@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ BlockMeasureInfo *bdrv_measure(BlockDriver *drv, QemuOpts *opts,
void bdrv_get_geometry(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t *nb_sectors_ptr);
void bdrv_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp);
int bdrv_commit(BlockDriverState *bs);
+int bdrv_make_empty(BdrvChild *c, Error **errp);
int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt);
void bdrv_register(BlockDriver *bdrv);
@@ -6764,3 +6764,26 @@ void bdrv_del_child(BlockDriverState *parent_bs, BdrvChild *child, Error **errp)
parent_bs->drv->bdrv_del_child(parent_bs, child, errp);
}
+
+int bdrv_make_empty(BdrvChild *c, Error **errp)
+{
+ BlockDriver *drv = c->bs->drv;
+ int ret;
+
+ assert(c->perm & (BLK_PERM_WRITE | BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED));
+
+ if (!drv->bdrv_make_empty) {
+ error_setg(errp, "%s does not support emptying nodes",
+ drv->format_name);
+ return -ENOTSUP;
+ }
+
+ ret = drv->bdrv_make_empty(c->bs);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to empty %s",
+ c->bs->filename);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}