block: Add support to warn on backing file change without format

For now, this is a mechanical addition; all callers pass false. But
the next patch will use it to improve 'qemu-img rebase -u' when
selecting a backing file with no format.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200706203954.341758-10-eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Blake 2020-07-06 15:39:53 -05:00 committed by Kevin Wolf
parent b66ff2c298
commit e54ee1b385
6 changed files with 18 additions and 10 deletions

13
block.c
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@ -1206,7 +1206,8 @@ static int bdrv_backing_update_filename(BdrvChild *c, BlockDriverState *base,
}
ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(parent, filename,
base->drv ? base->drv->format_name : "");
base->drv ? base->drv->format_name : "",
false);
if (ret < 0) {
error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not update backing file link");
}
@ -4680,8 +4681,8 @@ int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs,
* image file header
* -ENOTSUP - format driver doesn't support changing the backing file
*/
int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
const char *backing_file, const char *backing_fmt)
int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *backing_file,
const char *backing_fmt, bool warn)
{
BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
int ret;
@ -4695,6 +4696,12 @@ int bdrv_change_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs,
return -EINVAL;
}
if (warn && backing_file && !backing_fmt) {
warn_report("Deprecated use of backing file without explicit "
"backing format, use of this image requires "
"potentially unsafe format probing");
}
if (drv->bdrv_change_backing_file != NULL) {
ret = drv->bdrv_change_backing_file(bs, backing_file, backing_fmt);
} else {