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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index bea47c4755..f717e1aedc 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -845,18 +845,33 @@ fail:
return ret;
}
-int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs)
+/*
+ * Opens the backing file for a BlockDriverState if not yet open
+ *
+ * options is a QDict of options to pass to the block drivers, or NULL for an
+ * empty set of options. The reference to the QDict is transferred to this
+ * function (even on failure), so if the caller intends to reuse the dictionary,
+ * it needs to use QINCREF() before calling bdrv_file_open.
+ */
+int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options)
{
char backing_filename[PATH_MAX];
int back_flags, ret;
BlockDriver *back_drv = NULL;
if (bs->backing_hd != NULL) {
+ QDECREF(options);
return 0;
}
+ /* NULL means an empty set of options */
+ if (options == NULL) {
+ options = qdict_new();
+ }
+
bs->open_flags &= ~BDRV_O_NO_BACKING;
- if (bs->backing_file[0] == '\0') {
+ if (bs->backing_file[0] == '\0' && qdict_size(options) == 0) {
+ QDECREF(options);
return 0;
}
@@ -871,7 +886,8 @@ int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs)
/* backing files always opened read-only */
back_flags = bs->open_flags & ~(BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT);
- ret = bdrv_open(bs->backing_hd, backing_filename, NULL,
+ ret = bdrv_open(bs->backing_hd,
+ *backing_filename ? backing_filename : NULL, options,
back_flags, back_drv);
if (ret < 0) {
bdrv_delete(bs->backing_hd);
@@ -1027,7 +1043,10 @@ int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
/* If there is a backing file, use it */
if ((flags & BDRV_O_NO_BACKING) == 0) {
- ret = bdrv_open_backing_file(bs);
+ QDict *backing_options;
+
+ extract_subqdict(options, &backing_options, "backing.");
+ ret = bdrv_open_backing_file(bs, backing_options);
if (ret < 0) {
goto close_and_fail;
}