Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4] qemu-img: Check for backing image if specified during create

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

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Am 15.05.2017 um 21:17 hat Max Reitz geschrieben:
> On 2017-05-15 20:41, Max Reitz wrote:
> > On 2017-05-12 21:47, John Snow wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 05/12/2017 03:46 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> >>> On 05/12/2017 01:07 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
> >>>> On 2017-05-11 20:27, John Snow wrote:
> >>>>> Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213786
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Or, rather, force the open of a backing image if one was specified
> >>>>> for creation. Using a similar -unsafe option as rebase, allow qemu-img
> >>>>> to ignore the backing file validation if possible.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>> +++ b/block.c
> >>>>> @@ -4275,37 +4275,37 @@ void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
> >>>>>      // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
> >>>>>      // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
> >>>>>      size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> >>>>> -    if (size == -1) {
> >>>>
> >>>> "Hang on, why should this be -1 when the defval is 0? Where does the -1
> >>>> come from?"
> >>>> "..."
> >>>> "Oh, the option exists and is set to -1? Why is that?"
> >>>> "..."
> >>>> "Oh, because this function always sets it itself, and because @img_size
> >>>> is set to (uint64_t)-1."
> >>>
> >>> I had pretty much the same conversation on my v1 review.
> >>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg01097.html
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> First, I won't start with how signed integer overflow is
> >>>> implementation-defined in C because I hope you have thrashed that out
> >>>> with Eric (I hope that "to thrash out" is a good translation for
> >>>> "auskaspern" (lit. "to buffoon out").).
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like a reasonable choice of words, even if I don't speak the
> >>> counterpart language to validate your translation.
> >>>
> >>> (uint64_t)-1 is well-defined in C (so I think we're just fine here). But
> >>> (int64_t)UINT64_MAX is where signed integer overflow does indeed throw
> >>> wrinkles at you.
> > 
> > We're not really fine because that conversion happens when the result of
> > qemu_opt_get_size() (a uint64_t) is stored in size (an int64_t).
> > 
> >>> I seem to recall that qemu has chosen to use compiler flags and/or
> >>> assumptions that we are using 2s-complement arithmetic with sane
> >>> behavior (that is, tighter behavior than the bare minimum that C
> >>> requires), because it was easier than auditing our code for strict C
> >>> compliance on border cases of conversions from unsigned to signed that
> >>> trigger undefined behavior.  But again, I don't think it affects this
> >>> patch (where our conversion is only from signed to unsigned, and that is
> >>> well-defined behavior).
> > 
> > Right. Which is why I said I won't even start on it, but of course I
> > did. O:-)
> > 
> >>>> Second, well, at least we should put -1 as the default value here, then.
> >>>
> >>> Indeed, now that two reviewers have tripped on it,
> >>> qemu_opt_get_size(,,-1) would be nicer.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Not strictly your fault or something that you need to fix, but it is
> >>>> just a single line in the vicinity...
> >>>>
> >>>> Let me know if you want to address this, for now I'll leave a
> >>>>
> >>>> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> here if you don't want to.
> >>>
> >>> I'm okay whether you want to squash that fix into this patch, or whether
> >>> you do it as a separate followup patch.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I had considered the issue separate; but you're welcome to either write
> >> a patch or squish it into this one, I'm not going to be picky.
> > 
> > Yep, it is a separate issue, just related. :-)
> > 
> > But since you and Eric agree, I've squashed it in and thus I'm more than
> > glad to thank you very much and announce this patch as applied to my
> > block branch:
> > 
> > https://github.com/XanClic/qemu/commits/block
> 
> ...well, so much for that. I'll have to unstage it again because it
> breaks a bunch of iotests (41 85 96 118 139 141 144 155 156) due to
> failing to acquire image locks. :-/
> 
> I suspect this is because the backing file is opened somewhere and
> trying to open it breaks now with the locking series applied.

I think we can legitimately set force-shared=on for opening the backing
file when testing whether the file exists.

Kevin

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