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diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 36cb964dfd..70ed7e3b45 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -942,6 +942,8 @@
# @encryption_key_missing: true if the backing device is encrypted but an
# valid encryption key is missing
#
+# @detect_zeroes: detect and optimize zero writes (Since 2.1)
+#
# @bps: total throughput limit in bytes per second is specified
#
# @bps_rd: read throughput limit in bytes per second is specified
@@ -977,6 +979,7 @@
'data': { 'file': 'str', '*node-name': 'str', 'ro': 'bool', 'drv': 'str',
'*backing_file': 'str', 'backing_file_depth': 'int',
'encrypted': 'bool', 'encryption_key_missing': 'bool',
+ 'detect_zeroes': 'BlockdevDetectZeroesOptions',
'bps': 'int', 'bps_rd': 'int', 'bps_wr': 'int',
'iops': 'int', 'iops_rd': 'int', 'iops_wr': 'int',
'image': 'ImageInfo',
@@ -4255,6 +4258,22 @@
'data': [ 'ignore', 'unmap' ] }
##
+# @BlockdevDetectZeroesOptions
+#
+# Describes the operation mode for the automatic conversion of plain
+# zero writes by the OS to driver specific optimized zero write commands.
+#
+# @off: Disabled (default)
+# @on: Enabled
+# @unmap: Enabled and even try to unmap blocks if possible. This requires
+# also that @BlockdevDiscardOptions is set to unmap for this device.
+#
+# Since: 2.1
+##
+{ 'enum': 'BlockdevDetectZeroesOptions',
+ 'data': [ 'off', 'on', 'unmap' ] }
+
+##
# @BlockdevAioOptions
#
# Selects the AIO backend to handle I/O requests
@@ -4306,20 +4325,22 @@
# Options that are available for all block devices, independent of the block
# driver.
#
-# @driver: block driver name
-# @id: #optional id by which the new block device can be referred to.
-# This is a required option on the top level of blockdev-add, and
-# currently not allowed on any other level.
-# @node-name: #optional the name of a block driver state node (Since 2.0)
-# @discard: #optional discard-related options (default: ignore)
-# @cache: #optional cache-related options
-# @aio: #optional AIO backend (default: threads)
-# @rerror: #optional how to handle read errors on the device
-# (default: report)
-# @werror: #optional how to handle write errors on the device
-# (default: enospc)
-# @read-only: #optional whether the block device should be read-only
-# (default: false)
+# @driver: block driver name
+# @id: #optional id by which the new block device can be referred to.
+# This is a required option on the top level of blockdev-add, and
+# currently not allowed on any other level.
+# @node-name: #optional the name of a block driver state node (Since 2.0)
+# @discard: #optional discard-related options (default: ignore)
+# @cache: #optional cache-related options
+# @aio: #optional AIO backend (default: threads)
+# @rerror: #optional how to handle read errors on the device
+# (default: report)
+# @werror: #optional how to handle write errors on the device
+# (default: enospc)
+# @read-only: #optional whether the block device should be read-only
+# (default: false)
+# @detect-zeroes: #optional detect and optimize zero writes (Since 2.1)
+# (default: off)
#
# Since: 1.7
##
@@ -4332,7 +4353,8 @@
'*aio': 'BlockdevAioOptions',
'*rerror': 'BlockdevOnError',
'*werror': 'BlockdevOnError',
- '*read-only': 'bool' } }
+ '*read-only': 'bool',
+ '*detect-zeroes': 'BlockdevDetectZeroesOptions' } }
##
# @BlockdevOptionsFile