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-rw-r--r--block/backup.c7
-rw-r--r--qapi/block-core.json5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 2b4c5c23e4..d07b838930 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -274,8 +274,11 @@ static void backup_cleanup_sync_bitmap(BackupBlockJob *job, int ret)
BdrvDirtyBitmap *bm;
BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(job->common.blk);
- if (ret < 0) {
- /* Merge the successor back into the parent, delete nothing. */
+ if (ret < 0 || job->bitmap_mode == BITMAP_SYNC_MODE_NEVER) {
+ /*
+ * Failure, or we don't want to synchronize the bitmap.
+ * Merge the successor back into the parent, delete nothing.
+ */
bm = bdrv_reclaim_dirty_bitmap(bs, job->sync_bitmap, NULL);
assert(bm);
} else {
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index dd926f7828..06e34488a3 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -1146,10 +1146,13 @@
# @on-success: The bitmap is only synced when the operation is successful.
# This is the behavior always used for 'INCREMENTAL' backups.
#
+# @never: The bitmap is never synchronized with the operation, and is
+# treated solely as a read-only manifest of blocks to copy.
+#
# Since: 4.2
##
{ 'enum': 'BitmapSyncMode',
- 'data': ['on-success'] }
+ 'data': ['on-success', 'never'] }
##
# @MirrorCopyMode: