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[v11,32/34] qcow2: Allow preallocation and backing files if extended_l2 is set

Message ID 6d5b0f38e7dc5f2f31d8cab1cb92044e9909aece.1594396418.git.berto@igalia.com
State Superseded
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Series None | expand

Commit Message

Alberto Garcia July 10, 2020, 4:13 p.m. UTC 
Traditional qcow2 images don't allow preallocation if a backing file
is set. This is because once a cluster is allocated there is no way to
tell that its data should be read from the backing file.

Extended L2 entries have individual allocation bits for each
subcluster, and therefore it is perfectly possible to have an
allocated cluster with all its subclusters unallocated.

Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 block/qcow2.c              | 7 ++++---
 tests/qemu-iotests/206.out | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index b7a1cae39c..806b194761 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -3449,10 +3449,11 @@  qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
         qcow2_opts->preallocation = PREALLOC_MODE_OFF;
     }
     if (qcow2_opts->has_backing_file &&
-        qcow2_opts->preallocation != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF)
+        qcow2_opts->preallocation != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF &&
+        !qcow2_opts->extended_l2)
     {
-        error_setg(errp, "Backing file and preallocation cannot be used at "
-                   "the same time");
+        error_setg(errp, "Backing file and preallocation can only be used at "
+                   "the same time if extended_l2 is on");
         ret = -EINVAL;
         goto out;
     }
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out
index 363c5abe35..a100849fcb 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@  Job failed: Different refcount widths than 16 bits require compatibility level 1
 === Invalid backing file options ===
 {"execute": "blockdev-create", "arguments": {"job-id": "job0", "options": {"backing-file": "/dev/null", "driver": "qcow2", "file": "node0", "preallocation": "full", "size": 67108864}}}
 {"return": {}}
-Job failed: Backing file and preallocation cannot be used at the same time
+Job failed: Backing file and preallocation can only be used at the same time if extended_l2 is on
 {"execute": "job-dismiss", "arguments": {"id": "job0"}}
 {"return": {}}