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-rw-r--r--block/backup.c5
-rw-r--r--block/block-backend.c13
-rw-r--r--block/commit.c7
-rw-r--r--block/io.c89
-rw-r--r--block/parallels.c13
-rw-r--r--block/qcow.c21
-rw-r--r--block/qcow2.c12
-rw-r--r--block/qed-table.c16
-rw-r--r--block/qed.c31
-rw-r--r--block/stream.c7
-rw-r--r--block/vmdk.c7
-rw-r--r--hw/block/virtio-blk.c245
-rw-r--r--hw/core/machine.c2
-rw-r--r--hw/ide/atapi.c14
-rw-r--r--hw/ide/core.c19
-rw-r--r--hw/net/virtio-net.c31
-rw-r--r--hw/virtio/virtio.c15
-rw-r--r--include/hw/ide/internal.h3
-rw-r--r--include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h6
-rw-r--r--include/hw/virtio/virtio.h15
-rw-r--r--include/qemu/iov.h64
-rw-r--r--migration/block.c10
-rw-r--r--qemu-img.c10
-rw-r--r--tests/test-bdrv-drain.c29
-rw-r--r--tests/virtio-blk-test.c127
25 files changed, 525 insertions, 286 deletions
diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 435414e964..9988753249 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn backup_cow_with_bounce_buffer(BackupBlockJob *job,
                                                       void **bounce_buffer)
 {
     int ret;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     BlockBackend *blk = job->common.blk;
     int nbytes;
@@ -119,9 +118,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn backup_cow_with_bounce_buffer(BackupBlockJob *job,
     if (!*bounce_buffer) {
         *bounce_buffer = blk_blockalign(blk, job->cluster_size);
     }
-    iov.iov_base = *bounce_buffer;
-    iov.iov_len = nbytes;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, *bounce_buffer, nbytes);
 
     ret = blk_co_preadv(blk, start, qiov.size, &qiov, read_flags);
     if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index f6ea824308..6cc25569ef 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -1204,17 +1204,8 @@ static int blk_prw(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset, uint8_t *buf,
                    int64_t bytes, CoroutineEntry co_entry,
                    BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
-    BlkRwCo rwco;
-
-    iov = (struct iovec) {
-        .iov_base = buf,
-        .iov_len = bytes,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
-
-    rwco = (BlkRwCo) {
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, bytes);
+    BlkRwCo rwco = {
         .blk    = blk,
         .offset = offset,
         .iobuf  = &qiov,
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 53148e610b..d500a93068 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -47,14 +47,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn commit_populate(BlockBackend *bs, BlockBackend *base,
                                         void *buf)
 {
     int ret = 0;
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = buf,
-        .iov_len = bytes,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, bytes);
 
     assert(bytes < SIZE_MAX);
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
 
     ret = blk_co_preadv(bs, offset, qiov.size, &qiov, 0);
     if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 213ca03d8d..2ba603c7bc 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -843,17 +843,13 @@ static int bdrv_prwv_co(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
 static int bdrv_rw_co(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num, uint8_t *buf,
                       int nb_sectors, bool is_write, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = (void *)buf,
-        .iov_len = nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf,
+                                            nb_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     if (nb_sectors < 0 || nb_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
     return bdrv_prwv_co(child, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
                         &qiov, is_write, flags);
 }
@@ -880,13 +876,8 @@ int bdrv_write(BdrvChild *child, int64_t sector_num,
 int bdrv_pwrite_zeroes(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
                        int bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = NULL,
-        .iov_len = bytes,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, NULL, bytes);
 
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
     return bdrv_prwv_co(child, offset, &qiov, true,
                         BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE | flags);
 }
@@ -950,17 +941,12 @@ int bdrv_preadv(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
 
 int bdrv_pread(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, void *buf, int bytes)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = (void *)buf,
-        .iov_len = bytes,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, bytes);
 
     if (bytes < 0) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
     return bdrv_preadv(child, offset, &qiov);
 }
 
@@ -978,17 +964,12 @@ int bdrv_pwritev(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, QEMUIOVector *qiov)
 
 int bdrv_pwrite(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, const void *buf, int bytes)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base   = (void *) buf,
-        .iov_len    = bytes,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, bytes);
 
     if (bytes < 0) {
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
     return bdrv_pwritev(child, offset, &qiov);
 }
 
@@ -1165,7 +1146,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_copy_on_readv(BdrvChild *child,
     void *bounce_buffer;
 
     BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
     int64_t cluster_offset;
     int64_t cluster_bytes;
@@ -1230,9 +1210,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_copy_on_readv(BdrvChild *child,
 
         if (ret <= 0) {
             /* Must copy-on-read; use the bounce buffer */
-            iov.iov_base = bounce_buffer;
-            iov.iov_len = pnum = MIN(pnum, MAX_BOUNCE_BUFFER);
-            qemu_iovec_init_external(&local_qiov, &iov, 1);
+            pnum = MIN(pnum, MAX_BOUNCE_BUFFER);
+            qemu_iovec_init_buf(&local_qiov, bounce_buffer, pnum);
 
             ret = bdrv_driver_preadv(bs, cluster_offset, pnum,
                                      &local_qiov, 0);
@@ -1477,7 +1456,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
 {
     BlockDriver *drv = bs->drv;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {0};
+    void *buf = NULL;
     int ret = 0;
     bool need_flush = false;
     int head = 0;
@@ -1547,16 +1526,14 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
                 need_flush = true;
             }
             num = MIN(num, max_transfer);
-            iov.iov_len = num;
-            if (iov.iov_base == NULL) {
-                iov.iov_base = qemu_try_blockalign(bs, num);
-                if (iov.iov_base == NULL) {
+            if (buf == NULL) {
+                buf = qemu_try_blockalign0(bs, num);
+                if (buf == NULL) {
                     ret = -ENOMEM;
                     goto fail;
                 }
-                memset(iov.iov_base, 0, num);
             }
-            qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+            qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, buf, num);
 
             ret = bdrv_driver_pwritev(bs, offset, num, &qiov, write_flags);
 
@@ -1564,8 +1541,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
              * all future requests.
              */
             if (num < max_transfer) {
-                qemu_vfree(iov.iov_base);
-                iov.iov_base = NULL;
+                qemu_vfree(buf);
+                buf = NULL;
             }
         }
 
@@ -1577,7 +1554,7 @@ fail:
     if (ret == 0 && need_flush) {
         ret = bdrv_co_flush(bs);
     }
-    qemu_vfree(iov.iov_base);
+    qemu_vfree(buf);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1763,7 +1740,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_zero_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
     BlockDriverState *bs = child->bs;
     uint8_t *buf = NULL;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
     uint64_t align = bs->bl.request_alignment;
     unsigned int head_padding_bytes, tail_padding_bytes;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -1775,11 +1751,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_zero_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
     assert(flags & BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE);
     if (head_padding_bytes || tail_padding_bytes) {
         buf = qemu_blockalign(bs, align);
-        iov = (struct iovec) {
-            .iov_base   = buf,
-            .iov_len    = align,
-        };
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&local_qiov, &iov, 1);
+        qemu_iovec_init_buf(&local_qiov, buf, align);
     }
     if (head_padding_bytes) {
         uint64_t zero_bytes = MIN(bytes, align - head_padding_bytes);
@@ -1885,17 +1857,12 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
 
     if (offset & (align - 1)) {
         QEMUIOVector head_qiov;
-        struct iovec head_iov;
 
         mark_request_serialising(&req, align);
         wait_serialising_requests(&req);
 
         head_buf = qemu_blockalign(bs, align);
-        head_iov = (struct iovec) {
-            .iov_base   = head_buf,
-            .iov_len    = align,
-        };
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&head_qiov, &head_iov, 1);
+        qemu_iovec_init_buf(&head_qiov, head_buf, align);
 
         bdrv_debug_event(bs, BLKDBG_PWRITEV_RMW_HEAD);
         ret = bdrv_aligned_preadv(child, &req, offset & ~(align - 1), align,
@@ -1924,7 +1891,6 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
 
     if ((offset + bytes) & (align - 1)) {
         QEMUIOVector tail_qiov;
-        struct iovec tail_iov;
         size_t tail_bytes;
         bool waited;
 
@@ -1933,11 +1899,7 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
         assert(!waited || !use_local_qiov);
 
         tail_buf = qemu_blockalign(bs, align);
-        tail_iov = (struct iovec) {
-            .iov_base   = tail_buf,
-            .iov_len    = align,
-        };
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&tail_qiov, &tail_iov, 1);
+        qemu_iovec_init_buf(&tail_qiov, tail_buf, align);
 
         bdrv_debug_event(bs, BLKDBG_PWRITEV_RMW_TAIL);
         ret = bdrv_aligned_preadv(child, &req, (offset + bytes) & ~(align - 1),
@@ -2468,15 +2430,9 @@ bdrv_rw_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos,
 int bdrv_save_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, const uint8_t *buf,
                       int64_t pos, int size)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base   = (void *) buf,
-        .iov_len    = size,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, size);
     int ret;
 
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
-
     ret = bdrv_writev_vmstate(bs, &qiov, pos);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
@@ -2493,14 +2449,9 @@ int bdrv_writev_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, QEMUIOVector *qiov, int64_t pos)
 int bdrv_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *buf,
                       int64_t pos, int size)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base   = buf,
-        .iov_len    = size,
-    };
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, size);
     int ret;
 
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
     ret = bdrv_readv_vmstate(bs, &qiov, pos);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
diff --git a/block/parallels.c b/block/parallels.c
index cc9445879d..15bc97b759 100644
--- a/block/parallels.c
+++ b/block/parallels.c
@@ -220,23 +220,20 @@ static int64_t allocate_clusters(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
     if (bs->backing) {
         int64_t nb_cow_sectors = to_allocate * s->tracks;
         int64_t nb_cow_bytes = nb_cow_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
-        QEMUIOVector qiov;
-        struct iovec iov = {
-            .iov_len = nb_cow_bytes,
-            .iov_base = qemu_blockalign(bs, nb_cow_bytes)
-        };
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+        QEMUIOVector qiov =
+            QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, qemu_blockalign(bs, nb_cow_bytes),
+                                nb_cow_bytes);
 
         ret = bdrv_co_preadv(bs->backing, idx * s->tracks * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
                              nb_cow_bytes, &qiov, 0);
         if (ret < 0) {
-            qemu_vfree(iov.iov_base);
+            qemu_vfree(qemu_iovec_buf(&qiov));
             return ret;
         }
 
         ret = bdrv_co_pwritev(bs->file, s->data_end * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
                               nb_cow_bytes, &qiov, 0);
-        qemu_vfree(iov.iov_base);
+        qemu_vfree(qemu_iovec_buf(&qiov));
         if (ret < 0) {
             return ret;
         }
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 0a235bf393..409c700d33 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
     int offset_in_cluster;
     int ret = 0, n;
     uint64_t cluster_offset;
-    struct iovec hd_iov;
     QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
     uint8_t *buf;
     void *orig_buf;
@@ -661,9 +660,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         if (!cluster_offset) {
             if (bs->backing) {
                 /* read from the base image */
-                hd_iov.iov_base = (void *)buf;
-                hd_iov.iov_len = n;
-                qemu_iovec_init_external(&hd_qiov, &hd_iov, 1);
+                qemu_iovec_init_buf(&hd_qiov, buf, n);
                 qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
                 /* qcow2 emits this on bs->file instead of bs->backing */
                 BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_READ_BACKING_AIO);
@@ -688,9 +685,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
                 ret = -EIO;
                 break;
             }
-            hd_iov.iov_base = (void *)buf;
-            hd_iov.iov_len = n;
-            qemu_iovec_init_external(&hd_qiov, &hd_iov, 1);
+            qemu_iovec_init_buf(&hd_qiov, buf, n);
             qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
             BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_READ_AIO);
             ret = bdrv_co_preadv(bs->file, cluster_offset + offset_in_cluster,
@@ -733,7 +728,6 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
     int offset_in_cluster;
     uint64_t cluster_offset;
     int ret = 0, n;
-    struct iovec hd_iov;
     QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
     uint8_t *buf;
     void *orig_buf;
@@ -779,9 +773,7 @@ static coroutine_fn int qcow_co_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
             }
         }
 
-        hd_iov.iov_base = (void *)buf;
-        hd_iov.iov_len = n;
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&hd_qiov, &hd_iov, 1);
+        qemu_iovec_init_buf(&hd_qiov, buf, n);
         qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
         BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_WRITE_AIO);
         ret = bdrv_co_pwritev(bs->file, cluster_offset + offset_in_cluster,
@@ -1062,7 +1054,6 @@ qcow_co_pwritev_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
 {
     BDRVQcowState *s = bs->opaque;
     QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
     z_stream strm;
     int ret, out_len;
     uint8_t *buf, *out_buf;
@@ -1128,11 +1119,7 @@ qcow_co_pwritev_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
     }
     cluster_offset &= s->cluster_offset_mask;
 
-    iov = (struct iovec) {
-        .iov_base   = out_buf,
-        .iov_len    = out_len,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&hd_qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&hd_qiov, out_buf, out_len);
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_WRITE_COMPRESSED);
     ret = bdrv_co_pwritev(bs->file, cluster_offset, out_len, &hd_qiov, 0);
     if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 65a54c9ac6..b6d475229e 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -3894,7 +3894,6 @@ qcow2_co_pwritev_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
 {
     BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
     QEMUIOVector hd_qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
     int ret;
     size_t out_len;
     uint8_t *buf, *out_buf;
@@ -3960,11 +3959,7 @@ qcow2_co_pwritev_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    iov = (struct iovec) {
-        .iov_base   = out_buf,
-        .iov_len    = out_len,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&hd_qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&hd_qiov, out_buf, out_len);
 
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_WRITE_COMPRESSED);
     ret = bdrv_co_pwritev(bs->file, cluster_offset, out_len, &hd_qiov, 0);
@@ -3990,7 +3985,6 @@ qcow2_co_preadv_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs,
     int ret = 0, csize, nb_csectors;
     uint64_t coffset;
     uint8_t *buf, *out_buf;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
     int offset_in_cluster = offset_into_cluster(s, offset);
 
@@ -4002,9 +3996,7 @@ qcow2_co_preadv_compressed(BlockDriverState *bs,
     if (!buf) {
         return -ENOMEM;
     }
-    iov.iov_base = buf;
-    iov.iov_len = csize;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&local_qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&local_qiov, buf, csize);
 
     out_buf = qemu_blockalign(bs, s->cluster_size);
 
diff --git a/block/qed-table.c b/block/qed-table.c
index 7df5680adb..c497bd4aec 100644
--- a/block/qed-table.c
+++ b/block/qed-table.c
@@ -21,16 +21,11 @@
 /* Called with table_lock held.  */
 static int qed_read_table(BDRVQEDState *s, uint64_t offset, QEDTable *table)
 {
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(
+        qiov, table->offsets, s->header.cluster_size * s->header.table_size);
     int noffsets;
     int i, ret;
 
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = table->offsets,
-        .iov_len = s->header.cluster_size * s->header.table_size,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
-
     trace_qed_read_table(s, offset, table);
 
     qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->table_lock);
@@ -71,7 +66,6 @@ static int qed_write_table(BDRVQEDState *s, uint64_t offset, QEDTable *table,
     unsigned int sector_mask = BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE / sizeof(uint64_t) - 1;
     unsigned int start, end, i;
     QEDTable *new_table;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     size_t len_bytes;
     int ret;
@@ -85,11 +79,7 @@ static int qed_write_table(BDRVQEDState *s, uint64_t offset, QEDTable *table,
     len_bytes = (end - start) * sizeof(uint64_t);
 
     new_table = qemu_blockalign(s->bs, len_bytes);
-    iov = (struct iovec) {
-        .iov_base = new_table->offsets,
-        .iov_len = len_bytes,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, new_table->offsets, len_bytes);
 
     /* Byteswap table */
     for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index 1280870024..c5e6d6ad41 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -113,18 +113,13 @@ static int coroutine_fn qed_write_header(BDRVQEDState *s)
     int nsectors = DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(QEDHeader), BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
     size_t len = nsectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     uint8_t *buf;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     int ret;
 
     assert(s->allocating_acb || s->allocating_write_reqs_plugged);
 
     buf = qemu_blockalign(s->bs, len);
-    iov = (struct iovec) {
-        .iov_base = buf,
-        .iov_len = len,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, buf, len);
 
     ret = bdrv_co_preadv(s->bs->file, 0, qiov.size, &qiov, 0);
     if (ret < 0) {
@@ -913,7 +908,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn qed_copy_from_backing_file(BDRVQEDState *s,
 {
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     QEMUIOVector *backing_qiov = NULL;
-    struct iovec iov;
     int ret;
 
     /* Skip copy entirely if there is no work to do */
@@ -921,11 +915,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn qed_copy_from_backing_file(BDRVQEDState *s,
         return 0;
     }
 
-    iov = (struct iovec) {
-        .iov_base = qemu_blockalign(s->bs, len),
-        .iov_len = len,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, qemu_blockalign(s->bs, len), len);
 
     ret = qed_read_backing_file(s, pos, &qiov, &backing_qiov);
 
@@ -946,7 +936,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn qed_copy_from_backing_file(BDRVQEDState *s,
     }
     ret = 0;
 out:
-    qemu_vfree(iov.iov_base);
+    qemu_vfree(qemu_iovec_buf(&qiov));
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1447,8 +1437,12 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_qed_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                                   BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
     BDRVQEDState *s = bs->opaque;
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
+
+    /*
+     * Zero writes start without an I/O buffer.  If a buffer becomes necessary
+     * then it will be allocated during request processing.
+     */
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, NULL, bytes);
 
     /* Fall back if the request is not aligned */
     if (qed_offset_into_cluster(s, offset) ||
@@ -1456,13 +1450,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_qed_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockDriverState *bs,
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
 
-    /* Zero writes start without an I/O buffer.  If a buffer becomes necessary
-     * then it will be allocated during request processing.
-     */
-    iov.iov_base = NULL;
-    iov.iov_len = bytes;
-
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
     return qed_co_request(bs, offset >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, &qiov,
                           bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
                           QED_AIOCB_WRITE | QED_AIOCB_ZERO);
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index 7a49ac0992..e14579ff80 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -41,14 +41,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn stream_populate(BlockBackend *blk,
                                         int64_t offset, uint64_t bytes,
                                         void *buf)
 {
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = buf,
-        .iov_len  = bytes,
-    };
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buf, bytes);
 
     assert(bytes < SIZE_MAX);
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
 
     /* Copy-on-read the unallocated clusters */
     return blk_co_preadv(blk, offset, qiov.size, &qiov, BDRV_REQ_COPY_ON_READ);
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 096e8eb662..41048741cd 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1371,7 +1371,6 @@ static int vmdk_write_extent(VmdkExtent *extent, int64_t cluster_offset,
     VmdkGrainMarker *data = NULL;
     uLongf buf_len;
     QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
     int64_t write_offset;
     int64_t write_end_sector;
 
@@ -1399,11 +1398,7 @@ static int vmdk_write_extent(VmdkExtent *extent, int64_t cluster_offset,
         data->size = cpu_to_le32(buf_len);
 
         n_bytes = buf_len + sizeof(VmdkGrainMarker);
-        iov = (struct iovec) {
-            .iov_base   = data,
-            .iov_len    = n_bytes,
-        };
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&local_qiov, &iov, 1);
+        qemu_iovec_init_buf(&local_qiov, data, n_bytes);
 
         BLKDBG_EVENT(extent->file, BLKDBG_WRITE_COMPRESSED);
     } else {
diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
index cf7f47eaba..c159a3d5f7 100644
--- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
@@ -28,9 +28,28 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-bus.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio-access.h"
 
-/* We don't support discard yet, hide associated config fields. */
+/* Config size before the discard support (hide associated config fields) */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE offsetof(struct virtio_blk_config, \
                                      max_discard_sectors)
+/*
+ * Starting from the discard feature, we can use this array to properly
+ * set the config size depending on the features enabled.
+ */
+static VirtIOFeature feature_sizes[] = {
+    {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD,
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_blk_config, discard_sector_alignment)},
+    {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES,
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_blk_config, write_zeroes_may_unmap)},
+    {}
+};
+
+static void virtio_blk_set_config_size(VirtIOBlock *s, uint64_t host_features)
+{
+    s->config_size = MAX(VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE,
+        virtio_feature_get_config_size(feature_sizes, host_features));
+
+    assert(s->config_size <= sizeof(struct virtio_blk_config));
+}
 
 static void virtio_blk_init_request(VirtIOBlock *s, VirtQueue *vq,
                                     VirtIOBlockReq *req)
@@ -65,7 +84,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_req_complete(VirtIOBlockReq *req, unsigned char status)
 }
 
 static int virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(VirtIOBlockReq *req, int error,
-    bool is_read)
+    bool is_read, bool acct_failed)
 {
     VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
     BlockErrorAction action = blk_get_error_action(s->blk, is_read, error);
@@ -78,7 +97,9 @@ static int virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(VirtIOBlockReq *req, int error,
         s->rq = req;
     } else if (action == BLOCK_ERROR_ACTION_REPORT) {
         virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR);
-        block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &req->acct);
+        if (acct_failed) {
+            block_acct_failed(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &req->acct);
+        }
         virtio_blk_free_request(req);
     }
 
@@ -116,7 +137,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_rw_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
              * the memory until the request is completed (which will
              * happen on the other side of the migration).
              */
-            if (virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(req, -ret, is_read)) {
+            if (virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(req, -ret, is_read, true)) {
                 continue;
             }
         }
@@ -135,7 +156,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_flush_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
 
     aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
     if (ret) {
-        if (virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(req, -ret, 0)) {
+        if (virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(req, -ret, 0, true)) {
             goto out;
         }
     }
@@ -148,6 +169,30 @@ out:
     aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
 }
 
+static void virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes_complete(void *opaque, int ret)
+{
+    VirtIOBlockReq *req = opaque;
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    bool is_write_zeroes = (virtio_ldl_p(VIRTIO_DEVICE(s), &req->out.type) &
+                            ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER) == VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES;
+
+    aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+    if (ret) {
+        if (virtio_blk_handle_rw_error(req, -ret, false, is_write_zeroes)) {
+            goto out;
+        }
+    }
+
+    virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK);
+    if (is_write_zeroes) {
+        block_acct_done(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &req->acct);
+    }
+    virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+
+out:
+    aio_context_release(blk_get_aio_context(s->conf.conf.blk));
+}
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -243,7 +288,7 @@ static int virtio_blk_handle_scsi_req(VirtIOBlockReq *req)
      */
     scsi = (void *)elem->in_sg[elem->in_num - 2].iov_base;
 
-    if (!blk->conf.scsi) {
+    if (!virtio_has_feature(blk->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI)) {
         status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
         goto fail;
     }
@@ -481,6 +526,84 @@ static bool virtio_blk_sect_range_ok(VirtIOBlock *dev,
     return true;
 }
 
+static uint8_t virtio_blk_handle_discard_write_zeroes(VirtIOBlockReq *req,
+    struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes *dwz_hdr, bool is_write_zeroes)
+{
+    VirtIOBlock *s = req->dev;
+    VirtIODevice *vdev = VIRTIO_DEVICE(s);
+    uint64_t sector;
+    uint32_t num_sectors, flags, max_sectors;
+    uint8_t err_status;
+    int bytes;
+
+    sector = virtio_ldq_p(vdev, &dwz_hdr->sector);
+    num_sectors = virtio_ldl_p(vdev, &dwz_hdr->num_sectors);
+    flags = virtio_ldl_p(vdev, &dwz_hdr->flags);
+    max_sectors = is_write_zeroes ? s->conf.max_write_zeroes_sectors :
+                  s->conf.max_discard_sectors;
+
+    /*
+     * max_sectors is at most BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS, this check
+     * make us sure that "num_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS" can fit in
+     * the integer variable.
+     */
+    if (unlikely(num_sectors > max_sectors)) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR;
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    bytes = num_sectors << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
+
+    if (unlikely(!virtio_blk_sect_range_ok(s, sector, bytes))) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR;
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The device MUST set the status byte to VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP for discard
+     * and write zeroes commands if any unknown flag is set.
+     */
+    if (unlikely(flags & ~VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP)) {
+        err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (is_write_zeroes) { /* VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES */
+        int blk_aio_flags = 0;
+
+        if (flags & VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP) {
+            blk_aio_flags |= BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP;
+        }
+
+        block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &req->acct, bytes,
+                         BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
+
+        blk_aio_pwrite_zeroes(s->blk, sector << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
+                              bytes, blk_aio_flags,
+                              virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes_complete, req);
+    } else { /* VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD */
+        /*
+         * The device MUST set the status byte to VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP for
+         * discard commands if the unmap flag is set.
+         */
+        if (unlikely(flags & VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP)) {
+            err_status = VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP;
+            goto err;
+        }
+
+        blk_aio_pdiscard(s->blk, sector << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, bytes,
+                         virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes_complete, req);
+    }
+
+    return VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
+
+err:
+    if (is_write_zeroes) {
+        block_acct_invalid(blk_get_stats(s->blk), BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
+    }
+    return err_status;
+}
+
 static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
 {
     uint32_t type;
@@ -582,6 +705,47 @@ static int virtio_blk_handle_request(VirtIOBlockReq *req, MultiReqBuffer *mrb)
         virtio_blk_free_request(req);
         break;
     }
+    /*
+     * VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD and VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES are defined with
+     * VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT flag set. We masked this flag in the switch statement,
+     * so we must mask it for these requests, then we will check if it is set.
+     */
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT:
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT:
+    {
+        struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes dwz_hdr;
+        size_t out_len = iov_size(out_iov, out_num);
+        bool is_write_zeroes = (type & ~VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER) ==
+                               VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES;
+        uint8_t err_status;
+
+        /*
+         * Unsupported if VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT is not set or the request contains
+         * more than one segment.
+         */
+        if (unlikely(!(type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT) ||
+                     out_len > sizeof(dwz_hdr))) {
+            virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP);
+            virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (unlikely(iov_to_buf(out_iov, out_num, 0, &dwz_hdr,
+                                sizeof(dwz_hdr)) != sizeof(dwz_hdr))) {
+            virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-blk discard/write_zeroes header"
+                         " too short");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        err_status = virtio_blk_handle_discard_write_zeroes(req, &dwz_hdr,
+                                                            is_write_zeroes);
+        if (err_status != VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK) {
+            virtio_blk_req_complete(req, err_status);
+            virtio_blk_free_request(req);
+        }
+
+        break;
+    }
     default:
         virtio_blk_req_complete(req, VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP);
         virtio_blk_free_request(req);
@@ -761,8 +925,25 @@ static void virtio_blk_update_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
     blkcfg.alignment_offset = 0;
     blkcfg.wce = blk_enable_write_cache(s->blk);
     virtio_stw_p(vdev, &blkcfg.num_queues, s->conf.num_queues);
-    memcpy(config, &blkcfg, VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE);
-    QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE > sizeof(blkcfg));
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD)) {
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_discard_sectors,
+                     s->conf.max_discard_sectors);
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.discard_sector_alignment,
+                     blk_size >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
+        /*
+         * We support only one segment per request since multiple segments
+         * are not widely used and there are no userspace APIs that allow
+         * applications to submit multiple segments in a single call.
+         */
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_discard_seg, 1);
+    }
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES)) {
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_write_zeroes_sectors,
+                     s->conf.max_write_zeroes_sectors);
+        blkcfg.write_zeroes_may_unmap = 1;
+        virtio_stl_p(vdev, &blkcfg.max_write_zeroes_seg, 1);
+    }
+    memcpy(config, &blkcfg, s->config_size);
 }
 
 static void virtio_blk_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, const uint8_t *config)
@@ -770,8 +951,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_set_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, const uint8_t *config)
     VirtIOBlock *s = VIRTIO_BLK(vdev);
     struct virtio_blk_config blkcfg;
 
-    memcpy(&blkcfg, config, VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE);
-    QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE > sizeof(blkcfg));
+    memcpy(&blkcfg, config, s->config_size);
 
     aio_context_acquire(blk_get_aio_context(s->blk));
     blk_set_enable_write_cache(s->blk, blkcfg.wce != 0);
@@ -783,12 +963,15 @@ static uint64_t virtio_blk_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
 {
     VirtIOBlock *s = VIRTIO_BLK(vdev);
 
+    /* Firstly sync all virtio-blk possible supported features */
+    features |= s->host_features;
+
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX);
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY);
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY);
     virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE);
     if (virtio_has_feature(features, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) {
-        if (s->conf.scsi) {
+        if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Please set scsi=off for virtio-blk devices in order to use virtio 1.0");
             return 0;
         }
@@ -797,9 +980,6 @@ static uint64_t virtio_blk_get_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t features,
         virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI);
     }
 
-    if (s->conf.config_wce) {
-        virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE);
-    }
     if (blk_enable_write_cache(s->blk)) {
         virtio_add_feature(&features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE);
     }
@@ -954,7 +1134,28 @@ static void virtio_blk_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    virtio_init(vdev, "virtio-blk", VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK, VIRTIO_BLK_CFG_SIZE);
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD) &&
+        (!conf->max_discard_sectors ||
+         conf->max_discard_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "invalid max-discard-sectors property (%" PRIu32 ")"
+                   ", must be between 1 and %d",
+                   conf->max_discard_sectors, (int)BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (virtio_has_feature(s->host_features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES) &&
+        (!conf->max_write_zeroes_sectors ||
+         conf->max_write_zeroes_sectors > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "invalid max-write-zeroes-sectors property (%" PRIu32
+                   "), must be between 1 and %d",
+                   conf->max_write_zeroes_sectors,
+                   (int)BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    virtio_blk_set_config_size(s, s->host_features);
+
+    virtio_init(vdev, "virtio-blk", VIRTIO_ID_BLOCK, s->config_size);
 
     s->blk = conf->conf.blk;
     s->rq = NULL;
@@ -1013,9 +1214,11 @@ static Property virtio_blk_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_BLOCK_ERROR_PROPERTIES(VirtIOBlock, conf.conf),
     DEFINE_BLOCK_CHS_PROPERTIES(VirtIOBlock, conf.conf),
     DEFINE_PROP_STRING("serial", VirtIOBlock, conf.serial),
-    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("config-wce", VirtIOBlock, conf.config_wce, 0, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("config-wce", VirtIOBlock, host_features,
+                      VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE, true),
 #ifdef __linux__
-    DEFINE_PROP_BIT("scsi", VirtIOBlock, conf.scsi, 0, false),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("scsi", VirtIOBlock, host_features,
+                      VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI, false),
 #endif
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("request-merging", VirtIOBlock, conf.request_merging, 0,
                     true),
@@ -1023,6 +1226,14 @@ static Property virtio_blk_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("queue-size", VirtIOBlock, conf.queue_size, 128),
     DEFINE_PROP_LINK("iothread", VirtIOBlock, conf.iothread, TYPE_IOTHREAD,
                      IOThread *),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("discard", VirtIOBlock, host_features,
+                      VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BIT64("write-zeroes", VirtIOBlock, host_features,
+                      VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES, true),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max-discard-sectors", VirtIOBlock,
+                       conf.max_discard_sectors, BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max-write-zeroes-sectors", VirtIOBlock,
+                       conf.max_write_zeroes_sectors, BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 077fbd182a..766ca5899d 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ GlobalProperty hw_compat_3_1[] = {
     { "usb-kbd", "serial", "42" },
     { "usb-mouse", "serial", "42" },
     { "usb-kbd", "serial", "42" },
+    { "virtio-blk-device", "discard", "false" },
+    { "virtio-blk-device", "write-zeroes", "false" },
 };
 const size_t hw_compat_3_1_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(hw_compat_3_1);
 
diff --git a/hw/ide/atapi.c b/hw/ide/atapi.c
index 39e473f9c2..1b0f66cc08 100644
--- a/hw/ide/atapi.c
+++ b/hw/ide/atapi.c
@@ -174,16 +174,15 @@ static void cd_read_sector_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
 
 static int cd_read_sector(IDEState *s)
 {
+    void *buf;
+
     if (s->cd_sector_size != 2048 && s->cd_sector_size != 2352) {
         block_acct_invalid(blk_get_stats(s->blk), BLOCK_ACCT_READ);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    s->iov.iov_base = (s->cd_sector_size == 2352) ?
-                      s->io_buffer + 16 : s->io_buffer;
-
-    s->iov.iov_len = ATAPI_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->qiov, &s->iov, 1);
+    buf = (s->cd_sector_size == 2352) ? s->io_buffer + 16 : s->io_buffer;
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->qiov, buf, ATAPI_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     trace_cd_read_sector(s->lba);
 
@@ -421,9 +420,8 @@ static void ide_atapi_cmd_read_dma_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
         data_offset = 0;
     }
     trace_ide_atapi_cmd_read_dma_cb_aio(s, s->lba, n);
-    s->bus->dma->iov.iov_base = (void *)(s->io_buffer + data_offset);
-    s->bus->dma->iov.iov_len = n * ATAPI_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->bus->dma->qiov, &s->bus->dma->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->bus->dma->qiov, s->io_buffer + data_offset,
+                        n * ATAPI_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     s->bus->dma->aiocb = ide_buffered_readv(s, (int64_t)s->lba << 2,
                                             &s->bus->dma->qiov, n * 4,
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 84832008b8..6afadf894f 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -629,13 +629,15 @@ static void ide_buffered_readv_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
     IDEBufferedRequest *req = opaque;
     if (!req->orphaned) {
         if (!ret) {
-            qemu_iovec_from_buf(req->original_qiov, 0, req->iov.iov_base,
+            assert(req->qiov.size == req->original_qiov->size);
+            qemu_iovec_from_buf(req->original_qiov, 0,
+                                req->qiov.local_iov.iov_base,
                                 req->original_qiov->size);
         }
         req->original_cb(req->original_opaque, ret);
     }
     QLIST_REMOVE(req, list);
-    qemu_vfree(req->iov.iov_base);
+    qemu_vfree(qemu_iovec_buf(&req->qiov));
     g_free(req);
 }
 
@@ -660,9 +662,8 @@ BlockAIOCB *ide_buffered_readv(IDEState *s, int64_t sector_num,
     req->original_qiov = iov;
     req->original_cb = cb;
     req->original_opaque = opaque;
-    req->iov.iov_base = qemu_blockalign(blk_bs(s->blk), iov->size);
-    req->iov.iov_len = iov->size;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&req->qiov, &req->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&req->qiov, blk_blockalign(s->blk, iov->size),
+                        iov->size);
 
     aioreq = blk_aio_preadv(s->blk, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
                             &req->qiov, 0, ide_buffered_readv_cb, req);
@@ -774,9 +775,7 @@ static void ide_sector_read(IDEState *s)
         return;
     }
 
-    s->iov.iov_base = s->io_buffer;
-    s->iov.iov_len  = n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->qiov, &s->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->qiov, s->io_buffer, n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &s->acct,
                      n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, BLOCK_ACCT_READ);
@@ -1045,9 +1044,7 @@ static void ide_sector_write(IDEState *s)
         return;
     }
 
-    s->iov.iov_base = s->io_buffer;
-    s->iov.iov_len  = n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&s->qiov, &s->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&s->qiov, s->io_buffer, n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     block_acct_start(blk_get_stats(s->blk), &s->acct,
                      n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE, BLOCK_ACCT_WRITE);
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 3f319ef723..6e6b146022 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -82,29 +82,17 @@ static inline __virtio16 *virtio_net_rsc_ext_num_dupacks(
 
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Calculate the number of bytes up to and including the given 'field' of
- * 'container'.
- */
-#define endof(container, field) \
-    (offsetof(container, field) + sizeof_field(container, field))
-
-typedef struct VirtIOFeature {
-    uint64_t flags;
-    size_t end;
-} VirtIOFeature;
-
 static VirtIOFeature feature_sizes[] = {
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC,
-     .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, mac)},
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_net_config, mac)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS,
-     .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, status)},
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_net_config, status)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ,
-     .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, max_virtqueue_pairs)},
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_net_config, max_virtqueue_pairs)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU,
-     .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, mtu)},
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_net_config, mtu)},
     {.flags = 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX,
-     .end = endof(struct virtio_net_config, duplex)},
+     .end = virtio_endof(struct virtio_net_config, duplex)},
     {}
 };
 
@@ -2580,15 +2568,10 @@ static void virtio_net_guest_notifier_mask(VirtIODevice *vdev, int idx,
 
 static void virtio_net_set_config_size(VirtIONet *n, uint64_t host_features)
 {
-    int i, config_size = 0;
     virtio_add_feature(&host_features, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC);
 
-    for (i = 0; feature_sizes[i].flags != 0; i++) {
-        if (host_features & feature_sizes[i].flags) {
-            config_size = MAX(feature_sizes[i].end, config_size);
-        }
-    }
-    n->config_size = config_size;
+    n->config_size = virtio_feature_get_config_size(feature_sizes,
+                                                    host_features);
 }
 
 void virtio_net_set_netclient_name(VirtIONet *n, const char *name,
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index a1ff647a66..2626a895cb 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -2036,6 +2036,21 @@ int virtio_set_features(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint64_t val)
     return ret;
 }
 
+size_t virtio_feature_get_config_size(VirtIOFeature *feature_sizes,
+                                      uint64_t host_features)
+{
+    size_t config_size = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; feature_sizes[i].flags != 0; i++) {
+        if (host_features & feature_sizes[i].flags) {
+            config_size = MAX(feature_sizes[i].end, config_size);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return config_size;
+}
+
 int virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
 {
     int i, ret;
diff --git a/include/hw/ide/internal.h b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
index 880413ddc7..8efd03132b 100644
--- a/include/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/include/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ extern const char *IDE_DMA_CMD_lookup[IDE_DMA__COUNT];
 
 typedef struct IDEBufferedRequest {
     QLIST_ENTRY(IDEBufferedRequest) list;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     QEMUIOVector *original_qiov;
     BlockCompletionFunc *original_cb;
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ struct IDEState {
     int atapi_dma; /* true if dma is requested for the packet cmd */
     BlockAcctCookie acct;
     BlockAIOCB *pio_aiocb;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     QLIST_HEAD(, IDEBufferedRequest) buffered_requests;
     /* ATA DMA state */
@@ -457,7 +455,6 @@ struct IDEDMAOps {
 
 struct IDEDMA {
     const struct IDEDMAOps *ops;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     BlockAIOCB *aiocb;
 };
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h
index 5117431d96..cddcfbebe9 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ struct VirtIOBlkConf
     BlockConf conf;
     IOThread *iothread;
     char *serial;
-    uint32_t scsi;
-    uint32_t config_wce;
     uint32_t request_merging;
     uint16_t num_queues;
     uint16_t queue_size;
+    uint32_t max_discard_sectors;
+    uint32_t max_write_zeroes_sectors;
 };
 
 struct VirtIOBlockDataPlane;
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ typedef struct VirtIOBlock {
     bool dataplane_disabled;
     bool dataplane_started;
     struct VirtIOBlockDataPlane *dataplane;
+    uint64_t host_features;
+    size_t config_size;
 } VirtIOBlock;
 
 typedef struct VirtIOBlockReq {
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 9c1fa07d6d..ce9516236a 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ static inline hwaddr vring_align(hwaddr addr,
     return QEMU_ALIGN_UP(addr, align);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Calculate the number of bytes up to and including the given 'field' of
+ * 'container'.
+ */
+#define virtio_endof(container, field) \
+    (offsetof(container, field) + sizeof_field(container, field))
+
+typedef struct VirtIOFeature {
+    uint64_t flags;
+    size_t end;
+} VirtIOFeature;
+
+size_t virtio_feature_get_config_size(VirtIOFeature *features,
+                                      uint64_t host_features);
+
 typedef struct VirtQueue VirtQueue;
 
 #define VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE 1024
diff --git a/include/qemu/iov.h b/include/qemu/iov.h
index 5f433c7768..48b45987b7 100644
--- a/include/qemu/iov.h
+++ b/include/qemu/iov.h
@@ -133,10 +133,70 @@ size_t iov_discard_back(struct iovec *iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
 typedef struct QEMUIOVector {
     struct iovec *iov;
     int niov;
-    int nalloc;
-    size_t size;
+
+    /*
+     * For external @iov (qemu_iovec_init_external()) or allocated @iov
+     * (qemu_iovec_init()), @size is the cumulative size of iovecs and
+     * @local_iov is invalid and unused.
+     *
+     * For embedded @iov (QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF() or qemu_iovec_init_buf()),
+     * @iov is equal to &@local_iov, and @size is valid, as it has same
+     * offset and type as @local_iov.iov_len, which is guaranteed by
+     * static assertion below.
+     *
+     * @nalloc is always valid and is -1 both for embedded and external
+     * cases. It is included in the union only to ensure the padding prior
+     * to the @size field will not result in a 0-length array.
+     */
+    union {
+        struct {
+            int nalloc;
+            struct iovec local_iov;
+        };
+        struct {
+            char __pad[sizeof(int) + offsetof(struct iovec, iov_len)];
+            size_t size;
+        };
+    };
 } QEMUIOVector;
 
+QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(QEMUIOVector, size) !=
+                  offsetof(QEMUIOVector, local_iov.iov_len));
+
+#define QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(self, buf, len)              \
+{                                                        \
+    .iov = &(self).local_iov,                            \
+    .niov = 1,                                           \
+    .nalloc = -1,                                        \
+    .local_iov = {                                       \
+        .iov_base = (void *)(buf), /* cast away const */ \
+        .iov_len = (len),                                \
+    },                                                   \
+}
+
+/*
+ * qemu_iovec_init_buf
+ *
+ * Initialize embedded QEMUIOVector.
+ *
+ * Note: "const" is used over @buf pointer to make it simple to pass
+ * const pointers, appearing in read functions. Then this "const" is
+ * cast away by QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF().
+ */
+static inline void qemu_iovec_init_buf(QEMUIOVector *qiov,
+                                       const void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    *qiov = (QEMUIOVector) QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(*qiov, buf, len);
+}
+
+static inline void *qemu_iovec_buf(QEMUIOVector *qiov)
+{
+    /* Only supports embedded iov */
+    assert(qiov->nalloc == -1 && qiov->iov == &qiov->local_iov);
+
+    return qiov->local_iov.iov_base;
+}
+
 void qemu_iovec_init(QEMUIOVector *qiov, int alloc_hint);
 void qemu_iovec_init_external(QEMUIOVector *qiov, struct iovec *iov, int niov);
 void qemu_iovec_add(QEMUIOVector *qiov, void *base, size_t len);
diff --git a/migration/block.c b/migration/block.c
index 0e24e18d13..83c633fb3f 100644
--- a/migration/block.c
+++ b/migration/block.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ typedef struct BlkMigBlock {
     BlkMigDevState *bmds;
     int64_t sector;
     int nr_sectors;
-    struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     BlockAIOCB *aiocb;
 
@@ -314,9 +313,7 @@ static int mig_save_device_bulk(QEMUFile *f, BlkMigDevState *bmds)
     blk->sector = cur_sector;
     blk->nr_sectors = nr_sectors;
 
-    blk->iov.iov_base = blk->buf;
-    blk->iov.iov_len = nr_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&blk->qiov, &blk->iov, 1);
+    qemu_iovec_init_buf(&blk->qiov, blk->buf, nr_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
     blk_mig_lock();
     block_mig_state.submitted++;
@@ -556,9 +553,8 @@ static int mig_save_device_dirty(QEMUFile *f, BlkMigDevState *bmds,
             blk->nr_sectors = nr_sectors;
 
             if (is_async) {
-                blk->iov.iov_base = blk->buf;
-                blk->iov.iov_len = nr_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-                qemu_iovec_init_external(&blk->qiov, &blk->iov, 1);
+                qemu_iovec_init_buf(&blk->qiov, blk->buf,
+                                    nr_sectors * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
                 blk->aiocb = blk_aio_preadv(bmds->blk,
                                             sector * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE,
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 25288c4d18..7853935049 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1670,7 +1670,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn convert_co_read(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
 {
     int n, ret;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
 
     assert(nb_sectors <= s->buf_sectors);
     while (nb_sectors > 0) {
@@ -1686,9 +1685,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn convert_co_read(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
         bs_sectors = s->src_sectors[src_cur];
 
         n = MIN(nb_sectors, bs_sectors - (sector_num - src_cur_offset));
-        iov.iov_base = buf;
-        iov.iov_len = n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
-        qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+        qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, buf, n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
 
         ret = blk_co_preadv(
                 blk, (sector_num - src_cur_offset) << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
@@ -1712,7 +1709,6 @@ static int coroutine_fn convert_co_write(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
 {
     int ret;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov;
 
     while (nb_sectors > 0) {
         int n = nb_sectors;
@@ -1740,9 +1736,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn convert_co_write(ImgConvertState *s, int64_t sector_num,
                 (s->compressed &&
                  !buffer_is_zero(buf, n * BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)))
             {
-                iov.iov_base = buf;
-                iov.iov_len = n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS;
-                qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+                qemu_iovec_init_buf(&qiov, buf, n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS);
 
                 ret = blk_co_pwritev(s->target, sector_num << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
                                      n << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS, &qiov, flags);
diff --git a/tests/test-bdrv-drain.c b/tests/test-bdrv-drain.c
index ee1740ff06..821be405f0 100644
--- a/tests/test-bdrv-drain.c
+++ b/tests/test-bdrv-drain.c
@@ -204,12 +204,7 @@ static void test_drv_cb_common(enum drain_type drain_type, bool recursive)
     BlockAIOCB *acb;
     int aio_ret;
 
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = NULL,
-        .iov_len = 0,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, NULL, 0);
 
     blk = blk_new(BLK_PERM_ALL, BLK_PERM_ALL);
     bs = bdrv_new_open_driver(&bdrv_test, "test-node", BDRV_O_RDWR,
@@ -670,12 +665,7 @@ static void test_iothread_common(enum drain_type drain_type, int drain_thread)
     AioContext *ctx_a = iothread_get_aio_context(a);
     AioContext *ctx_b = iothread_get_aio_context(b);
 
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = NULL,
-        .iov_len = 0,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, NULL, 0);
 
     /* bdrv_drain_all() may only be called from the main loop thread */
     if (drain_type == BDRV_DRAIN_ALL && drain_thread != 0) {
@@ -1148,13 +1138,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn test_co_delete_by_drain(void *opaque)
     BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(blk);
     BDRVTestTopState *tts = bs->opaque;
     void *buffer = g_malloc(65536);
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = buffer,
-        .iov_len  = 65536,
-    };
-
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, buffer, 65536);
 
     /* Pretend some internal write operation from parent to child.
      * Important: We have to read from the child, not from the parent!
@@ -1365,12 +1349,7 @@ static void test_detach_indirect(bool by_parent_cb)
     BdrvChild *child_a, *child_b;
     BlockAIOCB *acb;
 
-    QEMUIOVector qiov;
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = NULL,
-        .iov_len = 0,
-    };
-    qemu_iovec_init_external(&qiov, &iov, 1);
+    QEMUIOVector qiov = QEMU_IOVEC_INIT_BUF(qiov, NULL, 0);
 
     if (!by_parent_cb) {
         detach_by_driver_cb_role = child_file;
diff --git a/tests/virtio-blk-test.c b/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
index 04c608764b..8d2fc9c710 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ typedef struct QVirtioBlkReq {
     uint8_t status;
 } QVirtioBlkReq;
 
+#ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+const bool host_is_big_endian = true;
+#else
+const bool host_is_big_endian; /* false */
+#endif
+
 static char *drive_create(void)
 {
     int fd, ret;
@@ -125,12 +131,6 @@ static QVirtioPCIDevice *virtio_blk_pci_init(QPCIBus *bus, int slot)
 
 static inline void virtio_blk_fix_request(QVirtioDevice *d, QVirtioBlkReq *req)
 {
-#ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-    const bool host_is_big_endian = true;
-#else
-    const bool host_is_big_endian = false;
-#endif
-
     if (qvirtio_is_big_endian(d) != host_is_big_endian) {
         req->type = bswap32(req->type);
         req->ioprio = bswap32(req->ioprio);
@@ -138,13 +138,37 @@ static inline void virtio_blk_fix_request(QVirtioDevice *d, QVirtioBlkReq *req)
     }
 }
 
+
+static inline void virtio_blk_fix_dwz_hdr(QVirtioDevice *d,
+    struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes *dwz_hdr)
+{
+    if (qvirtio_is_big_endian(d) != host_is_big_endian) {
+        dwz_hdr->sector = bswap64(dwz_hdr->sector);
+        dwz_hdr->num_sectors = bswap32(dwz_hdr->num_sectors);
+        dwz_hdr->flags = bswap32(dwz_hdr->flags);
+    }
+}
+
 static uint64_t virtio_blk_request(QGuestAllocator *alloc, QVirtioDevice *d,
                                    QVirtioBlkReq *req, uint64_t data_size)
 {
     uint64_t addr;
     uint8_t status = 0xFF;
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(data_size % 512, ==, 0);
+    switch (req->type) {
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN:
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT:
+        g_assert_cmpuint(data_size % 512, ==, 0);
+        break;
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD:
+    case VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES:
+        g_assert_cmpuint(data_size %
+                         sizeof(struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes), ==, 0);
+        break;
+    default:
+        g_assert_cmpuint(data_size, ==, 0);
+    }
+
     addr = guest_alloc(alloc, sizeof(*req) + data_size);
 
     virtio_blk_fix_request(d, req);
@@ -231,6 +255,95 @@ static void test_basic(QVirtioDevice *dev, QGuestAllocator *alloc,
 
     guest_free(alloc, req_addr);
 
+    if (features & (1u << VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES)) {
+        struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes dwz_hdr;
+        void *expected;
+
+        /*
+         * WRITE_ZEROES request on the same sector of previous test where
+         * we wrote "TEST".
+         */
+        req.type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES;
+        req.data = (char *) &dwz_hdr;
+        dwz_hdr.sector = 0;
+        dwz_hdr.num_sectors = 1;
+        dwz_hdr.flags = 0;
+
+        virtio_blk_fix_dwz_hdr(dev, &dwz_hdr);
+
+        req_addr = virtio_blk_request(alloc, dev, &req, sizeof(dwz_hdr));
+
+        free_head = qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr, 16, false, true);
+        qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr + 16, sizeof(dwz_hdr), false, true);
+        qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr + 16 + sizeof(dwz_hdr), 1, true, false);
+
+        qvirtqueue_kick(dev, vq, free_head);
+
+        qvirtio_wait_used_elem(dev, vq, free_head, NULL,
+                               QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US);
+        status = readb(req_addr + 16 + sizeof(dwz_hdr));
+        g_assert_cmpint(status, ==, 0);
+
+        guest_free(alloc, req_addr);
+
+        /* Read request to check if the sector contains all zeroes */
+        req.type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN;
+        req.ioprio = 1;
+        req.sector = 0;
+        req.data = g_malloc0(512);
+
+        req_addr = virtio_blk_request(alloc, dev, &req, 512);
+
+        g_free(req.data);
+
+        free_head = qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr, 16, false, true);
+        qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr + 16, 512, true, true);
+        qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr + 528, 1, true, false);
+
+        qvirtqueue_kick(dev, vq, free_head);
+
+        qvirtio_wait_used_elem(dev, vq, free_head, NULL,
+                               QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US);
+        status = readb(req_addr + 528);
+        g_assert_cmpint(status, ==, 0);
+
+        data = g_malloc(512);
+        expected = g_malloc0(512);
+        memread(req_addr + 16, data, 512);
+        g_assert_cmpmem(data, 512, expected, 512);
+        g_free(expected);
+        g_free(data);
+
+        guest_free(alloc, req_addr);
+    }
+
+    if (features & (1u << VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD)) {
+        struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes dwz_hdr;
+
+        req.type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD;
+        req.data = (char *) &dwz_hdr;
+        dwz_hdr.sector = 0;
+        dwz_hdr.num_sectors = 1;
+        dwz_hdr.flags = 0;
+
+        virtio_blk_fix_dwz_hdr(dev, &dwz_hdr);
+
+        req_addr = virtio_blk_request(alloc, dev, &req, sizeof(dwz_hdr));
+
+        free_head = qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr, 16, false, true);
+        qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr + 16, sizeof(dwz_hdr), false, true);
+        qvirtqueue_add(vq, req_addr + 16 + sizeof(dwz_hdr), 1, true, false);
+
+        qvirtqueue_kick(dev, vq, free_head);
+
+        qvirtio_wait_used_elem(dev, vq, free_head, NULL,
+                               QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US);
+        status = readb(req_addr + 16 + sizeof(dwz_hdr));
+        g_assert_cmpint(status, ==, 0);
+
+        guest_free(alloc, req_addr);
+    }
+
     if (features & (1u << VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT)) {
         /* Write and read with 2 descriptor layout */
         /* Write request */