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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/qcow2.h b/block/qcow2.h
index f4de0a27d5..6a8b82e6cc 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.h
+++ b/block/qcow2.h
@@ -146,8 +146,16 @@ typedef struct QCowHeader {
uint32_t refcount_order;
uint32_t header_length;
+
+ /* Additional fields */
+ uint8_t compression_type;
+
+ /* header must be a multiple of 8 */
+ uint8_t padding[7];
} QEMU_PACKED QCowHeader;
+QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(QCowHeader), 8));
+
typedef struct QEMU_PACKED QCowSnapshotHeader {
/* header is 8 byte aligned */
uint64_t l1_table_offset;
@@ -216,13 +224,16 @@ enum {
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY_BITNR = 0,
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_CORRUPT_BITNR = 1,
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DATA_FILE_BITNR = 2,
+ QCOW2_INCOMPAT_COMPRESSION_BITNR = 3,
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY = 1 << QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY_BITNR,
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_CORRUPT = 1 << QCOW2_INCOMPAT_CORRUPT_BITNR,
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DATA_FILE = 1 << QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DATA_FILE_BITNR,
+ QCOW2_INCOMPAT_COMPRESSION = 1 << QCOW2_INCOMPAT_COMPRESSION_BITNR,
QCOW2_INCOMPAT_MASK = QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DIRTY
| QCOW2_INCOMPAT_CORRUPT
- | QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DATA_FILE,
+ | QCOW2_INCOMPAT_DATA_FILE
+ | QCOW2_INCOMPAT_COMPRESSION,
};
/* Compatible feature bits */
@@ -366,6 +377,13 @@ typedef struct BDRVQcow2State {
bool metadata_preallocation_checked;
bool metadata_preallocation;
+ /*
+ * Compression type used for the image. Default: 0 - ZLIB
+ * The image compression type is set on image creation.
+ * For now, the only way to change the compression type
+ * is to convert the image with the desired compression type set.
+ */
+ Qcow2CompressionType compression_type;
} BDRVQcow2State;
typedef struct Qcow2COWRegion {