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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 1e134f3445..e514a86fe5 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -938,10 +938,11 @@ static int coroutine_fn qcow_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv,
{
BlockdevCreateOptions *create_options = NULL;
BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
- QDict *qdict;
+ QDict *qdict = NULL;
Visitor *v;
const char *val;
int ret;
+ char *backing_fmt;
static const QDictRenames opt_renames[] = {
{ BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "backing-file" },
@@ -949,6 +950,17 @@ static int coroutine_fn qcow_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv,
{ NULL, NULL },
};
+ /*
+ * We can't actually store a backing format, but can check that
+ * the user's request made sense.
+ */
+ backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+ if (backing_fmt && !bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "unrecognized backing format '%s'", backing_fmt);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
/* Parse options and convert legacy syntax */
qdict = qemu_opts_to_qdict_filtered(opts, NULL, &qcow_create_opts, true);
@@ -1012,6 +1024,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn qcow_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv,
ret = 0;
fail:
+ g_free(backing_fmt);
qobject_unref(qdict);
bdrv_unref(bs);
qapi_free_BlockdevCreateOptions(create_options);
@@ -1147,6 +1160,11 @@ static QemuOptsList qcow_create_opts = {
.help = "File name of a base image"
},
{
+ .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
+ .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+ .help = "Format of the backing image",
+ },
+ {
.name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
.type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
.help = "Encrypt the image with format 'aes'. (Deprecated "