aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--block/vmdk.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 28cec50f38..bf9df5ce92 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -2633,6 +2633,14 @@ static int coroutine_fn vmdk_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv,
bool zeroed_grain;
bool compat6;
VMDKCreateOptsData data;
+ char *backing_fmt = NULL;
+
+ backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+ if (backing_fmt && strcmp(backing_fmt, "vmdk") != 0) {
+ error_setg(errp, "backing_file must be a vmdk image");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto exit;
+ }
if (filename_decompose(filename, path, prefix, postfix, PATH_MAX, errp)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -2691,6 +2699,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn vmdk_co_create_opts(BlockDriver *drv,
vmdk_co_create_opts_cb, &data, errp);
exit:
+ g_free(backing_fmt);
g_free(adapter_type);
g_free(backing_file);
g_free(hw_version);
@@ -3027,6 +3036,11 @@ static QemuOptsList vmdk_create_opts = {
.help = "File name of a base image"
},
{
+ .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
+ .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+ .help = "Must be 'vmdk' if present",
+ },
+ {
.name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
.type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
.help = "VMDK version 6 image",