Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/6] block: Fix write/resize permissions for inactive images

[Eric Blake]

On 05/04/2017 11:52 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Format drivers for inactive nodes don't need write/resize permissions on
> their bs->file and can share write/resize with another VM (in fact, this
> is the whole point of keeping images inactive). Represent this fact in
> the op blocker system, so that image locking does the right thing
> without special-casing inactive images.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block.c               | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  include/block/block.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> index 773bd64..cd89467 100644
> --- a/block.c
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -192,11 +192,20 @@ void path_combine(char *dest, int dest_size,
>      }
>  }
>  
> +/* Returns whether the image file is opened as read-only. Note that this can
> + * return false and writing to the image file is still not possible because 
> the

s/false and/false but/
s/is still not/still not be/

> + * image is inactivated. */
>  bool bdrv_is_read_only(BlockDriverState *bs)
>  {
>      return bs->read_only;
>  }
>  
> +/* Returns whether the image file can be written to right now */
> +bool bdrv_is_writable(BlockDriverState *bs)
> +{
> +    return !bdrv_is_read_only(bs) && !(bs->open_flags & BDRV_O_INACTIVE);
> +}

Nice.

Up to you if you think the grammar suggestion helps.
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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