[Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.12 2/3] block: Handle null backing link

[Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>]

Instead of converting all "backing": null instances into "backing": "",
handle a null value directly in bdrv_open_inherit().

This enables explicitly null backing links for json:{} filenames.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 block.c                    |  2 +-
 blockdev.c                 | 14 --------------
 tests/qemu-iotests/089     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/089.out |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 85427df577..bc92ddd5a0 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -2558,7 +2558,7 @@ static BlockDriverState *bdrv_open_inherit(const char *filename,
 
     /* See cautionary note on accessing @options above */
     backing = qdict_get_try_str(options, "backing");
-    if (backing && *backing == '\0') {
+    if (qdict_is_qnull(options, "backing") || (backing && *backing == '\0')) {
         flags |= BDRV_O_NO_BACKING;
         qdict_del(options, "backing");
     }
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 56a6b24a0b..99ef618b39 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3885,7 +3885,6 @@ void qmp_blockdev_add(BlockdevOptions *options, Error **errp)
     QObject *obj;
     Visitor *v = qobject_output_visitor_new(&obj);
     QDict *qdict;
-    const QDictEntry *ent;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     visit_type_BlockdevOptions(v, NULL, &options, &local_err);
@@ -3899,19 +3898,6 @@ void qmp_blockdev_add(BlockdevOptions *options, Error **errp)
 
     qdict_flatten(qdict);
 
-    /*
-     * Rewrite "backing": null to "backing": ""
-     * TODO Rewrite "" to null instead, and perhaps not even here
-     */
-    for (ent = qdict_first(qdict); ent; ent = qdict_next(qdict, ent)) {
-        char *dot = strrchr(ent->key, '.');
-
-        if (!strcmp(dot ? dot + 1 : ent->key, "backing")
-            && qobject_type(ent->value) == QTYPE_QNULL) {
-            qdict_put(qdict, ent->key, qstring_new());
-        }
-    }
-
     if (!qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "node-name")) {
         error_setg(errp, "'node-name' must be specified for the root node");
         goto fail;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/089 b/tests/qemu-iotests/089
index 9bfe2307b3..832eac1248 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/089
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/089
@@ -82,6 +82,26 @@ $QEMU_IO_PROG --cache $CACHEMODE \
 $QEMU_IO -c 'read -P 42 0 512' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 
 
+echo
+echo "=== Testing correct handling of 'backing':null ==="
+echo
+
+_make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" $IMG_SIZE
+
+# This should read 42
+$QEMU_IO -c 'read -P 42 0 512' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+# This should read 0
+$QEMU_IO -c 'read -P 0 0 512' "json:{\
+    'driver': '$IMGFMT',
+    'file': {
+        'driver': 'file',
+        'filename': '$TEST_IMG'
+    },
+    'backing': null
+}" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+
 # Taken from test 071
 echo
 echo "=== Testing blkdebug ==="
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/089.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/089.out
index 18f5fdda7a..607a9c6d9c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/089.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/089.out
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ Pattern verification failed at offset 0, 512 bytes
 read 512/512 bytes at offset 0
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
+=== Testing correct handling of 'backing':null ===
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 0
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 0
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
 === Testing blkdebug ===
 
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
-- 
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