[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] qcow2.py: Add required padding for header extensions

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

The qcow2 specification requires that the header extension data be
padded to round up the extension size to the next multiple of 8 bytes.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
---
 tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
index 2058596..9cc4cf7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import string
 class QcowHeaderExtension:
 
     def __init__(self, magic, length, data):
+        if length % 8 != 0:
+            padding = 8 - (length % 8)
+            data += "\0" * padding
+
         self.magic  = magic
         self.length = length
         self.data   = data
-- 
1.8.3.1