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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 9126587c45..1eb62b637c 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1197,7 +1197,6 @@ void qmp_drive_mirror(const char *device, const char *target,
bool has_on_target_error, BlockdevOnError on_target_error,
Error **errp)
{
- BlockDriverInfo bdi;
BlockDriverState *bs;
BlockDriverState *source, *target_bs;
BlockDriver *proto_drv;
@@ -1288,6 +1287,9 @@ void qmp_drive_mirror(const char *device, const char *target,
return;
}
+ /* Mirroring takes care of copy-on-write using the source's backing
+ * file.
+ */
target_bs = bdrv_new("");
ret = bdrv_open(target_bs, target, flags | BDRV_O_NO_BACKING, drv);
@@ -1297,17 +1299,6 @@ void qmp_drive_mirror(const char *device, const char *target,
return;
}
- /* We need a backing file if we will copy parts of a cluster. */
- if (bdrv_get_info(target_bs, &bdi) >= 0 && bdi.cluster_size != 0 &&
- bdi.cluster_size >= BDRV_SECTORS_PER_DIRTY_CHUNK * 512) {
- ret = bdrv_open_backing_file(target_bs);
- if (ret < 0) {
- bdrv_delete(target_bs);
- error_set(errp, QERR_OPEN_FILE_FAILED, target);
- return;
- }
- }
-
mirror_start(bs, target_bs, speed, sync, on_source_error, on_target_error,
block_job_cb, bs, &local_err);
if (local_err != NULL) {