu-iotests/099     | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/099.out |  20 +++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/group   |   1 +
 10 files changed, 480 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tests/qemu-iotests/099
 create mode 100644 tests/qemu-iotests/099.out

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