Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 1/3] block: Introduce BDRV_O_UNSAFE_READ

[Eric Blake]

On 03/13/2017 09:39 PM, Fam Zheng wrote:
> This flag clears out the "consistent read" permission that blk_new_open
> requests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/block-backend.c | 2 +-
>  include/block/block.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
> index 5742c09..99428ee 100644
> --- a/block/block-backend.c
> +++ b/block/block-backend.c
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ BlockBackend *blk_new_open(const char *filename, const 
> char *reference,
>       * caller of blk_new_open() doesn't make use of the permissions, but they
>       * shouldn't hurt either. We can still share everything here because the
>       * guest devices will add their own blockers if they can't share. */
> -    perm = BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ;
> +    perm = flags & BDRV_O_UNSAFE_READ ? 0 : BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ;

A bit awkward that we have to add an option that requests negation of a
permission under the hood, but looks like it is the least-invasive way
to get what we want.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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