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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/2] block/drive-mirror: Check for NULL backing_hd
@ 2013-11-06 18:50 Max Reitz
  2013-11-06 18:50 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] " Max Reitz
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Max Reitz @ 2013-11-06 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel
  Cc: Kevin Wolf, Fam Zheng, Max Reitz, Stefan Hajnoczi, Paolo Bonzini,
	Wenchao Xia

It should be possible to execute the QMP "drive-mirror" command in
"none" sync mode and "absolute-paths" mode even for block devices
lacking a backing file.

"absolute-paths" does in fact not require a backing file to be present,
as can be seen from the "top" sync mode code path. "top" basically
states that the device should indeed have a backing file - however, the
current code catches the case if it doesn't and then simply treats it as
"full" sync mode, creating a target image without a backing file (in
"absolute-paths" mode). Thus, "absolute-paths" does not imply the target
file must indeed have a backing file.

Therefore, the target file may be left unbacked in case of "none" sync
mode as well, if the specified device is not backed either. Currently,
qemu will crash trying to dereference the backing file pointer since it
assumes that it will always be non-NULL in that case ("none" with
"absolute-paths").

The first patch in this series adds a check whether the specified block
device is backed or not (creating an unbacked target image, if required);
the second patch adds a test case for mirroring unbacked block devices.

v2:
 - patch 1: Reuse an already existing codepath to create an unbacked
            target image instead of introducing a new one (based on
            Fam's comment).
 - patch 2: Incorporated test case into 041 instead of creating a new
            file (according to Xia's and Paolo's comments).


Max Reitz (2):
  block/drive-mirror: Check for NULL backing_hd
  qemu-iotests: Extend 041 for unbacked mirroring

 blockdev.c                 |  4 +++-
 tests/qemu-iotests/041     | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/041.out |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
1.8.4.2

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2013-11-06 18:50 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] " Max Reitz
2013-11-06 19:01   ` Eric Blake
2013-11-06 18:50 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] qemu-iotests: Extend 041 for unbacked mirroring Max Reitz
2013-11-07  9:51   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-07  2:25 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/2] block/drive-mirror: Check for NULL backing_hd Wenchao Xia
2013-11-07  9:11   ` Max Reitz
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