From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
To: Bug 1749016 <1749016@bugs.launchpad.net>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1749016] [NEW] VHDX BAT and Metadata Region Header Required Bit Not Set
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 11:03:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180306110326.GC31045@stefanha-x1.localdomain> (raw)
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On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 09:44:09PM -0000, Michael Fruchtman wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> When converting a VMDK to VHDX the resulting VHDX's Region table has a
> small error. According to the VHDX specification the BAT and Metadata
> entries for the region header required bit should be set to 1. In a
> VHDX created by qemu-img, this bit is not set.
CCing Jeff Cody, VHDX maintainer.
>
> See Table 4: Known Region Properties of the VHDX specification.
>
> The structure format is as following from Structure 4: Region Table
> Entry:
>
> struct VHDX_REGION_TABLE_ENTRY {
> GUID Guid;
> UINT64 FileOffset;
> UINT32 Length;
> UINT32 Required:1;
> UINT32 Reserved:31;
> }
>
> The Required bit for VHDX specified BAT and Metadata Regions Required
> bit in the entry is not set as required in the current specification.
>
> VHDX Region Table in a valid VHDX
>
> Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
> 0x00030000 72 65 67 69 AE 8C 6B C6 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 0x00030010 66 77 C2 2D 23 F6 00 42 9D 64 11 5E 9B FD 4A 08
> 0x00030020 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00
> 0x00030030 06 A2 7C 8B 90 47 9A 4B B8 FE 57 5F 05 0F 88 6E
> 0x00030040 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00
>
> VHDX Region Table in a VHDX converted by qemu-img from VMDK
>
> Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
> 0x00030000 72 65 67 69 AE 8C 6B C6 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 0x00030010 66 77 C2 2D 23 F6 00 42 9D 64 11 5E 9B FD 4A 08
> 0x00030020 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00
> 0x00030030 06 A2 7C 8B 90 47 9A 4B B8 FE 57 5F 05 0F 88 6E
> 0x00030040 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00
>
> The fist bit at 0x0003002A and 0x0003004A should be set to 1.
>
> ** Affects: qemu
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: qemu-img vhdx
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749016
>
> Title:
> VHDX BAT and Metadata Region Header Required Bit Not Set
>
> Status in QEMU:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> When converting a VMDK to VHDX the resulting VHDX's Region table has a
> small error. According to the VHDX specification the BAT and Metadata
> entries for the region header required bit should be set to 1. In a
> VHDX created by qemu-img, this bit is not set.
>
> See Table 4: Known Region Properties of the VHDX specification.
>
> The structure format is as following from Structure 4: Region Table
> Entry:
>
> struct VHDX_REGION_TABLE_ENTRY {
> GUID Guid;
> UINT64 FileOffset;
> UINT32 Length;
> UINT32 Required:1;
> UINT32 Reserved:31;
> }
>
> The Required bit for VHDX specified BAT and Metadata Regions Required
> bit in the entry is not set as required in the current specification.
>
> VHDX Region Table in a valid VHDX
>
> Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
> 0x00030000 72 65 67 69 AE 8C 6B C6 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 0x00030010 66 77 C2 2D 23 F6 00 42 9D 64 11 5E 9B FD 4A 08
> 0x00030020 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00
> 0x00030030 06 A2 7C 8B 90 47 9A 4B B8 FE 57 5F 05 0F 88 6E
> 0x00030040 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 01 00 00 00
>
> VHDX Region Table in a VHDX converted by qemu-img from VMDK
>
> Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
> 0x00030000 72 65 67 69 AE 8C 6B C6 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 0x00030010 66 77 C2 2D 23 F6 00 42 9D 64 11 5E 9B FD 4A 08
> 0x00030020 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00
> 0x00030030 06 A2 7C 8B 90 47 9A 4B B8 FE 57 5F 05 0F 88 6E
> 0x00030040 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00
>
> The fist bit at 0x0003002A and 0x0003004A should be set to 1.
>
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2018-02-12 21:44 [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1749016] [NEW] VHDX BAT and Metadata Region Header Required Bit Not Set Michael Fruchtman
2018-03-06 11:03 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
2021-04-21 6:25 ` [Bug 1749016] " Thomas Huth
2021-06-21 4:17 ` Launchpad Bug Tracker
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