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[Qemu-block] [PATCH] luks: Allow share-rw=on


From: Fam Zheng
Subject: [Qemu-block] [PATCH] luks: Allow share-rw=on
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:25:51 +0800

Format drivers such as qcow2 don't allow sharing the same image between
two QEMU instances in order to prevent image corruptions, because of
metadata cache. LUKS driver don't modify metadata except for when
creating image, so it is safe to relax the permission. This makes
share-rw=on property work on virtual devices.

Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
---
 block/crypto.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/crypto.c b/block/crypto.c
index 146d81c90a..33ee01bebd 100644
--- a/block/crypto.c
+++ b/block/crypto.c
@@ -627,7 +627,9 @@ BlockDriver bdrv_crypto_luks = {
     .bdrv_probe         = block_crypto_probe_luks,
     .bdrv_open          = block_crypto_open_luks,
     .bdrv_close         = block_crypto_close,
-    .bdrv_child_perm    = bdrv_format_default_perms,
+    /* This driver doesn't modify LUKS metadata except when creating image.
+     * Allow share-rw=on as a special case. */
+    .bdrv_child_perm    = bdrv_filter_default_perms,
     .bdrv_co_create     = block_crypto_co_create_luks,
     .bdrv_co_create_opts = block_crypto_co_create_opts_luks,
     .bdrv_co_truncate   = block_crypto_co_truncate,
-- 
2.17.1




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