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| -rw-r--r-- | block.c | 44 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/block.c b/block.c index 6c128007fd..1b8147c1b3 100644 --- a/block.c +++ b/block.c @@ -3427,16 +3427,39 @@ static bool should_update_child(BdrvChild *c, BlockDriverState *to) return false; } - if (c->role == &child_backing) { - /* If @from is a backing file of @to, ignore the child to avoid - * creating a loop. We only want to change the pointer of other - * parents. */ - QLIST_FOREACH(to_c, &to->children, next) { - if (to_c == c) { - break; - } - } - if (to_c) { + /* If the child @c belongs to the BDS @to, replacing the current + * c->bs by @to would mean to create a loop. + * + * Such a case occurs when appending a BDS to a backing chain. + * For instance, imagine the following chain: + * + * guest device -> node A -> further backing chain... + * + * Now we create a new BDS B which we want to put on top of this + * chain, so we first attach A as its backing node: + * + * node B + * | + * v + * guest device -> node A -> further backing chain... + * + * Finally we want to replace A by B. When doing that, we want to + * replace all pointers to A by pointers to B -- except for the + * pointer from B because (1) that would create a loop, and (2) + * that pointer should simply stay intact: + * + * guest device -> node B + * | + * v + * node A -> further backing chain... + * + * In general, when replacing a node A (c->bs) by a node B (@to), + * if A is a child of B, that means we cannot replace A by B there + * because that would create a loop. Silently detaching A from B + * is also not really an option. So overall just leaving A in + * place there is the most sensible choice. */ + QLIST_FOREACH(to_c, &to->children, next) { + if (to_c == c) { return false; } } @@ -3462,6 +3485,7 @@ void bdrv_replace_node(BlockDriverState *from, BlockDriverState *to, /* Put all parents into @list and calculate their cumulative permissions */ QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(c, &from->parents, next_parent, next) { + assert(c->bs == from); if (!should_update_child(c, to)) { continue; } |