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authorManos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr>2017-07-13 18:30:25 +0300
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>2017-09-04 18:31:13 +0200
commit5a612c009ee538a3b32c896f9a6c5562a50efe9d (patch)
tree9e33b62dd41f222d3712d2adf3ce21145787520e /include/block
parent98bfaac788be0ca63d7d010c8d4ba100ff1d8278 (diff)
block: pass bdrv_* methods to bs->file by default in block filters
The following functions fail if bs->drv is a filter and does not implement them: bdrv_probe_blocksizes bdrv_probe_geometry bdrv_truncate bdrv_has_zero_init bdrv_get_info Instead, the call should be passed to bs->file if it exists, to allow filter drivers to support those methods without implementing them. This commit makes `drv->is_filter = true` imply that these callbacks will be forwarded to bs->file by default, so disabling support for these functions must be done explicitly. Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <el13635@mail.ntua.gr> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/block')
-rw-r--r--include/block/block_int.h6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 7571c0aaaf..71183cc76e 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ struct BlockDriver {
const char *format_name;
int instance_size;
- /* set to true if the BlockDriver is a block filter */
+ /* set to true if the BlockDriver is a block filter. Block filters pass
+ * certain callbacks that refer to data (see block.c) to their bs->file if
+ * the driver doesn't implement them. Drivers that do not wish to forward
+ * must implement them and return -ENOTSUP.
+ */
bool is_filter;
/* for snapshots block filter like Quorum can implement the
* following recursive callback.