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-rw-r--r--blockdev.c14
-rw-r--r--qapi/block-core.json29
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/0852
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/1392
4 files changed, 38 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 6469f161df..02cd69bc21 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -3887,6 +3887,7 @@ void qmp_blockdev_add(BlockdevOptions *options, Error **errp)
     QObject *obj;
     Visitor *v = qobject_output_visitor_new(&obj);
     QDict *qdict;
+    const QDictEntry *ent;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     visit_type_BlockdevOptions(v, NULL, &options, &local_err);
@@ -3900,6 +3901,19 @@ void qmp_blockdev_add(BlockdevOptions *options, Error **errp)
 
     qdict_flatten(qdict);
 
+    /*
+     * Rewrite "backing": null to "backing": ""
+     * TODO Rewrite "" to null instead, and perhaps not even here
+     */
+    for (ent = qdict_first(qdict); ent; ent = qdict_next(qdict, ent)) {
+        char *dot = strrchr(ent->key, '.');
+
+        if (!strcmp(dot ? dot + 1 : ent->key, "backing")
+            && qobject_type(ent->value) == QTYPE_QNULL) {
+            qdict_put(qdict, ent->key, qstring_new());
+        }
+    }
+
     if (!qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "node-name")) {
         error_setg(errp, "'node-name' must be specified for the root node");
         goto fail;
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index ff8e2ba0cb..6866ae8a38 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -2273,15 +2273,14 @@
 # besides their data source and an optional backing file.
 #
 # @backing:     reference to or definition of the backing file block
-#               device (if missing, taken from the image file content). It is
-#               allowed to pass an empty string here in order to disable the
-#               default backing file.
+#               device, null disables the backing file entirely.
+#               Defaults to the backing file stored the image file.
 #
 # Since: 2.9
 ##
 { 'struct': 'BlockdevOptionsGenericCOWFormat',
   'base': 'BlockdevOptionsGenericFormat',
-  'data': { '*backing': 'BlockdevRef' } }
+  'data': { '*backing': 'BlockdevRefOrNull' } }
 
 ##
 # @Qcow2OverlapCheckMode:
@@ -3120,9 +3119,7 @@
 # Reference to a block device.
 #
 # @definition:      defines a new block device inline
-# @reference:       references the ID of an existing block device. An
-#                   empty string means that no block device should be
-#                   referenced.
+# @reference:       references the ID of an existing block device
 #
 # Since: 2.9
 ##
@@ -3131,6 +3128,24 @@
             'reference': 'str' } }
 
 ##
+# @BlockdevRefOrNull:
+#
+# Reference to a block device.
+#
+# @definition:      defines a new block device inline
+# @reference:       references the ID of an existing block device.
+#                   An empty string means that no block device should
+#                   be referenced.  Deprecated; use null instead.
+# @null:            No block device should be referenced (since 2.10)
+#
+# Since: 2.9
+##
+{ 'alternate': 'BlockdevRefOrNull',
+  'data': { 'definition': 'BlockdevOptions',
+            'reference': 'str',
+            'null': 'null' } }
+
+##
 # @blockdev-add:
 #
 # Creates a new block device. If the @id option is given at the top level, a
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/085 b/tests/qemu-iotests/085
index 71efe50d34..5c7668cf9b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/085
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/085
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function add_snapshot_image()
     snapshot_file="${TEST_DIR}/${1}-${snapshot_virt0}"
     _make_test_img -u -b "${base_image}" "$size"
     mv "${TEST_IMG}" "${snapshot_file}"
-    do_blockdev_add "$1" "'backing': '', " "${snapshot_file}"
+    do_blockdev_add "$1" "'backing': null, " "${snapshot_file}"
 }
 
 # ${1}: unique identifier for the snapshot filename
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/139 b/tests/qemu-iotests/139
index 9ff51d9647..50cf40fbd5 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/139
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/139
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TestBlockdevDel(iotests.QMPTestCase):
                          '-b', base_img, new_img, '1M')
         opts = {'driver': iotests.imgfmt,
                 'node-name': node,
-                'backing': '',
+                'backing': None,
                 'file': {'driver': 'file',
                          'filename': new_img}}
         result = self.vm.qmp('blockdev-add', conv_keys = False, **opts)