1 files changed, 24 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 9a945a058d..f1cedac362 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4910,9 +4910,11 @@ int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top, BlockDriverState *base,
 {
     BlockDriverState *explicit_top = top;
     bool update_inherits_from;
-    BdrvChild *c, *next;
+    BdrvChild *c;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     int ret = -EIO;
+    g_autoptr(GSList) updated_children = NULL;
+    GSList *p;
 
     bdrv_ref(top);
     bdrv_subtree_drained_begin(top);
@@ -4926,14 +4928,6 @@ int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top, BlockDriverState *base,
         goto exit;
     }
 
-    /* This function changes all links that point to top and makes
-     * them point to base. Check that none of them is frozen. */
-    QLIST_FOREACH(c, &top->parents, next_parent) {
-        if (c->frozen) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-    }
-
     /* If 'base' recursively inherits from 'top' then we should set
      * base->inherits_from to top->inherits_from after 'top' and all
      * other intermediate nodes have been dropped.
@@ -4950,36 +4944,36 @@ int bdrv_drop_intermediate(BlockDriverState *top, BlockDriverState *base,
         backing_file_str = base->filename;
     }
 
-    QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(c, &top->parents, next_parent, next) {
-        /* Check whether we are allowed to switch c from top to base */
-        GSList *ignore_children = g_slist_prepend(NULL, c);
-        ret = bdrv_check_update_perm(base, NULL, c->perm, c->shared_perm,
-                                     ignore_children, NULL, &local_err);
-        g_slist_free(ignore_children);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            error_report_err(local_err);
-            goto exit;
-        }
+    QLIST_FOREACH(c, &top->parents, next_parent) {
+        updated_children = g_slist_prepend(updated_children, c);
+    }
+
+    bdrv_replace_node_common(top, base, false, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_report_err(local_err);
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    for (p = updated_children; p; p = p->next) {
+        c = p->data;
 
-        /* If so, update the backing file path in the image file */
         if (c->klass->update_filename) {
             ret = c->klass->update_filename(c, base, backing_file_str,
                                             &local_err);
             if (ret < 0) {
-                bdrv_abort_perm_update(base);
+                /*
+                 * TODO: Actually, we want to rollback all previous iterations
+                 * of this loop, and (which is almost impossible) previous
+                 * bdrv_replace_node()...
+                 *
+                 * Note, that c->klass->update_filename may lead to permission
+                 * update, so it's a bad idea to call it inside permission
+                 * update transaction of bdrv_replace_node.
+                 */
                 error_report_err(local_err);
                 goto exit;
             }
         }
-
-        /*
-         * Do the actual switch in the in-memory graph.
-         * Completes bdrv_check_update_perm() transaction internally.
-         * c->frozen is false, we have checked that above.
-         */
-        bdrv_ref(base);
-        bdrv_replace_child(c, base);
-        bdrv_unref(top);
     }
 
     if (update_inherits_from) {