block: Allow block devices without files

blkdebug and blkverify will, in order to retain compatibility, not
support the field "file" implicitly through bdrv_open(). In order to be
able to use those drivers without giving a filename anyway, it is
necessary to be able to have block devices without files implicitly
opened by bdrv_open(). This is the case, if there was neither a file
name, a reference to an existing block device to use as a file nor
options specific to the file.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index bef4f8232b..7464fb237e 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -1145,11 +1145,14 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
     qdict_extract_subqdict(options, &file_options, "file.");
     file_reference = qdict_get_try_str(options, "file");
 
-    ret = bdrv_file_open(&file, filename, file_reference, file_options,
-                         bdrv_open_flags(bs, flags | BDRV_O_UNMAP), &local_err);
-    qdict_del(options, "file");
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto fail;
+    if (filename || file_reference || qdict_size(file_options)) {
+        ret = bdrv_file_open(&file, filename, file_reference, file_options,
+                             bdrv_open_flags(bs, flags | BDRV_O_UNMAP),
+                             &local_err);
+        qdict_del(options, "file");
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
     }
 
     /* Find the right image format driver */
@@ -1165,7 +1168,13 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
     }
 
     if (!drv) {
-        ret = find_image_format(file, filename, &drv, &local_err);
+        if (file) {
+            ret = find_image_format(file, filename, &drv, &local_err);
+        } else {
+            error_setg(errp, "Must specify either driver or file");
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto unlink_and_fail;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!drv) {
@@ -1178,7 +1187,7 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
         goto unlink_and_fail;
     }
 
-    if (bs->file != file) {
+    if (file && (bs->file != file)) {
         bdrv_unref(file);
         file = NULL;
     }