2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 0d4d5c336c..3560deb883 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -248,6 +248,20 @@ int bdrv_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *res, BdrvCheckMode fix);
 
 int bdrv_amend_options(BlockDriverState *bs_new, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
 
+/* external snapshots */
+
+typedef enum {
+    EXT_SNAPSHOT_ALLOWED,
+    EXT_SNAPSHOT_FORBIDDEN,
+} ExtSnapshotPerm;
+
+/* return EXT_SNAPSHOT_ALLOWED if external snapshot is allowed
+ * return EXT_SNAPSHOT_FORBIDDEN if external snapshot is forbidden
+ */
+ExtSnapshotPerm bdrv_check_ext_snapshot(BlockDriverState *bs);
+/* helper used to forbid external snapshots like in blkverify */
+ExtSnapshotPerm bdrv_check_ext_snapshot_forbidden(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
 /* async block I/O */
 typedef void BlockDriverDirtyHandler(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector,
                                      int sector_num);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 17b26b2a9f..a48731d539 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ typedef struct BdrvTrackedRequest {
 struct BlockDriver {
     const char *format_name;
     int instance_size;
+
+    /* if not defined external snapshots are allowed
+     * future block filters will query their children to build the response
+     */
+    ExtSnapshotPerm (*bdrv_check_ext_snapshot)(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
     int (*bdrv_probe)(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size, const char *filename);
     int (*bdrv_probe_device)(const char *filename);