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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Probe file for specified format


From: Stefan Weil
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Probe file for specified format
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:57:49 +0100
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Am 15.12.2012 12:35, schrieb Stefan Weil:
Probe for the file format if the file format was specified explicitly
and a probe function is available.

example: -drive file=myfile,format=qcow2

Then myfile is probed and must be in qcow2 format.

This fixes those bugs:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556482
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1090600

Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
---

This patch can also be used for the latest stable version of QEMU.

  blockdev.c |    7 +++++++
  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 9a05e57..5a4cd56 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -411,6 +411,13 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, BlockInterfaceType 
block_default_type)
              error_report("'%s' invalid format", buf);
              return NULL;
          }
+        if (file && drv->bdrv_probe) {
+            uint8_t data[2048];
+            if (drv->bdrv_probe(data, sizeof(data), file) == 0) {
+                error_report("file '%s' not in '%s' format", file, buf);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
      }
/* disk I/O throttling */


Sorry, this patch was not tested enough. I'll send a v2.

- Stefan Weil




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