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-rw-r--r--block/io.c28
-rw-r--r--include/block/block.h14
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 75ab26fd58..6be9c40f23 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -637,6 +637,18 @@ static void mark_request_serialising(BdrvTrackedRequest *req, uint64_t align)
     req->overlap_bytes = MAX(req->overlap_bytes, overlap_bytes);
 }
 
+static bool is_request_serialising_and_aligned(BdrvTrackedRequest *req)
+{
+    /*
+     * If the request is serialising, overlap_offset and overlap_bytes are set,
+     * so we can check if the request is aligned. Otherwise, don't care and
+     * return false.
+     */
+
+    return req->serialising && (req->offset == req->overlap_offset) &&
+           (req->bytes == req->overlap_bytes);
+}
+
 /**
  * Round a region to cluster boundaries
  */
@@ -1311,6 +1323,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_aligned_preadv(BdrvChild *child,
         mark_request_serialising(req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(bs));
     }
 
+    /* BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING is only for write operation */
+    assert(!(flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING));
+
     if (!(flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING)) {
         wait_serialising_requests(req);
     }
@@ -1594,8 +1609,14 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_aligned_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
 
     /* BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING is only for read operation */
     assert(!(flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING));
+
+    if (flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING) {
+        mark_request_serialising(req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(bs));
+    }
+
     waited = wait_serialising_requests(req);
-    assert(!waited || !req->serialising);
+    assert(!waited || !req->serialising ||
+           is_request_serialising_and_aligned(req));
     assert(req->overlap_offset <= offset);
     assert(offset + bytes <= req->overlap_offset + req->overlap_bytes);
     if (flags & BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED) {
@@ -2949,6 +2970,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_copy_range_internal(
         tracked_request_begin(&req, src->bs, src_offset, bytes,
                               BDRV_TRACKED_READ);
 
+        /* BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING is only for write operation */
+        assert(!(read_flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING));
         if (!(read_flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING)) {
             wait_serialising_requests(&req);
         }
@@ -2968,6 +2991,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_copy_range_internal(
 
         /* BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING is only for read operation */
         assert(!(write_flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING));
+        if (write_flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING) {
+            mark_request_serialising(&req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(dst->bs));
+        }
         wait_serialising_requests(&req);
 
         ret = dst->bs->drv->bdrv_co_copy_range_to(dst->bs,
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index e474f2541b..a91f37bedf 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -70,8 +70,20 @@ typedef enum {
      * content. */
     BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED    = 0x40,
 
+    /*
+     * BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING forces request serialisation for writes.
+     * It is used to ensure that writes to the backing file of a backup process
+     * target cannot race with a read of the backup target that defers to the
+     * backing file.
+     *
+     * Note, that BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING is _not_ opposite in meaning to
+     * BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING. A more descriptive name for the latter might be
+     * _DO_NOT_WAIT_FOR_SERIALISING, except that is too long.
+     */
+    BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING        = 0x80,
+
     /* Mask of valid flags */
-    BDRV_REQ_MASK               = 0x7f,
+    BDRV_REQ_MASK               = 0xff,
 } BdrvRequestFlags;
 
 typedef struct BlockSizes {