[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 for 2.1 4/4] block: add QAPI command to allow live backing file change

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

From: Jeff Cody <address@hidden>

This allows a user to make a live change to the backing file recorded in
an open image.

The image file to modify can be specified 2 ways:

1) image filename
2) image node-name

Note: this does not cause the backing file itself to be reopened; it
merely changes the backing filename in the image file structure, and
in internal BDS structures.

It is the responsibility of the user to pass a filename string that
can be resolved when the image chain is reopened, and the filename
string is not validated.

A good analogy for this command is that it is a live version of
'qemu-img rebase -u', with respect to changing the backing file string.

[Jeff is offline so I respun this patch in his absence.  Dropped image
filename since using node-name is preferred and this is a new command.
No need to introduce the limitations of finding images by filename.
--Stefan]

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
---
 blockdev.c           | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 qapi/block-core.json | 26 +++++++++++++++++
 qmp-commands.hx      | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 144 insertions(+)

diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index dae92bb..48bd9a3 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -2388,6 +2388,85 @@ void qmp_block_job_complete(const char *device, Error 
**errp)
     block_job_complete(job, errp);
 }
 
+void qmp_change_backing_file(const char *device,
+                             const char *image_node_name,
+                             const char *backing_file,
+                             Error **errp)
+{
+    BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
+    BlockDriverState *image_bs = NULL;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    bool ro;
+    int open_flags;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* find the top layer BDS of the chain */
+    bs = bdrv_find(device);
+    if (!bs) {
+        error_set(errp, QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, device);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    image_bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(NULL, image_node_name, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!image_bs) {
+        error_setg(errp, "image file not found");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (bdrv_find_base(image_bs) == image_bs) {
+        error_setg(errp, "not allowing backing file change on an image "
+                         "without a backing file");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* even though we are not necessarily operating on bs, we need it to
+     * determine if block ops are currently prohibited on the chain */
+    if (bdrv_op_is_blocked(bs, BLOCK_OP_TYPE_CHANGE, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* final sanity check */
+    if (!bdrv_chain_contains(bs, image_bs)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "'%s' and image file are not in the same chain",
+                   device);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* if not r/w, reopen to make r/w */
+    open_flags = image_bs->open_flags;
+    ro = bdrv_is_read_only(image_bs);
+
+    if (ro) {
+        bdrv_reopen(image_bs, open_flags | BDRV_O_RDWR, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = bdrv_change_backing_file(image_bs, backing_file,
+                               image_bs->drv ? image_bs->drv->format_name : 
"");
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not change backing file to '%s'",
+                         backing_file);
+        /* don't exit here, so we can try to restore open flags if
+         * appropriate */
+    }
+
+    if (ro) {
+        bdrv_reopen(image_bs, open_flags, &local_err);
+        if (local_err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, local_err); /* will preserve prior errp */
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void qmp_blockdev_add(BlockdevOptions *options, Error **errp)
 {
     QmpOutputVisitor *ov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index c241967..e378653 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -680,6 +680,32 @@
   'data': 'BlockdevSnapshot' }
 
 ##
+# @change-backing-file
+#
+# Change the backing file in the image file metadata.  This does not
+# cause QEMU to reopen the image file to reparse the backing filename
+# (it may, however, perform a reopen to change permissions from
+# r/o -> r/w -> r/o, if needed). The new backing file string is written
+# into the image file metadata, and the QEMU internal strings are
+# updated.
+#
+# @image-node-name: The name of the block driver state node of the
+#                   image to modify.
+#
+# @device:          The name of the device that owns image-node-name.
+#
+# @backing-file:    The string to write as the backing file.  This
+#                   string is not validated, so care should be taken
+#                   when specifying the string or the image chain may
+#                   not be able to be reopened again.
+#
+# Since: 2.1
+##
+{ 'command': 'change-backing-file',
+  'data': { 'device': 'str', 'image-node-name': 'str',
+            'backing-file': 'str' } }
+
+##
 # @block-commit
 #
 # Live commit of data from overlay image nodes into backing nodes - i.e.,
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index f900dff..4be4765 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -1370,6 +1370,45 @@ Example:
 EQMP
 
     {
+        .name       = "change-backing-file",
+        .args_type  = "device:s,image-node-name:s,backing-file:s",
+        .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_change_backing_file,
+    },
+
+SQMP
+change-backing-file
+-------------------
+Since: 2.1
+
+Change the backing file in the image file metadata.  This does not cause
+QEMU to reopen the image file to reparse the backing filename (it may,
+however, perform a reopen to change permissions from r/o -> r/w -> r/o,
+if needed). The new backing file string is written into the image file
+metadata, and the QEMU internal strings are updated.
+
+Arguments:
+
+- "image-node-name":    The name of the block driver state node of the
+                        image to modify.  The "device" is argument is used to
+                        verify "image-node-name" is in the chain described by
+                        "device".
+                        (json-string, optional)
+
+- "device":             The name of the device.
+                        (json-string)
+
+- "backing-file":       The string to write as the backing file.  This string 
is
+                        not validated, so care should be taken when specifying
+                        the string or the image chain may not be able to be
+                        reopened again.
+                        (json-string)
+
+Returns: Nothing on success
+         If "device" does not exist or cannot be determined, DeviceNotFound
+
+EQMP
+
+    {
         .name       = "balloon",
         .args_type  = "value:M",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_input_balloon,
-- 
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