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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-06-11 15:35:44 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-06-11 15:35:44 +0100
commit3666f684761a3cccd86d13c752273be207ecade4 (patch)
tree8e9c7c1eabcc02f41992d01c46feb82d62dd47ed
parent470dd165d152ff7ceac61c7b71c2b89220b3aad7 (diff)
parentadf92f4645ba46726368735916fed763d3e5a09b (diff)
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/ericb/tags/pull-bitmaps-2020-06-09' into staging
bitmaps patches for 2020-06-09

- documenation fix
- various improvements to qcow2.py program used in iotests

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* remotes/ericb/tags/pull-bitmaps-2020-06-09:
  iotests: Fix 291 across more file systems
  qcow2_format.py: dump bitmaps header extension
  qcow2: QcowHeaderExtension print names for extension magics
  qcow2_format: refactor QcowHeaderExtension as a subclass of Qcow2Struct
  qcow2_format.py: QcowHeaderExtension: add dump method
  qcow2_format.py: add field-formatting class
  qcow2_format.py: separate generic functionality of structure classes
  qcow2_format.py: use strings to specify c-type of struct fields
  qcow2_format.py: use modern string formatting
  qcow2_format.py: use tuples instead of lists for fields
  qcow2_format.py: drop new line printing at end of dump()
  qcow2.py: move qcow2 format classes to separate module
  qcow2.py: add licensing blurb
  qcow2.py: python style fixes
  qemu-img: Fix doc typo for 'bitmap' subcommand

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-img.rst2
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/031.out22
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/036.out4
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/061.out14
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2918
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/291.out37
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py218
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2_format.py286
8 files changed, 398 insertions, 193 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
index 69cd9a3037..7f0737488a 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Command description:
 
   ``--disable`` to change *BITMAP* to stop recording future edits.
 
-  ``--merge`` to merge the contents of *SOURCE_BITMAP* into *BITMAP*.
+  ``--merge`` to merge the contents of the *SOURCE* bitmap into *BITMAP*.
 
   Additional options include ``-g`` which sets a non-default
   *GRANULARITY* for ``--add``, and ``-b`` and ``-F`` which select an
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/031.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/031.out
index 5a4beda6a2..4b21d6a9ba 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/031.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/031.out
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             72
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x12345678
+magic                     0x12345678 (<unknown>)
 length                    31
 data                      'This is a test header extension'
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             72
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x12345678
+magic                     0x12345678 (<unknown>)
 length                    31
 data                      'This is a test header extension'
 
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             72
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0xe2792aca
+magic                     0xe2792aca (Backing format)
 length                    11
 data                      'host_device'
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x12345678
+magic                     0x12345678 (<unknown>)
 length                    31
 data                      'This is a test header extension'
 
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x12345678
+magic                     0x12345678 (<unknown>)
 length                    31
 data                      'This is a test header extension'
 
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x12345678
+magic                     0x12345678 (<unknown>)
 length                    31
 data                      'This is a test header extension'
 
@@ -182,17 +182,17 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0xe2792aca
+magic                     0xe2792aca (Backing format)
 length                    11
 data                      'host_device'
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x12345678
+magic                     0x12345678 (<unknown>)
 length                    31
 data                      'This is a test header extension'
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out
index e409acf60e..a9bed828e5 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/036.out
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ incompatible_features     []
 compatible_features       []
 autoclear_features        [63]
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ incompatible_features     []
 compatible_features       []
 autoclear_features        []
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
index a51ad1b5ba..2f03cf045c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ refcount_order            4
 header_length             112
 
 Header extension:
-magic                     0x6803f857
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
 length                    336
 data                      <binary>
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/291 b/tests/qemu-iotests/291
index 3ca83b9cd1..404f8521f7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/291
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/291
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ $QEMU_IO -c 'w 1M 1M' -f $IMGFMT "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IMG bitmap --disable -f $IMGFMT "$TEST_IMG" b1
 $QEMU_IMG bitmap --enable -f $IMGFMT "$TEST_IMG" b2
 $QEMU_IO -c 'w 2M 1M' -f $IMGFMT "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+echo "Check resulting qcow2 header extensions:"
+$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header-exts
 
 echo
 echo "=== Bitmap preservation not possible to non-qcow2 ==="
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ echo
 
 # Only bitmaps from the active layer are copied
 $QEMU_IMG convert --bitmaps -O qcow2 "$TEST_IMG.orig" "$TEST_IMG"
-$QEMU_IMG info "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_img_info --format-specific
+_img_info --format-specific
 # But we can also merge in bitmaps from other layers.  This test is a bit
 # contrived to cover more code paths, in reality, you could merge directly
 # into b0 without going through tmp
@@ -87,7 +89,9 @@ $QEMU_IMG bitmap --add --merge b0 -b "$TEST_IMG.base" -F $IMGFMT \
 $QEMU_IMG bitmap --merge tmp -f $IMGFMT "$TEST_IMG" b0
 $QEMU_IMG bitmap --remove --image-opts \
     driver=$IMGFMT,file.driver=file,file.filename="$TEST_IMG" tmp
-$QEMU_IMG info "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_img_info --format-specific
+_img_info --format-specific
+echo "Check resulting qcow2 header extensions:"
+$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header-exts
 
 echo
 echo "=== Check bitmap contents ==="
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
index 8c62017567..08bfaaaa6b 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@ wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 2097152
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+Check resulting qcow2 header extensions:
+Header extension:
+magic                     0xe2792aca (Backing format)
+length                    5
+data                      'qcow2'
+
+Header extension:
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
+length                    336
+data                      <binary>
+
+Header extension:
+magic                     0x23852875 (Bitmaps)
+length                    24
+nb_bitmaps                2
+reserved32                0
+bitmap_directory_size     0x40
+bitmap_directory_offset   0x510000
+
 
 === Bitmap preservation not possible to non-qcow2 ===
 
@@ -24,7 +43,7 @@ qemu-img: Format driver 'raw' does not support bitmaps
 image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT
 file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 10 MiB (10485760 bytes)
-disk size: 4.39 MiB
+cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
     compression type: zlib
@@ -44,7 +63,7 @@ Format specific information:
 image: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT
 file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 10 MiB (10485760 bytes)
-disk size: 4.48 MiB
+cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
     compression type: zlib
@@ -65,6 +84,20 @@ Format specific information:
             granularity: 65536
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
+Check resulting qcow2 header extensions:
+Header extension:
+magic                     0x6803f857 (Feature table)
+length                    336
+data                      <binary>
+
+Header extension:
+magic                     0x23852875 (Bitmaps)
+length                    24
+nb_bitmaps                3
+reserved32                0
+bitmap_directory_size     0x60
+bitmap_directory_offset   0x520000
+
 
 === Check bitmap contents ===
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
index 94a07b2f6f..8c187e9a72 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2.py
@@ -1,181 +1,50 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Manipulations with qcow2 image
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
 
 import sys
-import struct
-import string
-
-class QcowHeaderExtension:
-
-    def __init__(self, magic, length, data):
-        if length % 8 != 0:
-            padding = 8 - (length % 8)
-            data += b"\0" * padding
-
-        self.magic  = magic
-        self.length = length
-        self.data   = data
-
-    @classmethod
-    def create(cls, magic, data):
-        return QcowHeaderExtension(magic, len(data), data)
-
-class QcowHeader:
-
-    uint32_t = 'I'
-    uint64_t = 'Q'
-
-    fields = [
-        # Version 2 header fields
-        [ uint32_t, '%#x',  'magic' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'version' ],
-        [ uint64_t, '%#x',  'backing_file_offset' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%#x',  'backing_file_size' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'cluster_bits' ],
-        [ uint64_t, '%d',   'size' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'crypt_method' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'l1_size' ],
-        [ uint64_t, '%#x',  'l1_table_offset' ],
-        [ uint64_t, '%#x',  'refcount_table_offset' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'refcount_table_clusters' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'nb_snapshots' ],
-        [ uint64_t, '%#x',  'snapshot_offset' ],
-
-        # Version 3 header fields
-        [ uint64_t, 'mask', 'incompatible_features' ],
-        [ uint64_t, 'mask', 'compatible_features' ],
-        [ uint64_t, 'mask', 'autoclear_features' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'refcount_order' ],
-        [ uint32_t, '%d',   'header_length' ],
-    ];
-
-    fmt = '>' + ''.join(field[0] for field in fields)
-
-    def __init__(self, fd):
-
-        buf_size = struct.calcsize(QcowHeader.fmt)
-
-        fd.seek(0)
-        buf = fd.read(buf_size)
-
-        header = struct.unpack(QcowHeader.fmt, buf)
-        self.__dict__ = dict((field[2], header[i])
-            for i, field in enumerate(QcowHeader.fields))
-
-        self.set_defaults()
-        self.cluster_size = 1 << self.cluster_bits
-
-        fd.seek(self.header_length)
-        self.load_extensions(fd)
-
-        if self.backing_file_offset:
-            fd.seek(self.backing_file_offset)
-            self.backing_file = fd.read(self.backing_file_size)
-        else:
-            self.backing_file = None
-
-    def set_defaults(self):
-        if self.version == 2:
-            self.incompatible_features = 0
-            self.compatible_features = 0
-            self.autoclear_features = 0
-            self.refcount_order = 4
-            self.header_length = 72
-
-    def load_extensions(self, fd):
-        self.extensions = []
-
-        if self.backing_file_offset != 0:
-            end = min(self.cluster_size, self.backing_file_offset)
-        else:
-            end = self.cluster_size
-
-        while fd.tell() < end:
-            (magic, length) = struct.unpack('>II', fd.read(8))
-            if magic == 0:
-                break
-            else:
-                padded = (length + 7) & ~7
-                data = fd.read(padded)
-                self.extensions.append(QcowHeaderExtension(magic, length, data))
-
-    def update_extensions(self, fd):
-
-        fd.seek(self.header_length)
-        extensions = self.extensions
-        extensions.append(QcowHeaderExtension(0, 0, b""))
-        for ex in extensions:
-            buf = struct.pack('>II', ex.magic, ex.length)
-            fd.write(buf)
-            fd.write(ex.data)
-
-        if self.backing_file != None:
-            self.backing_file_offset = fd.tell()
-            fd.write(self.backing_file)
-
-        if fd.tell() > self.cluster_size:
-            raise Exception("I think I just broke the image...")
-
-
-    def update(self, fd):
-        header_bytes = self.header_length
-
-        self.update_extensions(fd)
-
-        fd.seek(0)
-        header = tuple(self.__dict__[f] for t, p, f in QcowHeader.fields)
-        buf = struct.pack(QcowHeader.fmt, *header)
-        buf = buf[0:header_bytes-1]
-        fd.write(buf)
-
-    def dump(self):
-        for f in QcowHeader.fields:
-            value = self.__dict__[f[2]]
-            if f[1] == 'mask':
-                bits = []
-                for bit in range(64):
-                    if value & (1 << bit):
-                        bits.append(bit)
-                value_str = str(bits)
-            else:
-                value_str = f[1] % value
-
-            print("%-25s" % f[2], value_str)
-        print("")
-
-    def dump_extensions(self):
-        for ex in self.extensions:
 
-            data = ex.data[:ex.length]
-            if all(c in string.printable.encode('ascii') for c in data):
-                data = "'%s'" % data.decode('ascii')
-            else:
-                data = "<binary>"
-
-            print("Header extension:")
-            print("%-25s %#x" % ("magic", ex.magic))
-            print("%-25s %d" % ("length", ex.length))
-            print("%-25s %s" % ("data", data))
-            print("")
+from qcow2_format import (
+    QcowHeader,
+    QcowHeaderExtension
+)
 
 
 def cmd_dump_header(fd):
     h = QcowHeader(fd)
     h.dump()
+    print()
     h.dump_extensions()
 
+
 def cmd_dump_header_exts(fd):
     h = QcowHeader(fd)
     h.dump_extensions()
 
+
 def cmd_set_header(fd, name, value):
     try:
         value = int(value, 0)
-    except:
+    except ValueError:
         print("'%s' is not a valid number" % value)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     fields = (field[2] for field in QcowHeader.fields)
-    if not name in fields:
+    if name not in fields:
         print("'%s' is not a known header field" % name)
         sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -183,25 +52,29 @@ def cmd_set_header(fd, name, value):
     h.__dict__[name] = value
     h.update(fd)
 
+
 def cmd_add_header_ext(fd, magic, data):
     try:
         magic = int(magic, 0)
-    except:
+    except ValueError:
         print("'%s' is not a valid magic number" % magic)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     h = QcowHeader(fd)
-    h.extensions.append(QcowHeaderExtension.create(magic, data.encode('ascii')))
+    h.extensions.append(QcowHeaderExtension.create(magic,
+                                                   data.encode('ascii')))
     h.update(fd)
 
+
 def cmd_add_header_ext_stdio(fd, magic):
     data = sys.stdin.read()
     cmd_add_header_ext(fd, magic, data)
 
+
 def cmd_del_header_ext(fd, magic):
     try:
         magic = int(magic, 0)
-    except:
+    except ValueError:
         print("'%s' is not a valid magic number" % magic)
         sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -219,12 +92,13 @@ def cmd_del_header_ext(fd, magic):
 
     h.update(fd)
 
+
 def cmd_set_feature_bit(fd, group, bit):
     try:
         bit = int(bit, 0)
         if bit < 0 or bit >= 64:
             raise ValueError
-    except:
+    except ValueError:
         print("'%s' is not a valid bit number in range [0, 64)" % bit)
         sys.exit(1)
 
@@ -236,21 +110,27 @@ def cmd_set_feature_bit(fd, group, bit):
     elif group == 'autoclear':
         h.autoclear_features |= 1 << bit
     else:
-        print("'%s' is not a valid group, try 'incompatible', 'compatible', or 'autoclear'" % group)
+        print("'%s' is not a valid group, try "
+              "'incompatible', 'compatible', or 'autoclear'" % group)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     h.update(fd)
 
+
 cmds = [
-    [ 'dump-header',          cmd_dump_header,          0, 'Dump image header and header extensions' ],
-    [ 'dump-header-exts',     cmd_dump_header_exts,     0, 'Dump image header extensions' ],
-    [ 'set-header',           cmd_set_header,           2, 'Set a field in the header'],
-    [ 'add-header-ext',       cmd_add_header_ext,       2, 'Add a header extension' ],
-    [ 'add-header-ext-stdio', cmd_add_header_ext_stdio, 1, 'Add a header extension, data from stdin' ],
-    [ 'del-header-ext',       cmd_del_header_ext,       1, 'Delete a header extension' ],
-    [ 'set-feature-bit',      cmd_set_feature_bit,      2, 'Set a feature bit'],
+    ['dump-header', cmd_dump_header, 0,
+     'Dump image header and header extensions'],
+    ['dump-header-exts', cmd_dump_header_exts, 0,
+     'Dump image header extensions'],
+    ['set-header', cmd_set_header, 2, 'Set a field in the header'],
+    ['add-header-ext', cmd_add_header_ext, 2, 'Add a header extension'],
+    ['add-header-ext-stdio', cmd_add_header_ext_stdio, 1,
+     'Add a header extension, data from stdin'],
+    ['del-header-ext', cmd_del_header_ext, 1, 'Delete a header extension'],
+    ['set-feature-bit', cmd_set_feature_bit, 2, 'Set a feature bit'],
 ]
 
+
 def main(filename, cmd, args):
     fd = open(filename, "r+b")
     try:
@@ -267,6 +147,7 @@ def main(filename, cmd, args):
     finally:
         fd.close()
 
+
 def usage():
     print("Usage: %s <file> <cmd> [<arg>, ...]" % sys.argv[0])
     print("")
@@ -274,6 +155,7 @@ def usage():
     for name, handler, num_args, desc in cmds:
         print("    %-20s - %s" % (name, desc))
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 3:
         usage()
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2_format.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2_format.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f65fd161d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/qcow2_format.py
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+# Library for manipulations with qcow2 image
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Virtuozzo International GmbH.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import struct
+import string
+
+
+class Qcow2Field:
+
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.value)
+
+
+class Flags64(Qcow2Field):
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        bits = []
+        for bit in range(64):
+            if self.value & (1 << bit):
+                bits.append(bit)
+        return str(bits)
+
+
+class Enum(Qcow2Field):
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'{self.value:#x} ({self.mapping.get(self.value, "<unknown>")})'
+
+
+class Qcow2StructMeta(type):
+
+    # Mapping from c types to python struct format
+    ctypes = {
+        'u8': 'B',
+        'u16': 'H',
+        'u32': 'I',
+        'u64': 'Q'
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, name, bases, attrs):
+        if 'fields' in attrs:
+            self.fmt = '>' + ''.join(self.ctypes[f[0]] for f in self.fields)
+
+
+class Qcow2Struct(metaclass=Qcow2StructMeta):
+
+    """Qcow2Struct: base class for qcow2 data structures
+
+    Successors should define fields class variable, which is: list of tuples,
+    each of three elements:
+        - c-type (one of 'u8', 'u16', 'u32', 'u64')
+        - format (format_spec to use with .format() when dump or 'mask' to dump
+                  bitmasks)
+        - field name
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, fd=None, offset=None, data=None):
+        """
+        Two variants:
+            1. Specify data. fd and offset must be None.
+            2. Specify fd and offset, data must be None. offset may be omitted
+               in this case, than current position of fd is used.
+        """
+        if data is None:
+            assert fd is not None
+            buf_size = struct.calcsize(self.fmt)
+            if offset is not None:
+                fd.seek(offset)
+            data = fd.read(buf_size)
+        else:
+            assert fd is None and offset is None
+
+        values = struct.unpack(self.fmt, data)
+        self.__dict__ = dict((field[2], values[i])
+                             for i, field in enumerate(self.fields))
+
+    def dump(self):
+        for f in self.fields:
+            value = self.__dict__[f[2]]
+            if isinstance(f[1], str):
+                value_str = f[1].format(value)
+            else:
+                value_str = str(f[1](value))
+
+            print('{:<25} {}'.format(f[2], value_str))
+
+
+class Qcow2BitmapExt(Qcow2Struct):
+
+    fields = (
+        ('u32', '{}', 'nb_bitmaps'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'reserved32'),
+        ('u64', '{:#x}', 'bitmap_directory_size'),
+        ('u64', '{:#x}', 'bitmap_directory_offset')
+    )
+
+
+QCOW2_EXT_MAGIC_BITMAPS = 0x23852875
+
+
+class QcowHeaderExtension(Qcow2Struct):
+
+    class Magic(Enum):
+        mapping = {
+            0xe2792aca: 'Backing format',
+            0x6803f857: 'Feature table',
+            0x0537be77: 'Crypto header',
+            QCOW2_EXT_MAGIC_BITMAPS: 'Bitmaps',
+            0x44415441: 'Data file'
+        }
+
+    fields = (
+        ('u32', Magic, 'magic'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'length')
+        # length bytes of data follows
+        # then padding to next multiply of 8
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, magic=None, length=None, data=None, fd=None):
+        """
+        Support both loading from fd and creation from user data.
+        For fd-based creation current position in a file will be used to read
+        the data.
+
+        This should be somehow refactored and functionality should be moved to
+        superclass (to allow creation of any qcow2 struct), but then, fields
+        of variable length (data here) should be supported in base class
+        somehow. Note also, that we probably want to parse different
+        extensions. Should they be subclasses of this class, or how to do it
+        better? Should it be something like QAPI union with discriminator field
+        (magic here). So, it's a TODO. We'll see how to properly refactor this
+        when we have more qcow2 structures.
+        """
+        if fd is None:
+            assert all(v is not None for v in (magic, length, data))
+            self.magic = magic
+            self.length = length
+            if length % 8 != 0:
+                padding = 8 - (length % 8)
+                data += b'\0' * padding
+            self.data = data
+        else:
+            assert all(v is None for v in (magic, length, data))
+            super().__init__(fd=fd)
+            padded = (self.length + 7) & ~7
+            self.data = fd.read(padded)
+            assert self.data is not None
+
+        if self.magic == QCOW2_EXT_MAGIC_BITMAPS:
+            self.obj = Qcow2BitmapExt(data=self.data)
+        else:
+            self.obj = None
+
+    def dump(self):
+        super().dump()
+
+        if self.obj is None:
+            data = self.data[:self.length]
+            if all(c in string.printable.encode('ascii') for c in data):
+                data = f"'{ data.decode('ascii') }'"
+            else:
+                data = '<binary>'
+            print(f'{"data":<25} {data}')
+        else:
+            self.obj.dump()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, magic, data):
+        return QcowHeaderExtension(magic, len(data), data)
+
+
+class QcowHeader(Qcow2Struct):
+
+    fields = (
+        # Version 2 header fields
+        ('u32', '{:#x}', 'magic'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'version'),
+        ('u64', '{:#x}', 'backing_file_offset'),
+        ('u32', '{:#x}', 'backing_file_size'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'cluster_bits'),
+        ('u64', '{}', 'size'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'crypt_method'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'l1_size'),
+        ('u64', '{:#x}', 'l1_table_offset'),
+        ('u64', '{:#x}', 'refcount_table_offset'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'refcount_table_clusters'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'nb_snapshots'),
+        ('u64', '{:#x}', 'snapshot_offset'),
+
+        # Version 3 header fields
+        ('u64', Flags64, 'incompatible_features'),
+        ('u64', Flags64, 'compatible_features'),
+        ('u64', Flags64, 'autoclear_features'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'refcount_order'),
+        ('u32', '{}', 'header_length'),
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, fd):
+        super().__init__(fd=fd, offset=0)
+
+        self.set_defaults()
+        self.cluster_size = 1 << self.cluster_bits
+
+        fd.seek(self.header_length)
+        self.load_extensions(fd)
+
+        if self.backing_file_offset:
+            fd.seek(self.backing_file_offset)
+            self.backing_file = fd.read(self.backing_file_size)
+        else:
+            self.backing_file = None
+
+    def set_defaults(self):
+        if self.version == 2:
+            self.incompatible_features = 0
+            self.compatible_features = 0
+            self.autoclear_features = 0
+            self.refcount_order = 4
+            self.header_length = 72
+
+    def load_extensions(self, fd):
+        self.extensions = []
+
+        if self.backing_file_offset != 0:
+            end = min(self.cluster_size, self.backing_file_offset)
+        else:
+            end = self.cluster_size
+
+        while fd.tell() < end:
+            ext = QcowHeaderExtension(fd=fd)
+            if ext.magic == 0:
+                break
+            else:
+                self.extensions.append(ext)
+
+    def update_extensions(self, fd):
+
+        fd.seek(self.header_length)
+        extensions = self.extensions
+        extensions.append(QcowHeaderExtension(0, 0, b''))
+        for ex in extensions:
+            buf = struct.pack('>II', ex.magic, ex.length)
+            fd.write(buf)
+            fd.write(ex.data)
+
+        if self.backing_file is not None:
+            self.backing_file_offset = fd.tell()
+            fd.write(self.backing_file)
+
+        if fd.tell() > self.cluster_size:
+            raise Exception('I think I just broke the image...')
+
+    def update(self, fd):
+        header_bytes = self.header_length
+
+        self.update_extensions(fd)
+
+        fd.seek(0)
+        header = tuple(self.__dict__[f] for t, p, f in QcowHeader.fields)
+        buf = struct.pack(QcowHeader.fmt, *header)
+        buf = buf[0:header_bytes-1]
+        fd.write(buf)
+
+    def dump_extensions(self):
+        for ex in self.extensions:
+            print('Header extension:')
+            ex.dump()
+            print()