diff --git a/block/dirty-bitmap.c b/block/dirty-bitmap.c
index d16b96ee62..9d803fcda3 100644
--- a/block/dirty-bitmap.c
+++ b/block/dirty-bitmap.c
@@ -309,10 +309,7 @@ BdrvDirtyBitmap
*bdrv_reclaim_dirty_bitmap_locked(BdrvDirtyBitmap *parent,
return NULL;
}
- if (!hbitmap_merge(parent->bitmap, successor->bitmap, parent->bitmap)) {
- error_setg(errp, "Merging of parent and successor bitmap failed");
- return NULL;
- }
+ hbitmap_merge(parent->bitmap, successor->bitmap, parent->bitmap);
parent->disabled = successor->disabled;
parent->busy = false;
@@ -899,13 +896,14 @@ bool bdrv_merge_dirty_bitmap(BdrvDirtyBitmap *dest, const
BdrvDirtyBitmap *src,
goto out;
}
- if (!hbitmap_can_merge(dest->bitmap, src->bitmap)) {
- error_setg(errp, "Bitmaps are incompatible and can't be merged");
+ if (bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size(src) != bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size(dest)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Bitmaps are of different sizes (destination size is
%"
+ PRId64 ", source size is %" PRId64 ") and can't be merged",
+ bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size(dest), bdrv_dirty_bitmap_size(src));
goto out;
}
- ret = bdrv_dirty_bitmap_merge_internal(dest, src, backup, false);
- assert(ret);
+ bdrv_dirty_bitmap_merge_internal(dest, src, backup, false);