[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 03/12] block: Add "has_single_child" field for drivers

[Max Reitz]

This field should be used by block drivers acting as filters which have
only a single child BDS which is referenced through the "file" field of
the BDS.

Setting this field allows other block functions to "access" the child
BDS, for instance in bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(). Therefore, it
should not be set if the block layer should not have access to the child
through the filter.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Benoit Canet <address@hidden>
---
 block.c                   | 4 ++++
 include/block/block_int.h | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 990a754..7662f99 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -5466,6 +5466,10 @@ bool bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(BlockDriverState 
*bs,
         return bs->drv->bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(bs, candidate);
     }
 
+    if (bs->drv->has_single_child) {
+        return bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter(bs->file, candidate);
+    }
+
     /* the driver is a block filter but don't allow to recurse -> return false
      */
     return false;
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index cd5bc73..243e974 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ struct BlockDriver {
 
     /* set to true if the BlockDriver is a block filter */
     bool is_filter;
+    /* Set to true if the BlockDriver is a filter with a single child 
referenced
+     * through the "file" field in the BDS. This allows the block layer to
+     * access that child through the filter (e.g., for
+     * bdrv_recurse_is_first_non_filter()); if this is not desired, set it to
+     * false (the "file" field should not have been used in this case anyway,
+     * though). */
+    bool has_single_child;
     /* for snapshots block filter like Quorum can implement the
      * following recursive callback.
      * It's purpose is to recurse on the filter children while calling
-- 
1.9.1