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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH for-2.11 v2] file-posix: Clear out first sector
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH for-2.11 v2] file-posix: Clear out first sector in hdev_create |
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Thu, 7 Sep 2017 17:07:39 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) |
Am 11.08.2017 um 10:09 hat Fam Zheng geschrieben:
> People get surprised when, after "qemu-img create -f raw /dev/sdX", they
> still see qcow2 with "qemu-img info", if previously the bdev had a qcow2
> header. While this is natural because raw doesn't need to write any
> magic bytes during creation, hdev_create is free to clear out the first
> sector to make sure the stale qcow2 header doesn't cause such confusion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
>
> ---
>
> v2: Use stack allocated buffer. [Eric]
> Fix return value.
> (Keep qemu_write_full instead of switching to qemu_pwritev because
> the former handles short writes.)
> Fix typo "qemu-img". [Changlong]
> ---
> block/file-posix.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
> index f4de022ae0..a63bbf2b90 100644
> --- a/block/file-posix.c
> +++ b/block/file-posix.c
> @@ -2703,6 +2703,16 @@ static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts
> *opts,
> ret = -ENOSPC;
> }
So the error paths above only set ret, but don't actually return or jump
to the end of the function.
> + if (total_size) {
> + uint8_t buf[BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE] = { 0 };
> + int64_t zero_size = MIN(BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, total_size);
> + if (lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
> + ret = -errno;
> + } else {
> + ret = qemu_write_full(fd, buf, zero_size);
> + ret = ret == zero_size ? 0 : -errno;
Which means that an error above (like a too small block device or using
a regular file) can be overwritten with a success value if clearing the
first sector works. That's probably not quite right.
> + }
> + }
> qemu_close(fd);
> return ret;
> }
Kevin
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