On 05/06/2014 01:30 PM, Max Reitz wrote:
If the filename given to bdrv_open() is prefixed with "json:", parse the
rest as a JSON object and use the result as the options QDict.
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
---
block.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
/*
* Opens a disk image (raw, qcow2, vmdk, ...)
*
@@ -1337,6 +1364,20 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState **pbs, const char
*filename,
options = qdict_new();
}
+ if (filename && g_str_has_prefix(filename, "json:")) {
+ QDict *json_options = parse_json_filename(filename, &local_err);
+ if (local_err) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ qdict_join(options, json_options, true);
+ assert(qdict_size(json_options) == 0);
Would it be better to pass false to qdict_join(), and then raise an
error if the user specified conflicting options? For example (untested,
just typing off the top of my head here),
-drive
file='json:{"driver":"qcow2","file.filename":"foo","backing.file.driver":"raw"}',backing.file.driver=qcow2
looks like it specifies conflicting backing.file.driver options.
Passing true means that qdict_join silently overwrites the value in
options to instead be the value in the json string; passing false means
you could flag the user error.