[libvirt] [PATCH 5/8] qemu: caps: Add capability for dynamic 'auto-read-only' support for files

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Mon Nov 18 17:02:05 UTC 2019


Initial implementation of 'auto-read-only' didn't reopen the backing
files when needed. For '-blockdev' to work we need to be able to tel
qemu to open a file read-only and change it during blockjobs as we label
backing chains with a sVirt label which does not allow writing. The
dynamic auto-read-only supports this as it reopens files when writing
is demanded.

Add a capability to detect that the posix file based backends support
the dynamic part.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar at redhat.com>
---
 src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c                      | 2 ++
 src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h                      | 1 +
 tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.1.0.x86_64.xml  | 1 +
 tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.aarch64.xml | 1 +
 tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.ppc64.xml   | 1 +
 tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.x86_64.xml  | 1 +
 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index a057318432..2c1f7c834b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps,

               /* 345 */
               "arm-max-cpu",
+              "blockdev-file-dynamic-auto-read-only",
     );


@@ -1292,6 +1293,7 @@ static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags virQEMUCapsQMPSchemaQueries[] = {
     { "query-display-options/ret-type/+egl-headless/rendernode", QEMU_CAPS_EGL_HEADLESS_RENDERNODE },
     { "nbd-server-add/arg-type/bitmap", QEMU_CAPS_NBD_BITMAP },
     { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+file/drop-cache", QEMU_CAPS_MIGRATION_FILE_DROP_CACHE },
+    { "blockdev-add/arg-type/+file/$dynamic-auto-read-only", QEMU_CAPS_BLOCK_FILE_AUTO_READONLY_DYNAMIC },
 };

 typedef struct _virQEMUCapsObjectTypeProps virQEMUCapsObjectTypeProps;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
index aa593396ce..2667b77ff8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ typedef enum { /* virQEMUCapsFlags grouping marker for syntax-check */

     /* 345 */
     QEMU_CAPS_ARM_MAX_CPU, /* max-arm-cpu type exists */
+    QEMU_CAPS_BLOCK_FILE_AUTO_READONLY_DYNAMIC, /* the auto-read-only property of block backends for files is dynamic */

     QEMU_CAPS_LAST /* this must always be the last item */
 } virQEMUCapsFlags;
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.1.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.1.0.x86_64.xml
index 36b07579b2..def36e2f73 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.1.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.1.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
   <flag name='vhost-user-gpu'/>
   <flag name='vhost-user-vga'/>
   <flag name='ramfb'/>
+  <flag name='blockdev-file-dynamic-auto-read-only'/>
   <version>4001000</version>
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <microcodeVersion>43100241</microcodeVersion>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.aarch64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.aarch64.xml
index 17960460fb..bb34b35209 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.aarch64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.aarch64.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
   <flag name='vhost-user-gpu'/>
   <flag name='ramfb'/>
   <flag name='arm-max-cpu'/>
+  <flag name='blockdev-file-dynamic-auto-read-only'/>
   <version>4001050</version>
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <microcodeVersion>61700242</microcodeVersion>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.ppc64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.ppc64.xml
index 561d955247..f8d1c62c11 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.ppc64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.ppc64.xml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
   <flag name='vhost-user-gpu'/>
   <flag name='vhost-user-vga'/>
   <flag name='machine.pseries.cap-ccf-assist'/>
+  <flag name='blockdev-file-dynamic-auto-read-only'/>
   <version>4001050</version>
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <microcodeVersion>42900242</microcodeVersion>
diff --git a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.x86_64.xml
index 534a8f744c..26fd37141c 100644
--- a/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/qemucapabilitiesdata/caps_4.2.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
   <flag name='vhost-user-gpu'/>
   <flag name='vhost-user-vga'/>
   <flag name='ramfb'/>
+  <flag name='blockdev-file-dynamic-auto-read-only'/>
   <version>4001090</version>
   <kvmVersion>0</kvmVersion>
   <microcodeVersion>43100242</microcodeVersion>
-- 
2.23.0




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