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authorStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2017-12-07 20:13:17 +0000
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2017-12-19 10:25:09 +0000
commit882e9b89af7c1086d97cee11b2437337e756fa00 (patch)
treebc35d10a532c75a8b002ed935a6d371acb216a01 /blockdev.c
parentd02d8dde0c0fe3d77a31046e104a55f2e6c50bf6 (diff)
blockdev: add x-blockdev-set-iothread force boolean
When a node is already associated with a BlockBackend the x-blockdev-set-iothread command refuses to set the IOThread. This is to prevent accidentally changing the IOThread when the nodes are in use. When the nodes are created with -drive they automatically get a BlockBackend. In that case we know nothing is using them yet and it's safe to set the IOThread. Add a force boolean to override the check. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Message-id: 20171207201320.19284-4-stefanha@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'blockdev.c')
-rw-r--r--blockdev.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index f75c01f664..9c3a430cfb 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -4131,7 +4131,7 @@ BlockJobInfoList *qmp_query_block_jobs(Error **errp)
}
void qmp_x_blockdev_set_iothread(const char *node_name, StrOrNull *iothread,
- Error **errp)
+ bool has_force, bool force, Error **errp)
{
AioContext *old_context;
AioContext *new_context;
@@ -4143,10 +4143,11 @@ void qmp_x_blockdev_set_iothread(const char *node_name, StrOrNull *iothread,
return;
}
- /* If we want to allow more extreme test scenarios this guard could be
- * removed. For now it protects against accidents. */
- if (bdrv_has_blk(bs)) {
- error_setg(errp, "Node %s is in use", node_name);
+ /* Protects against accidents. */
+ if (!(has_force && force) && bdrv_has_blk(bs)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Node %s is associated with a BlockBackend and could "
+ "be in use (use force=true to override this check)",
+ node_name);
return;
}