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From: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
To: qemu-block@nongnu.org
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>,
	Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 37/42] block: Leave BDS.backing_file constant
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:09:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190612221004.2317-38-mreitz@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190612221004.2317-1-mreitz@redhat.com>

Parts of the block layer treat BDS.backing_file as if it were whatever
the image header says (i.e., if it is a relative path, it is relative to
the overlay), other parts treat it like a cache for
bs->backing->bs->filename (relative paths are relative to the CWD).
Considering bs->backing->bs->filename exists, let us make it mean the
former.

Among other things, this now allows the user to specify a base when
using qemu-img to commit an image file in a directory that is not the
CWD (assuming, everything uses relative filenames).

Before this patch:

$ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 foo/bot.qcow2 1M
$ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b bot.qcow2 foo/mid.qcow2
$ ./qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
$ ./qemu-img commit -b mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
qemu-img: Did not find 'mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2'
$ ./qemu-img commit -b foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
qemu-img: Did not find 'foo/mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2'
$ ./qemu-img commit -b $PWD/foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
qemu-img: Did not find '[...]/foo/mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2'

After this patch:

$ ./qemu-img commit -b mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
Image committed.
$ ./qemu-img commit -b foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
qemu-img: Did not find 'foo/mid.qcow2' in the backing chain of 'foo/top.qcow2'
$ ./qemu-img commit -b $PWD/foo/mid.qcow2 foo/top.qcow2
Image committed.

With this change, bdrv_find_backing_image() must look at whether the
user has overridden a BDS's backing file.  If so, it can no longer use
bs->backing_file, but must instead compare the given filename against
the backing node's filename directly.

Note that this changes the QAPI output for a node's backing_file.  We
had very inconsistent output there (sometimes what the image header
said, sometimes the actual filename of the backing image).  This
inconsistent output was effectively useless, so we have to decide one
way or the other.  Considering that bs->backing_file usually at runtime
contained the path to the image relative to qemu's CWD (or absolute),
this patch changes QAPI's backing_file to always report the
bs->backing->bs->filename from now on.  If you want to receive the image
header information, you have to refer to full-backing-filename.

This necessitates a change to iotest 228.  The interesting information
it really wanted is the image header, and it can get that now, but it
has to use full-backing-filename instead of backing_file.  Because of
this patch's changes to bs->backing_file's behavior, we also need some
reference output changes.

Along with the changes to bs->backing_file, stop updating
BDS.backing_format in bdrv_backing_attach() as well.  This necessitates
a change to the reference output of iotest 191.

iotest 245 changes in behavior: With the backing node no longer
overriding the parent node's backing_file string, you can now omit the
@backing option when reopening a node with neither a default nor a
current backing file even if it used to have a backing node at some
point.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 include/block/block_int.h  | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 block.c                    | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 block/qapi.c               |  7 ++++---
 tests/qemu-iotests/191.out |  1 -
 tests/qemu-iotests/228     |  6 +++---
 tests/qemu-iotests/228.out |  6 +++---
 tests/qemu-iotests/245     |  4 +++-
 7 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 431fa38ea0..02b55cff91 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -777,11 +777,20 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     bool walking_aio_notifiers; /* to make removal during iteration safe */
 
     char filename[PATH_MAX];
-    char backing_file[PATH_MAX]; /* if non zero, the image is a diff of
-                                    this file image */
-    /* The backing filename indicated by the image header; if we ever
-     * open this file, then this is replaced by the resulting BDS's
-     * filename (i.e. after a bdrv_refresh_filename() run). */
+    /*
+     * If not empty, this image is a diff in relation to backing_file.
+     * Note that this is the name given in the image header and
+     * therefore may or may not be equal to .backing->bs->filename.
+     * If this field contains a relative path, it is to be resolved
+     * relatively to the overlay's location.
+     */
+    char backing_file[PATH_MAX];
+    /*
+     * The backing filename indicated by the image header.  Contrary
+     * to backing_file, if we ever open this file, auto_backing_file
+     * is replaced by the resulting BDS's filename (i.e. after a
+     * bdrv_refresh_filename() run).
+     */
     char auto_backing_file[PATH_MAX];
     char backing_format[16]; /* if non-zero and backing_file exists */
 
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index e129869a7e..a962e346ab 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ static BlockDriverState *bdrv_open_inherit(const char *filename,
                                            const BdrvChildRole *child_role,
                                            Error **errp);
 
+static bool bdrv_backing_overridden(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
 /* If non-zero, use only whitelisted block drivers */
 static int use_bdrv_whitelist;
 
@@ -1064,10 +1066,6 @@ static void bdrv_backing_attach(BdrvChild *c)
     bdrv_refresh_filename(backing_hd);
 
     parent->open_flags &= ~BDRV_O_NO_BACKING;
-    pstrcpy(parent->backing_file, sizeof(parent->backing_file),
-            backing_hd->filename);
-    pstrcpy(parent->backing_format, sizeof(parent->backing_format),
-            backing_hd->drv ? backing_hd->drv->format_name : "");
 
     bdrv_op_block_all(backing_hd, parent->backing_blocker);
     /* Otherwise we won't be able to commit or stream */
@@ -5177,6 +5175,7 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_backing_image(BlockDriverState *bs,
     char *backing_file_full = NULL;
     char *filename_tmp = NULL;
     int is_protocol = 0;
+    bool filenames_refreshed = false;
     BlockDriverState *curr_bs = NULL;
     BlockDriverState *retval = NULL;
 
@@ -5201,9 +5200,31 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_find_backing_image(BlockDriverState *bs,
     {
         BlockDriverState *bs_below = bdrv_backing_chain_next(curr_bs);
 
-        /* If either of the filename paths is actually a protocol, then
-         * compare unmodified paths; otherwise make paths relative */
-        if (is_protocol || path_has_protocol(curr_bs->backing_file)) {
+        if (bdrv_backing_overridden(curr_bs)) {
+            /*
+             * If the backing file was overridden, we can only compare
+             * directly against the backing node's filename.
+             */
+
+            if (!filenames_refreshed) {
+                /*
+                 * This will automatically refresh all of the
+                 * filenames in the rest of the backing chain, so we
+                 * only need to do this once.
+                 */
+                bdrv_refresh_filename(bs_below);
+                filenames_refreshed = true;
+            }
+
+            if (strcmp(backing_file, bs_below->filename) == 0) {
+                retval = bs_below;
+                break;
+            }
+        } else if (is_protocol || path_has_protocol(curr_bs->backing_file)) {
+            /*
+             * If either of the filename paths is actually a protocol, then
+             * compare unmodified paths; otherwise make paths relative.
+             */
             char *backing_file_full_ret;
 
             if (strcmp(backing_file, curr_bs->backing_file) == 0) {
diff --git a/block/qapi.c b/block/qapi.c
index 1fd2937abc..3586c09516 100644
--- a/block/qapi.c
+++ b/block/qapi.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockBackend *blk,
                                         BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
     ImageInfo **p_image_info;
-    BlockDriverState *bs0;
+    BlockDriverState *bs0, *backing;
     BlockDeviceInfo *info;
 
     if (!bs->drv) {
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ BlockDeviceInfo *bdrv_block_device_info(BlockBackend *blk,
         info->node_name = g_strdup(bs->node_name);
     }
 
-    if (bs->backing_file[0]) {
+    backing = bdrv_filtered_cow_bs(bs);
+    if (backing) {
         info->has_backing_file = true;
-        info->backing_file = g_strdup(bs->backing_file);
+        info->backing_file = g_strdup(backing->filename);
     }
 
     info->detect_zeroes = bs->detect_zeroes;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/191.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/191.out
index 3fc92bb56e..0b3c216b0c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/191.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/191.out
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 1048576
                     "backing-filename": "TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base",
                     "dirty-flag": false
                 },
-                "backing-filename-format": "IMGFMT",
                 "virtual-size": 67108864,
                 "filename": "TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.ovl3",
                 "cluster-size": 65536,
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/228 b/tests/qemu-iotests/228
index 9a50afd205..a1f3187212 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/228
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/228
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def log_node_info(node):
 
     log('bs->filename: ' + node['image']['filename'],
         filters=[filter_testfiles, filter_imgfmt])
-    log('bs->backing_file: ' + node['backing_file'],
+    log('bs->backing_file: ' + node['image']['full-backing-filename'],
         filters=[filter_testfiles, filter_imgfmt])
 
     if 'backing-image' in node['image']:
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ with iotests.FilePath('base.img') as base_img_path, \
                 },
                 filters=[filter_qmp_testfiles, filter_qmp_imgfmt])
 
-    # Filename should be plain, and the backing filename should not
-    # contain the "file:" prefix
+    # Filename should be plain, and the backing node filename should
+    # not contain the "file:" prefix
     log_node_info(vm.node_info('node0'))
 
     vm.qmp_log('blockdev-del', node_name='node0')
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/228.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/228.out
index 4217df24fe..8c82009abe 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/228.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/228.out
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {"return": {}}
 
 bs->filename: TEST_DIR/PID-top.img
-bs->backing_file: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
+bs->backing_file: file:TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 bs->backing->bs->filename: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 
 {"execute": "blockdev-del", "arguments": {"node-name": "node0"}}
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ bs->backing->bs->filename: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 {"return": {}}
 
 bs->filename: TEST_DIR/PID-top.img
-bs->backing_file: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
+bs->backing_file: file:TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 bs->backing->bs->filename: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 
 {"execute": "blockdev-del", "arguments": {"node-name": "node0"}}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ bs->backing->bs->filename: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 {"return": {}}
 
 bs->filename: json:{"backing": {"driver": "null-co"}, "driver": "IMGFMT", "file": {"driver": "file", "filename": "TEST_DIR/PID-top.img"}}
-bs->backing_file: null-co://
+bs->backing_file: TEST_DIR/PID-base.img
 bs->backing->bs->filename: null-co://
 
 {"execute": "blockdev-del", "arguments": {"node-name": "node0"}}
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/245 b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
index 349b94aace..80c3e1b92d 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/245
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
@@ -722,7 +722,9 @@ class TestBlockdevReopen(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
         # Detach hd2 from hd0.
         self.reopen(opts, {'backing': None})
-        self.reopen(opts, {}, "backing is missing for 'hd0'")
+
+        # Without a backing file, we can omit 'backing' again
+        self.reopen(opts)
 
         # Remove both hd0 and hd2
         result = self.vm.qmp('blockdev-del', conv_keys = True, node_name = 'hd0')
-- 
2.21.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-06-12 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 113+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-12 22:09 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 00/42] block: Deal with filters Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 01/42] block: Mark commit and mirror as filter drivers Max Reitz
2019-06-13 10:47   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 02/42] copy-on-read: Support compressed writes Max Reitz
2019-06-13 10:49   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 03/42] throttle: " Max Reitz
2019-06-13 10:51   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 04/42] block: Add child access functions Max Reitz
2019-06-13 12:15   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 05/42] block: Add chain helper functions Max Reitz
2019-06-13 12:26   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-13 12:33     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-13 12:39       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 06/42] qcow2: Implement .bdrv_storage_child() Max Reitz
2019-06-13 12:27   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 07/42] block: *filtered_cow_child() for *has_zero_init() Max Reitz
2019-06-13 12:34   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 08/42] block: bdrv_set_backing_hd() is about bs->backing Max Reitz
2019-06-13 12:40   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 09/42] block: Include filters when freezing backing chain Max Reitz
2019-06-13 13:04   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-13 14:05     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 10/42] block: Use CAF in bdrv_is_encrypted() Max Reitz
2019-06-13 13:16   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-13 14:15     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 11/42] block: Add bdrv_supports_compressed_writes() Max Reitz
2019-06-13 13:29   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-13 14:19     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 12/42] block: Use bdrv_filtered_rw* where obvious Max Reitz
2019-06-13 13:37   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 13/42] block: Use CAFs in block status functions Max Reitz
2019-06-14 12:07   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 14/42] block: Use CAFs when working with backing chains Max Reitz
2019-06-14 13:26   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 13:50     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 14:31       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 16:02         ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 16:39           ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 15/42] block: Re-evaluate backing file handling in reopen Max Reitz
2019-06-14 13:42   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 15:52     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 16:43       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 16/42] block: Use child access functions when flushing Max Reitz
2019-06-14 14:01   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 15:55     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 17/42] block: Use CAFs in bdrv_refresh_limits() Max Reitz
2019-06-14 15:04   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 18/42] block: Use CAFs in bdrv_refresh_filename() Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 19/42] block: Use CAF in bdrv_co_rw_vmstate() Max Reitz
2019-06-14 15:14   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 20/42] block/snapshot: Fall back to storage child Max Reitz
2019-06-14 15:22   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 16:10     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 16:47       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 21/42] block: Use CAFs for debug breakpoints Max Reitz
2019-06-14 15:29   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 16:12     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 20:28       ` Eric Blake
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 22/42] block: Use CAFs in bdrv_get_allocated_file_size() Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:17   ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 15:41   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 16:15     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 23/42] blockdev: Use CAF in external_snapshot_prepare() Max Reitz
2019-06-14 15:46   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-14 16:20     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-14 16:58       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 24/42] block: Use child access functions for QAPI queries Max Reitz
2019-06-18 12:06   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-18 14:22     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 25/42] mirror: Deal with filters Max Reitz
2019-06-18 13:12   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-18 14:47     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-18 14:55       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-18 15:20         ` Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 26/42] backup: " Max Reitz
2019-06-18 13:45   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 27/42] commit: " Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 28/42] stream: " Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 29/42] nbd: Use CAF when looking for dirty bitmap Max Reitz
2019-06-18 13:58   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-18 14:48   ` Eric Blake
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 30/42] qemu-img: Use child access functions Max Reitz
2019-06-19  9:18   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-19 15:49     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-21 13:15       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-07-24  9:54         ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-07-25 16:34           ` Max Reitz
2019-07-26 13:44             ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 31/42] block: Drop backing_bs() Max Reitz
2019-06-19  9:18   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 32/42] block: Make bdrv_get_cumulative_perm() public Max Reitz
2019-06-19  9:19   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 33/42] blockdev: Fix active commit choice Max Reitz
2019-06-19  9:31   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-19 15:59     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-21 13:26       ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-07-24  9:54         ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 34/42] block: Inline bdrv_co_block_status_from_*() Max Reitz
2019-06-19  9:34   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-19 16:01     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-19 16:07     ` Max Reitz
2019-06-21 13:39   ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-07-24  9:54     ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 35/42] block: Fix check_to_replace_node() Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 36/42] iotests: Add tests for mirror @replaces loops Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:09 ` Max Reitz [this message]
2019-06-12 22:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 38/42] iotests: Let complete_and_wait() work with commit Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 39/42] iotests: Add filter commit test cases Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 40/42] iotests: Add filter mirror " Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 41/42] iotests: Add test for commit in sub directory Max Reitz
2019-06-12 22:10 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 42/42] iotests: Test committing to overridden backing Max Reitz
2019-06-13 15:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 00/42] block: Deal with filters Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2019-06-13 16:12   ` Max Reitz

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