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-rw-r--r--block/qcow2.c26
-rw-r--r--include/block/block_int.h1
-rw-r--r--qapi/block-core.json4
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index ddbf8731bd..c20141b4e7 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -2880,6 +2880,7 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
*/
BlockBackend *blk = NULL;
BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
+ BlockDriverState *data_bs = NULL;
QCowHeader *header;
size_t cluster_size;
int version;
@@ -2976,6 +2977,20 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
}
refcount_order = ctz32(qcow2_opts->refcount_bits);
+ if (qcow2_opts->data_file) {
+ if (version < 3) {
+ error_setg(errp, "External data files are only supported with "
+ "compatibility level 1.1 and above (use version=v3 or "
+ "greater)");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ data_bs = bdrv_open_blockdev_ref(qcow2_opts->data_file, errp);
+ if (bs == NULL) {
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
/* Create BlockBackend to write to the image */
blk = blk_new(BLK_PERM_WRITE | BLK_PERM_RESIZE, BLK_PERM_ALL);
@@ -3014,6 +3029,10 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
header->compatible_features |=
cpu_to_be64(QCOW2_COMPAT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS);
}
+ if (data_bs) {
+ header->incompatible_features |=
+ cpu_to_be64(QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DATA_FILE);
+ }
ret = blk_pwrite(blk, 0, header, cluster_size, 0);
g_free(header);
@@ -3044,6 +3063,9 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
options = qdict_new();
qdict_put_str(options, "driver", "qcow2");
qdict_put_str(options, "file", bs->node_name);
+ if (data_bs) {
+ qdict_put_str(options, "data-file", data_bs->node_name);
+ }
blk = blk_new_open(NULL, NULL, options,
BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_NO_FLUSH,
&local_err);
@@ -3116,6 +3138,9 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
options = qdict_new();
qdict_put_str(options, "driver", "qcow2");
qdict_put_str(options, "file", bs->node_name);
+ if (data_bs) {
+ qdict_put_str(options, "data-file", data_bs->node_name);
+ }
blk = blk_new_open(NULL, NULL, options,
BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_NO_BACKING | BDRV_O_NO_IO,
&local_err);
@@ -3129,6 +3154,7 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options, Error **errp)
out:
blk_unref(blk);
bdrv_unref(bs);
+ bdrv_unref(data_bs);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 836d67c1ae..acd29ce521 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
#define BLOCK_OPT_NOCOW "nocow"
#define BLOCK_OPT_OBJECT_SIZE "object_size"
#define BLOCK_OPT_REFCOUNT_BITS "refcount_bits"
+#define BLOCK_OPT_DATA_FILE "data_file"
#define BLOCK_PROBE_BUF_SIZE 512
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index de4d4fd0e4..2303266bc4 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -4135,6 +4135,9 @@
# Driver specific image creation options for qcow2.
#
# @file Node to create the image format on
+# @data-file Node to use as an external data file in which all guest
+# data is stored so that only metadata remains in the qcow2
+# file (since: 4.0)
# @size Size of the virtual disk in bytes
# @version Compatibility level (default: v3)
# @backing-file File name of the backing file if a backing file
@@ -4150,6 +4153,7 @@
##
{ 'struct': 'BlockdevCreateOptionsQcow2',
'data': { 'file': 'BlockdevRef',
+ '*data-file': 'BlockdevRef',
'size': 'size',
'*version': 'BlockdevQcow2Version',
'*backing-file': 'str',