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-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/03111
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/0366
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/03922
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/0448
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/044.out1
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/0519
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/06022
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/060.out2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/06142
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/061.out12
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/06519
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/082.out14
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/1123
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/1372
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/149.out21
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/1633
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/1653
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/1963
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/198.out4
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/206.out10
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2097
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/209.out2
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2108
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2142
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/237.out3
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2423
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/242.out10
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2463
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2543
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/255.out4
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2603
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2743
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/274.out39
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/280.out1
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2813
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2878
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/2902
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/296.out10
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/3024
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/302.out7
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/30326
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/303.out30
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter8
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc22
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py99
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-postcopy-test3
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-test3
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions101
-rw-r--r--tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions.out5
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-ready-cancel-error7
-rwxr-xr-xtests/qemu-iotests/tests/remove-bitmap-from-backing3
51 files changed, 416 insertions, 233 deletions
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/031 b/tests/qemu-iotests/031
index 58b57a0ef2..ee587b1606 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/031
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/031
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt qcow2
 _supported_proto file fuse
 # We want to test compat=0.10, which does not support external data
-# files or refcount widths other than 16
-_unsupported_imgopts data_file 'refcount_bits=\([^1]\|.\([^6]\|$\)\)'
+# files or refcount widths other than 16 or compression type
+_unsupported_imgopts data_file compression_type \
+    'refcount_bits=\([^1]\|.\([^6]\|$\)\)'
 
 CLUSTER_SIZE=65536
 
@@ -58,21 +59,21 @@ for compat in "compat=0.10" "compat=1.1"; do
     echo
     _make_test_img -o $compat 64M
     $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" add-header-ext 0x12345678 "This is a test header extension"
-    $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+    _qcow2_dump_header
     _check_test_img
 
     echo
     echo === Rewrite header with no backing file ===
     echo
     $QEMU_IMG rebase -u -b "" "$TEST_IMG"
-    $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+    _qcow2_dump_header
     _check_test_img
 
     echo
     echo === Add a backing file and format ===
     echo
     $QEMU_IMG rebase -u -b "/some/backing/file/path" -F host_device "$TEST_IMG"
-    $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+    _qcow2_dump_header
 done
 
 # success, all done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/036 b/tests/qemu-iotests/036
index 5e567012a8..f703605e44 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/036
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/036
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit incompatible 63
 
 # Without feature table
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" del-header-ext 0x6803f857
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep features
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header-exts
 _img_info
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo === Create image with unknown autoclear feature bit ===
 echo
 _make_test_img 64M
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit autoclear 63
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep features
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header-exts
 
 echo
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ echo === Repair image ===
 echo
 _check_test_img -r all
 
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep features
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header-exts
 
 # success, all done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/039 b/tests/qemu-iotests/039
index 12b2c7fa7b..00d379cde2 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/039
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/039
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" $size
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x5a 0 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 _check_test_img
 
 echo
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x5a 0 512" \
     | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 _check_test_img
 
 echo
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ echo "== Read-only access must still work =="
 $QEMU_IO -r -c "read -P 0x5a 0 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "== Repairing the image file must succeed =="
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ echo "== Repairing the image file must succeed =="
 _check_test_img -r all
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "== Data should still be accessible after repair =="
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x5a 0 512" \
     | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 $QEMU_IO -c "write 0 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "== Creating an image file with lazy_refcounts=off =="
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x5a 0 512" \
     | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set since lazy_refcounts=off
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 _check_test_img
 
 echo
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write 0 512" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IMG commit "$TEST_IMG"
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG".base dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header "$TEST_IMG".base | grep incompatible_features
 
 _check_test_img
 TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG".base _check_test_img
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "reopen -o lazy-refcounts=on" \
     | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 _check_test_img
 
 _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" $size
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "reopen -o lazy-refcounts=off" \
     | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 _check_test_img
 
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/044 b/tests/qemu-iotests/044
index 64b18eb7c8..a5ee9a7ded 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/044
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/044
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import os
 import qcow2
 from qcow2 import QcowHeader
 import iotests
-from iotests import qemu_img, qemu_img_verbose, qemu_io
+from iotests import qemu_img, qemu_img_log, qemu_io
 import struct
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ class TestRefcountTableGrowth(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
     def test_grow_refcount_table(self):
         qemu_io('-c', 'write 3800M 1M', test_img)
-        qemu_img_verbose('check' , test_img)
+        qemu_img_log('check' , test_img)
         pass
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    iotests.activate_logging()
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                 supported_protocols=['file'])
+                 supported_protocols=['file'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['refcount_bits'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/044.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/044.out
index 703cf3dee1..ff663b17d7 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/044.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/044.out
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 No errors were found on the image.
 7292415/33554432 = 21.73% allocated, 0.00% fragmented, 0.00% compressed clusters
 Image end offset: 4296217088
+
 .
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ran 1 tests
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/051 b/tests/qemu-iotests/051
index 1d2fa93a11..f1a506518b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/051
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/051
@@ -41,10 +41,15 @@ _supported_fmt qcow2
 _supported_proto file
 # A compat=0.10 image is created in this test which does not support anything
 # other than refcount_bits=16;
-# it also will not support an external data file
-_unsupported_imgopts 'refcount_bits=\([^1]\|.\([^6]\|$\)\)' data_file
+# it also will not support an external data file and compression type
+_unsupported_imgopts 'refcount_bits=\([^1]\|.\([^6]\|$\)\)' data_file \
+    compression_type
 _require_drivers nbd
 
+if [ "$QEMU_DEFAULT_MACHINE" = "pc" ]; then
+    _require_devices lsi53c895a
+fi
+
 do_run_qemu()
 {
     echo Testing: "$@"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/060 b/tests/qemu-iotests/060
index db26c6b246..df87d600f7 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/060
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/060
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$l1_offset" "\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00"
 _check_test_img
 
 # The corrupt bit should not be set anyway
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 # Try to write something, thereby forcing the corrupt bit to be set
 $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RW" -c "write -P 0x2a 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
 
 # The corrupt bit must now be set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 # This information should be available through qemu-img info
 _img_info --format-specific
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@ poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$(($rb_offset+8))" "\x00\x01"
 # Redirect new data cluster onto refcount block
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$l2_offset" "\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00"
 _check_test_img
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RW" -c "write -P 0x2a 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 # Try to fix it
 _check_test_img -r all
 
 # The corrupt bit should be cleared
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 # Look if it's really really fixed
 $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RW" -c "write -P 0x2a 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "=== Testing cluster data reference into inactive L2 table ==="
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RW" -c "write -P 2 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$l2_offset_after_snapshot" \
                       "\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00"
 _check_test_img
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RW" -c "write -P 3 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 _check_test_img -r all
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RW" -c "write -P 4 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features
 
 # Check data
 $QEMU_IO -c "$OPEN_RO" -c "read -P 4 0 512" | _filter_qemu_io
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ _make_test_img 64M
 # Let the refblock appear unaligned
 poke_file "$TEST_IMG" "$rt_offset"        "\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xff\x2a\x00"
 # Mark the image dirty, thus forcing an automatic check when opening it
-poke_file "$TEST_IMG" 72 "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"
+$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit incompatible 0
 # Open the image (qemu should refuse to do so)
 $QEMU_IO -c close "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out
index b74540bafb..329977d9b9 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/060.out
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: true
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/061 b/tests/qemu-iotests/061
index 9507c223bd..513fbec14c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/061
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/061
@@ -48,16 +48,20 @@ _supported_os Linux
 # not work with it;
 # we have explicit tests for various cluster sizes, the remaining tests
 # require the default 64k cluster
-_unsupported_imgopts 'refcount_bits=\([^1]\|.\([^6]\|$\)\)' data_file cluster_size
+# we don't have explicit tests for zstd qcow2 compression type, as zstd may be
+# not compiled in. And we can't create compat images with comression type
+# extension
+_unsupported_imgopts 'refcount_bits=\([^1]\|.\([^6]\|$\)\)' data_file \
+    cluster_size compression_type
 
 echo
 echo "=== Testing version downgrade with zero expansion ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" 64M
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -z 0 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=0.10" "$TEST_IMG"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 0 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 _check_test_img
 
@@ -68,10 +72,10 @@ _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" 64M
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -z 0 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -z 32M 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IO -c map "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=0.10" --image-opts \
           driver=qcow2,file.filename=$TEST_IMG,l2-cache-entry-size=4096
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 0 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0 32M 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IO -c map "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
@@ -84,9 +88,9 @@ _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" 64M
 _NO_VALGRIND \
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x2a 0 128k" -c flush \
          -c "sigraise $(kill -l KILL)" "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=0.10" "$TEST_IMG"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0x2a 0 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 _check_test_img
 
@@ -96,9 +100,9 @@ echo
 _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1" 64M
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit compatible 42
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit autoclear 42
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=0.10" "$TEST_IMG"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 _check_test_img
 
 echo
@@ -106,9 +110,9 @@ echo "=== Testing version upgrade and resize ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img -o "compat=0.10" 64M
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x2a 42M 64k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on,size=128M" "$TEST_IMG"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0x2a 42M 64k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 _check_test_img
 
@@ -120,29 +124,29 @@ $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x2a 24M 64k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 $QEMU_IMG snapshot -c foo "$TEST_IMG"
 $QEMU_IMG resize "$TEST_IMG" 64M &&
     echo "unexpected pass"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
 
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=1.1,size=128M" "$TEST_IMG" ||
     echo "unexpected fail"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
 
 $QEMU_IMG snapshot -c bar "$TEST_IMG"
 $QEMU_IMG resize --shrink "$TEST_IMG" 64M ||
     echo "unexpected fail"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
 
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=0.10,size=32M" "$TEST_IMG" &&
     echo "unexpected pass"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
 
 $QEMU_IMG snapshot -a bar "$TEST_IMG" ||
     echo "unexpected fail"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
 
 $QEMU_IMG snapshot -d bar "$TEST_IMG"
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "compat=0.10,size=32M" "$TEST_IMG" ||
     echo "unexpected fail"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
+_qcow2_dump_header | grep '^\(version\|size\|nb_snap\)'
 
 _check_test_img
 
@@ -154,9 +158,9 @@ _make_test_img -o "compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on" 64M
 _NO_VALGRIND \
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -P 0x2a 0 128k" -c flush \
          -c "sigraise $(kill -l KILL)" "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IMG amend -o "lazy_refcounts=off" "$TEST_IMG"
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header
+_qcow2_dump_header
 $QEMU_IO -c "read -P 0x2a 0 128k" "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
 _check_test_img
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
index 7ecbd4dea8..139fc68177 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: foo
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file raw: false
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     data file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.data
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/065 b/tests/qemu-iotests/065
index 3c2ca27627..f7c1b68dad 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/065
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/065
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class TestQMP(TestImageInfoSpecific):
 
 class TestQCow2(TestQemuImgInfo):
     '''Testing a qcow2 version 2 image'''
-    img_options = 'compat=0.10'
+    img_options = 'compat=0.10,compression_type=zlib'
     json_compare = { 'compat': '0.10', 'refcount-bits': 16,
                      'compression-type': 'zlib' }
     human_compare = [ 'compat: 0.10', 'compression type: zlib',
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ class TestQCow2(TestQemuImgInfo):
 
 class TestQCow3NotLazy(TestQemuImgInfo):
     '''Testing a qcow2 version 3 image with lazy refcounts disabled'''
-    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=off'
+    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=off,compression_type=zstd'
     json_compare = { 'compat': '1.1', 'lazy-refcounts': False,
                      'refcount-bits': 16, 'corrupt': False,
-                     'compression-type': 'zlib', 'extended-l2': False }
-    human_compare = [ 'compat: 1.1', 'compression type: zlib',
+                     'compression-type': 'zstd', 'extended-l2': False }
+    human_compare = [ 'compat: 1.1', 'compression type: zstd',
                       'lazy refcounts: false', 'refcount bits: 16',
                       'corrupt: false', 'extended l2: false' ]
 
 class TestQCow3Lazy(TestQemuImgInfo):
     '''Testing a qcow2 version 3 image with lazy refcounts enabled'''
-    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on'
+    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on,compression_type=zlib'
     json_compare = { 'compat': '1.1', 'lazy-refcounts': True,
                      'refcount-bits': 16, 'corrupt': False,
                      'compression-type': 'zlib', 'extended-l2': False }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class TestQCow3Lazy(TestQemuImgInfo):
 class TestQCow3NotLazyQMP(TestQMP):
     '''Testing a qcow2 version 3 image with lazy refcounts disabled, opening
        with lazy refcounts enabled'''
-    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=off'
+    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=off,compression_type=zlib'
     qemu_options = 'lazy-refcounts=on'
     compare = { 'compat': '1.1', 'lazy-refcounts': False,
                 'refcount-bits': 16, 'corrupt': False,
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ class TestQCow3NotLazyQMP(TestQMP):
 class TestQCow3LazyQMP(TestQMP):
     '''Testing a qcow2 version 3 image with lazy refcounts enabled, opening
        with lazy refcounts disabled'''
-    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on'
+    img_options = 'compat=1.1,lazy_refcounts=on,compression_type=zstd'
     qemu_options = 'lazy-refcounts=off'
     compare = { 'compat': '1.1', 'lazy-refcounts': True,
                 'refcount-bits': 16, 'corrupt': False,
-                'compression-type': 'zlib', 'extended-l2': False }
+                'compression-type': 'zstd', 'extended-l2': False }
 
 TestImageInfoSpecific = None
 TestQemuImgInfo = None
@@ -139,4 +139,5 @@ TestQMP = None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                 supported_protocols=['file'])
+                 supported_protocols=['file'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['refcount_bits'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
index 077ed0f2c7..d0dd333117 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 4096
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 8192
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 4096
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 8192
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ virtual size: 130 MiB (136314880 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ virtual size: 132 MiB (138412032 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/112 b/tests/qemu-iotests/112
index 07ac74fb2c..5333212993 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/112
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/112
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ _supported_proto file fuse
 # This test will set refcount_bits on its own which would conflict with the
 # manual setting; compat will be overridden as well;
 # and external data files do not work well with our refcount testing
-_unsupported_imgopts refcount_bits 'compat=0.10' data_file
+# also, compression type is not supported with compat=0.10 used in test
+_unsupported_imgopts refcount_bits 'compat=0.10' data_file compression_type
 
 print_refcount_bits()
 {
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/137 b/tests/qemu-iotests/137
index 4680d5df3d..52ee135184 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/137
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/137
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ $QEMU_IO \
 
 # The dirty bit must not be set
 # (Filter the external data file bit)
-if $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features \
+if _qcow2_dump_header | grep incompatible_features \
     | grep -q '\<0\>'
 then
     echo 'ERROR: Dirty bit set'
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/149.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/149.out
index 6877ab6c4a..ab879596ce 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/149.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/149.out
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha1
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img twofish-256-xts-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=twofish-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=twofish-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-twofish-256-xts-plain64-sha1
@@ -301,7 +299,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img serpent-256-xts-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=serpent-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=serpent-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-256-xts-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-serpent-256-xts-plain64-sha1
@@ -421,7 +418,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-cast5-128-cbc-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img cast5-128-cbc-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=cast5-128,cipher-mode=cbc,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-cast5-128-cbc-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-cast5-128-cbc-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=cast5-128 cipher-mode=cbc ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-cast5-128-cbc-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-cast5-128-cbc-plain64-sha1
@@ -542,7 +538,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-cbc-plain-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=cbc,ivgen-alg=plain,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=cbc ivgen-alg=plain hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-cbc-plain-sha1
@@ -662,7 +657,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=cbc,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=cbc ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha1
@@ -782,7 +776,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-sha256-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-cbc-essiv-sha256-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=cbc,ivgen-alg=essiv,hash-alg=sha1,ivgen-hash-alg=sha256 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-sha256-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-sha256-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=cbc ivgen-alg=essiv ivgen-hash-alg=sha256 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-sha256-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-cbc-essiv-sha256-sha1
@@ -902,7 +895,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-essiv-sha256-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-essiv-sha256-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=essiv,hash-alg=sha1,ivgen-hash-alg=sha256 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-essiv-sha256-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-essiv-sha256-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=essiv ivgen-hash-alg=sha256 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-essiv-sha256-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-essiv-sha256-sha1
@@ -1022,7 +1014,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-128-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-128-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-128,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-128-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-128-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-128 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-128-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-128-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1
@@ -1142,7 +1133,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-192-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-192-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-192,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-192-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-192-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-192 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-192-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-192-xts-plain64-sha256-sha1
@@ -1262,7 +1252,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img twofish-128-xts-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=twofish-128,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=twofish-128 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-twofish-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-twofish-128-xts-plain64-sha1
@@ -1383,7 +1372,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img serpent-128-xts-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=serpent-128,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=serpent-128 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-128-xts-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-serpent-128-xts-plain64-sha1
@@ -1503,7 +1491,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-192-xts-plain64-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img serpent-192-xts-plain64-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=serpent-192,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-192-xts-plain64-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-192-xts-plain64-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=serpent-192 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-serpent-192-xts-plain64-sha1.img qiotest-145-serpent-192-xts-plain64-sha1
@@ -1625,7 +1612,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha224.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain64-sha224 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha224 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha224.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha224.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha224 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha224.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha224
@@ -1745,7 +1731,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha256.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain64-sha256 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha256 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha256.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha256.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha256 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha256.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha256
@@ -1865,7 +1850,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha384.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain64-sha384 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha384 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha384.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha384.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha384 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha384.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha384
@@ -1985,7 +1969,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha512.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain64-sha512 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha512 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha512.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha512.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=sha512 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha512.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain64-sha512
@@ -2105,7 +2088,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-ripemd160.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain64-ripemd160 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=ripemd160 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-ripemd160.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-ripemd160.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain64 hash-alg=ripemd160 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain64-ripemd160.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain64-ripemd160
@@ -2299,7 +2281,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain-sha1-pwallslots.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-xts-plain-sha1-pwallslots =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=c2xvdDE=,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts,ivgen-alg=plain,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain-sha1-pwallslots.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain-sha1-pwallslots.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=xts ivgen-alg=plain hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-xts-plain-sha1-pwallslots.img qiotest-145-aes-256-xts-plain-sha1-pwallslots
@@ -2419,7 +2400,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-auto-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-cbc-essiv-auto-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=cbc,ivgen-alg=essiv,hash-alg=sha1 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-auto-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-auto-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=cbc ivgen-alg=essiv hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-essiv-auto-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-cbc-essiv-auto-sha1
@@ -2539,7 +2519,6 @@ unlink TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha256-sha1.img
 # ================= qemu-img aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha256-sha1 =================
 # Create image
 qemu-img create -f luks --object secret,id=sec0,data=MTIzNDU2,format=base64 -o key-secret=sec0,iter-time=10,cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=cbc,ivgen-alg=plain64,hash-alg=sha1,ivgen-hash-alg=sha256 TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha256-sha1.img 4194304M
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha256-sha1.img', fmt=luks size=4398046511104 key-secret=sec0 cipher-alg=aes-256 cipher-mode=cbc ivgen-alg=plain64 ivgen-hash-alg=sha256 hash-alg=sha1 iter-time=10
 
 # Open dev
 sudo cryptsetup -q -v luksOpen TEST_DIR/luks-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha256-sha1.img qiotest-145-aes-256-cbc-plain64-sha256-sha1
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/163 b/tests/qemu-iotests/163
index dedce8ef43..b8bfc95358 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/163
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/163
@@ -169,4 +169,5 @@ ShrinkBaseClass = None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['raw', 'qcow2'],
-                 supported_protocols=['file'])
+                 supported_protocols=['file'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/165 b/tests/qemu-iotests/165
index ce499946b8..e3ef28e2ee 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/165
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/165
@@ -157,4 +157,5 @@ class TestPersistentDirtyBitmap(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                 supported_protocols=['file'])
+                 supported_protocols=['file'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/196 b/tests/qemu-iotests/196
index 2451515094..76509a5ad1 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/196
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/196
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ class TestInvalidateAutoclear(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                 supported_protocols=['file'])
+                 supported_protocols=['file'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out
index 3952708444..805494916f 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/198.out
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ image: json:{ /* filtered */ }
 file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 16 MiB (16777216 bytes)
 Format specific information:
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     encrypt:
         ivgen alg: plain64
         hash alg: sha256
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ virtual size: 16 MiB (16777216 bytes)
 backing file: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     encrypt:
         ivgen alg: plain64
         hash alg: sha256
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out
index 80cd274223..7e95694777 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/206.out
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ virtual size: 128 MiB (134217728 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ virtual size: 64 MiB (67108864 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ virtual size: 32 MiB (33554432 bytes)
 cluster_size: 2097152
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: true
     refcount bits: 1
     corrupt: false
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ backing file: TEST_IMG.base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
     compat: 0.10
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     refcount bits: 16
 
 === Successful image creation (encrypted) ===
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ encrypted: yes
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     encrypt:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/209 b/tests/qemu-iotests/209
index ff7efea11b..f6ad08ec42 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/209
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/209
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #
 
 import iotests
-from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, qemu_img_verbose, qemu_nbd, \
-                    file_path
+from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, qemu_img_log, qemu_nbd, \
+                    file_path, log
 
 iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
 
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk, '1M')
 qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write 0 512K', disk)
 
 qemu_nbd('-k', nbd_sock, '-x', 'exp', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk)
-qemu_img_verbose('map', '-f', 'raw', '--output=json', nbd_uri)
+qemu_img_log('map', '-f', 'raw', '--output=json', nbd_uri)
+log('done.')  # avoid new line at the end of output file
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/209.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/209.out
index f27be3fa7b..515906ac7a 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/209.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/209.out
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 [{ "start": 0, "length": 524288, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 0},
 { "start": 524288, "length": 524288, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 524288}]
+
+done.
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/210 b/tests/qemu-iotests/210
index a4dcc5fe59..10b0a0b87c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/210
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/210
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ with iotests.FilePath('t.luks') as disk_path, \
         'driver=luks,file.driver=file,file.filename=%s,key-secret=keysec0' % (disk_path),
         filter_path=disk_path,
         extra_args=['--object', 'secret,id=keysec0,data=foo'],
-        imgopts=True)
+        use_image_opts=True)
 
     #
     # Successful image creation (with non-default options)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ with iotests.FilePath('t.luks') as disk_path, \
         'driver=luks,file.driver=file,file.filename=%s,key-secret=keysec0' % (disk_path),
         filter_path=disk_path,
         extra_args=['--object', 'secret,id=keysec0,data=foo'],
-        imgopts=True)
+        use_image_opts=True)
 
     #
     # Invalid BlockdevRef
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ with iotests.FilePath('t.luks') as disk_path, \
         'driver=luks,file.driver=file,file.filename=%s,key-secret=keysec0' % (disk_path),
         filter_path=disk_path,
         extra_args=['--object', 'secret,id=keysec0,data=foo'],
-        imgopts=True)
+        use_image_opts=True)
 
     #
     # Invalid sizes
@@ -176,4 +176,4 @@ with iotests.FilePath('t.luks') as disk_path, \
         'driver=luks,file.driver=file,file.filename=%s,key-secret=keysec0' % (disk_path),
         filter_path=disk_path,
         extra_args=['--object', 'secret,id=keysec0,data=foo'],
-        imgopts=True)
+        use_image_opts=True)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/214 b/tests/qemu-iotests/214
index 0889089d81..c66e246ba2 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/214
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/214
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo
 # The L2 entries of the two compressed clusters are located at
 # 0x800000 and 0x800008, their original values are 0x4008000000a00000
 # and 0x4008000000a00802 (5 sectors for compressed data each).
-_make_test_img 8M -o cluster_size=2M
+_make_test_img 8M -o cluster_size=2M,compression_type=zlib
 $QEMU_IO -c "write -c -P 0x11 0 2M" -c "write -c -P 0x11 2M 2M" "$TEST_IMG" \
          2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/237.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/237.out
index 2f09ff5512..aeb9724492 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/237.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/237.out
@@ -129,11 +129,8 @@ Job failed: Cannot find device='this doesn't exist' nor node-name='this doesn't
 
 === Other subformats ===
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.vmdk.1', fmt=vmdk size=0 compat6=off hwversion=undefined
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.vmdk.2', fmt=vmdk size=0 compat6=off hwversion=undefined
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.vmdk.3', fmt=vmdk size=0 compat6=off hwversion=undefined
 
 == Missing extent ==
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/242 b/tests/qemu-iotests/242
index a9b27668c2..96a30152b0 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/242
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/242
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, qemu_img_pipe, \
     file_path, img_info_log, log, filter_qemu_io
 
 iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                          supported_protocols=['file'])
+                          supported_protocols=['file'],
+                          unsupported_imgopts=['refcount_bits', 'compat'])
 
 disk = file_path('disk')
 chunk = 256 * 1024
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/242.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/242.out
index 3759c99284..ce231424a7 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/242.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/242.out
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     bitmaps:
         [0]:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     bitmaps:
         [0]:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     bitmaps:
         [0]:
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ virtual size: 1 MiB (1048576 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     bitmaps:
         [0]:
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/246 b/tests/qemu-iotests/246
index 5932a0e8a9..b009a78397 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/246
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/246
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 import iotests
 from iotests import log
 
-iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
+                          unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
 size = 64 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
 gran_small = 32 * 1024
 gran_large = 128 * 1024
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/254 b/tests/qemu-iotests/254
index 108bf5f894..7ea098818c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/254
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/254
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 import iotests
 from iotests import qemu_img_create, file_path, log
 
-iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
+                          unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
 
 disk, top = file_path('disk', 'top')
 size = 1024 * 1024
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out
index 33b7f22de3..11a05a5213 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/255.out
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ Finishing a commit job with background reads
 
 === Create backing chain and start VM ===
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.qcow2.mid', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=134217728 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-t.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=134217728 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 === Start background read requests ===
 
@@ -23,9 +21,7 @@ Closing the VM while a job is being cancelled
 
 === Create images and start VM ===
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-src.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=134217728 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-dst.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=134217728 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 0
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/260 b/tests/qemu-iotests/260
index 2ec64a9b99..c2133f9980 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/260
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/260
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import iotests
 from iotests import qemu_img_create, file_path, log, filter_qmp_event
 
 iotests.script_initialize(
-    supported_fmts=['qcow2']
+    supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
+    unsupported_imgopts=['compat']
 )
 
 base, top = file_path('base', 'top')
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/274 b/tests/qemu-iotests/274
index caab008e07..080a90f10f 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/274
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/274
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 import iotests
 
 iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                          supported_platforms=['linux'])
+                          supported_platforms=['linux'],
+                          unsupported_imgopts=['refcount_bits', 'compat'])
 
 size_short = 1 * 1024 * 1024
 size_long = 2 * 1024 * 1024
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out
index 16a95a4850..1ce40d839a 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 == Commit tests ==
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-mid', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-mid backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ backing file: TEST_DIR/PID-base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -66,11 +63,8 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
 === Testing HMP commit (top -> mid) ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-mid', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-mid backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -85,7 +79,7 @@ backing file: TEST_DIR/PID-base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -98,11 +92,8 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
 === Testing QMP active commit (top -> mid) ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-mid', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-mid backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -123,7 +114,7 @@ backing file: TEST_DIR/PID-base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -136,11 +127,8 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
 === Testing qemu-img commit (top -> base) ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-mid', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-mid backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -153,7 +141,7 @@ virtual size: 2 MiB (2097152 bytes)
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -166,11 +154,8 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
 === Testing QMP active commit (top -> base) ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-mid', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=1048576 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=2097152 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-mid backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 0
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -191,7 +176,7 @@ backing file: TEST_DIR/PID-base
 backing file format: IMGFMT
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
@@ -205,9 +190,7 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 
 == Resize tests ==
 === preallocation=off ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=6442450944 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=1073741824 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 5368709120
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -224,9 +207,7 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 5368709120
 { "start": 1073741824, "length": 7516192768, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false}]
 
 === preallocation=metadata ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=34359738368 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=32212254720 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 33285996544
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -248,9 +229,7 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 33285996544
 { "start": 34896609280, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 2685075456}]
 
 === preallocation=falloc ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=10485760 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=5242880 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 9437184
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -267,9 +246,7 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 9437184
 { "start": 5242880, "length": 10485760, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
 
 === preallocation=full ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=16777216 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=8388608 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 11534336
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -286,9 +263,7 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 11534336
 { "start": 8388608, "length": 4194304, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
 
 === preallocation=off ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=393216 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=259072 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 259072
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -306,9 +281,7 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 259072
 { "start": 262144, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false}]
 
 === preallocation=off ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=409600 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=262144 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 344064
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -325,9 +298,7 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 344064
 { "start": 262144, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true, "data": false}]
 
 === preallocation=off ===
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=524288 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-top', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=262144 backing_file=TEST_DIR/PID-base backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 446464
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/280.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/280.out
index 09a0f1a7cb..e39164c579 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/280.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/280.out
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=67108864 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
 
 === Launch VM ===
 Enabling migration QMP events on VM...
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/281 b/tests/qemu-iotests/281
index 956698083f..318e333939 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/281
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/281
@@ -245,4 +245,5 @@ class TestBlockdevBackupAbort(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-                 supported_protocols=['file'])
+                 supported_protocols=['file'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/287 b/tests/qemu-iotests/287
index 2d5334e8bf..6414640b21 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/287
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/287
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ echo
 echo "=== Testing compression type incompatible bit setting for zlib ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zlib 64M
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "=== Testing compression type incompatible bit setting for zstd ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zstd 64M
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 echo
 echo "=== Testing zlib with incompatible bit set ==="
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zlib 64M
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-feature-bit incompatible 3
 # to make sure the bit was actually set
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 if $QEMU_IMG info "$TEST_IMG" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     echo "Error: The image opened successfully. The image must not be opened."
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ echo
 _make_test_img -o compression_type=zstd 64M
 $PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" set-header incompatible_features 0
 # to make sure the bit was actually unset
-$PYTHON qcow2.py "$TEST_IMG" dump-header | grep incompatible_features
+_qcow2_dump_header --no-filter-compression | grep incompatible_features
 
 if $QEMU_IMG info "$TEST_IMG" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     echo "Error: The image opened successfully. The image must not be opened."
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/290 b/tests/qemu-iotests/290
index ed80da2685..776b59de1b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/290
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/290
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt qcow2
 _supported_proto file fuse
 _supported_os Linux
-_unsupported_imgopts 'compat=0.10' refcount_bits data_file
+_unsupported_imgopts 'compat=0.10' refcount_bits data_file compression_type
 
 echo
 echo "### Test 'qemu-io -c discard' on a QCOW2 image without a backing file"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/296.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/296.out
index 6c69735604..42205cc981 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/296.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/296.out
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Formatting 'TEST_DIR/test.img', fmt=luks size=1048576 key-secret=keysec0 iter-time=10
 
 {"execute": "job-dismiss", "arguments": {"id": "job0"}}
 {"return": {}}
@@ -13,8 +12,7 @@ Job failed: Failed to get shared "consistent read" lock
 qemu-img: Failed to get shared "consistent read" lock
 Is another process using the image [TEST_DIR/test.img]?
 
-.Formatting 'TEST_DIR/test.img', fmt=luks size=1048576 key-secret=keysec0 iter-time=10
-
+.
 Job failed: Block node is read-only
 {"execute": "job-dismiss", "arguments": {"id": "job0"}}
 {"return": {}}
@@ -26,12 +24,10 @@ Job failed: Failed to get shared "consistent read" lock
 {"return": {}}
 {"execute": "job-dismiss", "arguments": {"id": "job0"}}
 {"return": {}}
-.Formatting 'TEST_DIR/test.img', fmt=luks size=1048576 key-secret=keysec0 iter-time=10
-
+.
 {"return": {}}
 {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Failed to get \"write\" lock"}}
-.Formatting 'TEST_DIR/test.img', fmt=luks size=1048576 key-secret=keysec0 iter-time=10
-
+.
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
 .
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/302 b/tests/qemu-iotests/302
index 5695af4914..a6d79e727b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/302
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/302
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from iotests import (
     qemu_img_measure,
     qemu_io,
     qemu_nbd_popen,
+    img_info_log,
 )
 
 iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=["qcow2"])
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ with tarfile.open(tar_file, "w") as tar:
             tar_file):
 
         iotests.log("=== Target image info ===")
+        # Not img_info_log as it enforces imgfmt, but now we print info on raw
         qemu_img_log("info", nbd_uri)
 
         qemu_img(
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ with tarfile.open(tar_file, "w") as tar:
             nbd_uri)
 
         iotests.log("=== Converted image info ===")
-        qemu_img_log("info", nbd_uri)
+        img_info_log(nbd_uri)
 
         iotests.log("=== Converted image check ===")
         qemu_img_log("check", nbd_uri)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/302.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/302.out
index e2f6077e83..3e7c281b91 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/302.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/302.out
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ virtual size: 448 KiB (458752 bytes)
 disk size: unavailable
 
 === Converted image info ===
-image: nbd+unix:///exp?socket=SOCK_DIR/PID-nbd-sock
-file format: qcow2
+image: TEST_IMG
+file format: IMGFMT
 virtual size: 1 GiB (1073741824 bytes)
-disk size: unavailable
 cluster_size: 65536
 Format specific information:
     compat: 1.1
-    compression type: zlib
+    compression type: COMPRESSION_TYPE
     lazy refcounts: false
     refcount bits: 16
     corrupt: false
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/303 b/tests/qemu-iotests/303
index 425544c064..16c2e10827 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/303
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/303
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import iotests
 import subprocess
 from iotests import qemu_img_create, qemu_io, file_path, log, filter_qemu_io
 
-iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
+                          unsupported_imgopts=['refcount_bits', 'compat'])
 
 disk = file_path('disk')
 chunk = 1024 * 1024
@@ -53,12 +54,19 @@ def add_bitmap(num, begin, end, disabled):
     log('')
 
 
-qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, disk, '10M')
+def test(compression_type: str, json_output: bool) -> None:
+    qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt,
+                    '-o', f'compression_type={compression_type}',
+                    disk, '10M')
+    add_bitmap(1, 0, 6, False)
+    add_bitmap(2, 6, 8, True)
 
-add_bitmap(1, 0, 6, False)
-add_bitmap(2, 6, 8, True)
-dump = ['./qcow2.py', disk, 'dump-header']
-subprocess.run(dump)
-# Dump the metadata in JSON format
-dump.append('-j')
-subprocess.run(dump)
+    cmd = ['./qcow2.py', disk, 'dump-header']
+    if json_output:
+        cmd.append('-j')
+
+    subprocess.run(cmd)
+
+
+test('zlib', False)
+test('zstd', True)
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/303.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/303.out
index 7c16998587..b3c70827b7 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/303.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/303.out
@@ -80,6 +80,34 @@ extra_data_size           0
 Bitmap table   type            size         offset
 0              all-zeroes      0            0
 
+Add bitmap 1
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 0
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+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)
+
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 3145728
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 4194304
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 5242880
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+
+Add bitmap 2
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 6291456
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 7340032
+1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+
+
 {
     "magic": 1363560955,
     "version": 3,
@@ -94,7 +122,7 @@ Bitmap table   type            size         offset
     "refcount_table_clusters": 1,
     "nb_snapshots": 0,
     "snapshot_offset": 0,
-    "incompatible_features": 0,
+    "incompatible_features": 8,
     "compatible_features": 0,
     "autoclear_features": 1,
     "refcount_order": 4,
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index 2b2b53946c..75cc241580 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ _filter_img_info()
         -e "/block_state_zero: \\(on\\|off\\)/d" \
         -e "/log_size: [0-9]\\+/d" \
         -e "s/iters: [0-9]\\+/iters: 1024/" \
+        -e 's/\(compression type: \)\(zlib\|zstd\)/\1COMPRESSION_TYPE/' \
         -e "s/uuid: [-a-f0-9]\\+/uuid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/" | \
     while IFS='' read -r line; do
         if [[ $format_specific == 1 ]]; then
@@ -337,5 +338,12 @@ _filter_authz_check_tls()
     $SED -e 's/TLS x509 authz check for .* is denied/TLS x509 authz check for DISTINGUISHED-NAME is denied/'
 }
 
+_filter_qcow2_compression_type_bit()
+{
+    $SED -e 's/\(incompatible_features\s\+\)\[3\(, \)\?/\1[/' \
+         -e 's/\(incompatible_features.*\), 3\]/\1]/' \
+         -e 's/\(incompatible_features.*\), 3\(,.*\)/\1\2/'
+}
+
 # make sure this script returns success
 true
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
index d8582454de..9885030b43 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ _img_info()
             -e "s#$TEST_DIR#TEST_DIR#g" \
             -e "s#$SOCK_DIR/fuse-#TEST_DIR/#g" \
             -e "s#$IMGFMT#IMGFMT#g" \
+            -e 's/\(compression type: \)\(zlib\|zstd\)/\1COMPRESSION_TYPE/' \
             -e "/^disk size:/ D" \
             -e "/actual-size/ D" | \
         while IFS='' read -r line; do
@@ -996,5 +997,26 @@ _require_one_device_of()
     _notrun "$* not available"
 }
 
+_qcow2_dump_header()
+{
+    if [[ "$1" == "--no-filter-compression" ]]; then
+        local filter_compression=0
+        shift
+    else
+        local filter_compression=1
+    fi
+
+    img="$1"
+    if [ -z "$img" ]; then
+        img="$TEST_IMG"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $filter_compression == 0 ]]; then
+        $PYTHON qcow2.py "$img" dump-header
+    else
+        $PYTHON qcow2.py "$img" dump-header | _filter_qcow2_compression_type_bit
+    fi
+}
+
 # make sure this script returns success
 true
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 1e2f2391d1..8cdb381f2a 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
+import argparse
 import atexit
 import bz2
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -149,7 +150,9 @@ def qemu_tool_popen(args: Sequence[str],
 
 
 def qemu_tool_pipe_and_status(tool: str, args: Sequence[str],
-                              connect_stderr: bool = True) -> Tuple[str, int]:
+                              connect_stderr: bool = True,
+                              drop_successful_output: bool = False) \
+        -> Tuple[str, int]:
     """
     Run a tool and return both its output and its exit code
     """
@@ -159,14 +162,56 @@ def qemu_tool_pipe_and_status(tool: str, args: Sequence[str],
             cmd = ' '.join(args)
             sys.stderr.write(f'{tool} received signal \
                                {-subp.returncode}: {cmd}\n')
+        if drop_successful_output and subp.returncode == 0:
+            output = ''
         return (output, subp.returncode)
 
+def qemu_img_create_prepare_args(args: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+    if not args or args[0] != 'create':
+        return list(args)
+    args = args[1:]
+
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(allow_abbrev=False)
+    # -o option may be specified several times
+    p.add_argument('-o', action='append', default=[])
+    p.add_argument('-f')
+    parsed, remaining = p.parse_known_args(args)
+
+    opts_list = parsed.o
+
+    result = ['create']
+    if parsed.f is not None:
+        result += ['-f', parsed.f]
+
+    # IMGOPTS most probably contain options specific for the selected format,
+    # like extended_l2 or compression_type for qcow2. Test may want to create
+    # additional images in other formats that doesn't support these options.
+    # So, use IMGOPTS only for images created in imgfmt format.
+    imgopts = os.environ.get('IMGOPTS')
+    if imgopts and parsed.f == imgfmt:
+        opts_list.insert(0, imgopts)
+
+    # default luks support
+    if parsed.f == 'luks' and \
+            all('key-secret' not in opts for opts in opts_list):
+        result += ['--object', luks_default_secret_object]
+        opts_list.append(luks_default_key_secret_opt)
+
+    for opts in opts_list:
+        result += ['-o', opts]
+
+    result += remaining
+
+    return result
+
 def qemu_img_pipe_and_status(*args: str) -> Tuple[str, int]:
     """
     Run qemu-img and return both its output and its exit code
     """
-    full_args = qemu_img_args + list(args)
-    return qemu_tool_pipe_and_status('qemu-img', full_args)
+    is_create = bool(args and args[0] == 'create')
+    full_args = qemu_img_args + qemu_img_create_prepare_args(list(args))
+    return qemu_tool_pipe_and_status('qemu-img', full_args,
+                                     drop_successful_output=is_create)
 
 def qemu_img(*args: str) -> int:
     '''Run qemu-img and return the exit code'''
@@ -186,23 +231,7 @@ def ordered_qmp(qmsg, conv_keys=True):
     return qmsg
 
 def qemu_img_create(*args):
-    args = list(args)
-
-    # default luks support
-    if '-f' in args and args[args.index('-f') + 1] == 'luks':
-        if '-o' in args:
-            i = args.index('-o')
-            if 'key-secret' not in args[i + 1]:
-                args[i + 1].append(luks_default_key_secret_opt)
-                args.insert(i + 2, '--object')
-                args.insert(i + 3, luks_default_secret_object)
-        else:
-            args = ['-o', luks_default_key_secret_opt,
-                    '--object', luks_default_secret_object] + args
-
-    args.insert(0, 'create')
-
-    return qemu_img(*args)
+    return qemu_img('create', *args)
 
 def qemu_img_measure(*args):
     return json.loads(qemu_img_pipe("measure", "--output", "json", *args))
@@ -210,14 +239,6 @@ def qemu_img_measure(*args):
 def qemu_img_check(*args):
     return json.loads(qemu_img_pipe("check", "--output", "json", *args))
 
-def qemu_img_verbose(*args):
-    '''Run qemu-img without suppressing its output and return the exit code'''
-    exitcode = subprocess.call(qemu_img_args + list(args))
-    if exitcode < 0:
-        sys.stderr.write('qemu-img received signal %i: %s\n'
-                         % (-exitcode, ' '.join(qemu_img_args + list(args))))
-    return exitcode
-
 def qemu_img_pipe(*args: str) -> str:
     '''Run qemu-img and return its output'''
     return qemu_img_pipe_and_status(*args)[0]
@@ -227,9 +248,10 @@ def qemu_img_log(*args):
     log(result, filters=[filter_testfiles])
     return result
 
-def img_info_log(filename, filter_path=None, imgopts=False, extra_args=()):
+def img_info_log(filename, filter_path=None, use_image_opts=False,
+                 extra_args=()):
     args = ['info']
-    if imgopts:
+    if use_image_opts:
         args.append('--image-opts')
     else:
         args += ['-f', imgfmt]
@@ -475,6 +497,8 @@ def filter_img_info(output, filename):
                       'uuid: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX',
                       line)
         line = re.sub('cid: [0-9]+', 'cid: XXXXXXXXXX', line)
+        line = re.sub('(compression type: )(zlib|zstd)', r'\1COMPRESSION_TYPE',
+                      line)
         lines.append(line)
     return '\n'.join(lines)
 
@@ -1225,6 +1249,17 @@ def _verify_virtio_scsi_pci_or_ccw() -> None:
         notrun('Missing virtio-scsi-pci or virtio-scsi-ccw in QEMU binary')
 
 
+def _verify_imgopts(unsupported: Sequence[str] = ()) -> None:
+    imgopts = os.environ.get('IMGOPTS')
+    # One of usage examples for IMGOPTS is "data_file=$TEST_IMG.ext_data_file"
+    # but it supported only for bash tests. We don't have a concept of global
+    # TEST_IMG in iotests.py, not saying about somehow parsing $variables.
+    # So, for simplicity let's just not support any IMGOPTS with '$' inside.
+    unsup = list(unsupported) + ['$']
+    if imgopts and any(x in imgopts for x in unsup):
+        notrun(f'not suitable for this imgopts: {imgopts}')
+
+
 def supports_quorum():
     return 'quorum' in qemu_img_pipe('--help')
 
@@ -1401,7 +1436,8 @@ def execute_setup_common(supported_fmts: Sequence[str] = (),
                          unsupported_fmts: Sequence[str] = (),
                          supported_protocols: Sequence[str] = (),
                          unsupported_protocols: Sequence[str] = (),
-                         required_fmts: Sequence[str] = ()) -> bool:
+                         required_fmts: Sequence[str] = (),
+                         unsupported_imgopts: Sequence[str] = ()) -> bool:
     """
     Perform necessary setup for either script-style or unittest-style tests.
 
@@ -1421,6 +1457,7 @@ def execute_setup_common(supported_fmts: Sequence[str] = (),
     _verify_aio_mode(supported_aio_modes)
     _verify_formats(required_fmts)
     _verify_virtio_blk()
+    _verify_imgopts(unsupported_imgopts)
 
     return debug
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-postcopy-test b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-postcopy-test
index 00ebb5c251..fc9c4b4ef4 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-postcopy-test
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-postcopy-test
@@ -272,4 +272,5 @@ class TestDirtyBitmapPostcopyMigration(iotests.QMPTestCase):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+    iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
+                 unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-test b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-test
index c23df3d75c..59f3357580 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-test
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migrate-bitmaps-test
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     iotests.main(
         supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
-        supported_protocols=['file']
+        supported_protocols=['file'],
+        unsupported_imgopts=['compat']
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6be02581c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# group: migration
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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 os
+import iotests
+from iotests import imgfmt, qemu_img_create, qemu_io
+
+
+test_img = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, 'test.img')
+mig_sock = os.path.join(iotests.sock_dir, 'mig.sock')
+
+
+class TestMigrationPermissions(iotests.QMPTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        qemu_img_create('-f', imgfmt, test_img, '1M')
+
+        # Set up two VMs (source and destination) accessing the same raw
+        # image file with a virtio-blk device; prepare the destination for
+        # migration with .add_incoming() and enable migration events
+        vms = [None, None]
+        for i in range(2):
+            vms[i] = iotests.VM(path_suffix=f'{i}')
+            vms[i].add_blockdev(f'file,node-name=prot,filename={test_img}')
+            vms[i].add_blockdev(f'{imgfmt},node-name=fmt,file=prot')
+            vms[i].add_device('virtio-blk,drive=fmt')
+
+            if i == 1:
+                vms[i].add_incoming(f'unix:{mig_sock}')
+
+            vms[i].launch()
+
+            result = vms[i].qmp('migrate-set-capabilities',
+                                capabilities=[
+                                    {'capability': 'events', 'state': True}
+                                ])
+            self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
+
+        self.vm_s = vms[0]
+        self.vm_d = vms[1]
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.vm_s.shutdown()
+        self.vm_d.shutdown()
+        try:
+            os.remove(mig_sock)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        os.remove(test_img)
+
+    # Migrate an image in use by a virtio-blk device to another VM and
+    # verify that the WRITE permission is unshared both before and after
+    # migration
+    def test_post_migration_permissions(self):
+        # Try to access the image R/W, which should fail because virtio-blk
+        # has not been configured with share-rw=on
+        log = qemu_io('-f', imgfmt, '-c', 'quit', test_img)
+        if not log.strip():
+            print('ERROR (pre-migration): qemu-io should not be able to '
+                  'access this image, but it reported no error')
+        else:
+            # This is the expected output
+            assert 'Is another process using the image' in log
+
+        # Now migrate the VM
+        self.vm_s.qmp('migrate', uri=f'unix:{mig_sock}')
+        assert self.vm_s.wait_migration(None)
+        assert self.vm_d.wait_migration(None)
+
+        # Try the same qemu-io access again, verifying that the WRITE
+        # permission remains unshared
+        log = qemu_io('-f', imgfmt, '-c', 'quit', test_img)
+        if not log.strip():
+            print('ERROR (post-migration): qemu-io should not be able to '
+                  'access this image, but it reported no error')
+        else:
+            # This is the expected output
+            assert 'Is another process using the image' in log
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Only works with raw images because we are testing the
+    # BlockBackend permissions; image format drivers may additionally
+    # unshare permissions and thus tamper with the result
+    iotests.main(supported_fmts=['raw'],
+                 supported_protocols=['file'])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae1213e6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/migration-permissions.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Ran 1 tests
+
+OK
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-ready-cancel-error b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-ready-cancel-error
index f2dc88881f..770ffca379 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-ready-cancel-error
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/mirror-ready-cancel-error
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ class TestMirrorReadyCancelError(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         assert iotests.qemu_img_create('-f', iotests.imgfmt, target,
                                        str(image_size)) == 0
 
+        # Ensure that mirror will copy something before READY so the
+        # target format layer will forward the pre-READY flush to its
+        # file child
+        assert iotests.qemu_io_silent('-c', 'write -P 1 0 64k', source) == 0
+
         self.vm = iotests.VM()
         self.vm.launch()
 
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ class TestMirrorReadyCancelError(iotests.QMPTestCase):
         # Write something so will not leave the job immediately, but
         # flush first (which will fail, thanks to blkdebug)
         res = self.vm.qmp('human-monitor-command',
-                          command_line='qemu-io mirror-top "write 0 64k"')
+                          command_line='qemu-io mirror-top "write -P 2 0 64k"')
         self.assert_qmp(res, 'return', '')
 
         # Drain status change events
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/remove-bitmap-from-backing b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/remove-bitmap-from-backing
index 8d48fc0f3c..3c397b08ea 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/remove-bitmap-from-backing
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/remove-bitmap-from-backing
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 import iotests
 from iotests import log, qemu_img_create, qemu_img, qemu_img_pipe
 
-iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+iotests.script_initialize(supported_fmts=['qcow2'],
+                          unsupported_imgopts=['compat'])
 
 top, base = iotests.file_path('top', 'base')
 size = '1M'