Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] block: check full backing filename when searching protocol filenames

[Jeff Cody]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 07:24:48PM +0100, Max Reitz wrote:
> On 25.01.2017 18:22, Jeff Cody wrote:
> > In bdrv_find_backing_image(), if we are searching an image for a backing
> > file that contains a protocol, we currently only compare unmodified
> > paths.
> > 
> > However, some management software will change the backing filename to be
> > a relative filename in a path.  QEMU is able to handle this fine,
> > because internally it will use path_combine to put together the full
> > protocol URI.
> > 
> > However, this can lead to an inability to match an image during a QAPI
> > command that needs to use bdrv_find_backing_image() to find the image,
> > when it is searched by the full URI.
> > 
> > When searching for a protocol filename, if the straight comparison
> > fails, this patch will also compare against the full backing filename to
> > see if that is a match.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  block.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> Thanks, applied to my block tree:
> 
> https://github.com/XanClic/qemu/commits/block
>

Thanks!

> 
> How much would you mind writing an iotest?

I don't mind, I can do that.

-Jeff