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-rw-r--r--block/block-backend.c19
-rw-r--r--include/block/block.h1
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index e4892fd..6fca985 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -407,15 +407,19 @@ BlockBackend *blk_new_open(const char *filename, const char *reference,
BlockBackend *blk;
BlockDriverState *bs;
uint64_t perm = 0;
+ uint64_t shared = BLK_PERM_ALL;
- /* blk_new_open() is mainly used in .bdrv_create implementations and the
- * tools where sharing isn't a concern because the BDS stays private, so we
- * just request permission according to the flags.
+ /*
+ * blk_new_open() is mainly used in .bdrv_create implementations and the
+ * tools where sharing isn't a major concern because the BDS stays private
+ * and the file is generally not supposed to be used by a second process,
+ * so we just request permission according to the flags.
*
* The exceptions are xen_disk and blockdev_init(); in these cases, the
* caller of blk_new_open() doesn't make use of the permissions, but they
* shouldn't hurt either. We can still share everything here because the
- * guest devices will add their own blockers if they can't share. */
+ * guest devices will add their own blockers if they can't share.
+ */
if ((flags & BDRV_O_NO_IO) == 0) {
perm |= BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ;
if (flags & BDRV_O_RDWR) {
@@ -425,8 +429,11 @@ BlockBackend *blk_new_open(const char *filename, const char *reference,
if (flags & BDRV_O_RESIZE) {
perm |= BLK_PERM_RESIZE;
}
+ if (flags & BDRV_O_NO_SHARE) {
+ shared = BLK_PERM_CONSISTENT_READ | BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED;
+ }
- blk = blk_new(qemu_get_aio_context(), perm, BLK_PERM_ALL);
+ blk = blk_new(qemu_get_aio_context(), perm, shared);
bs = bdrv_open(filename, reference, options, flags, errp);
if (!bs) {
blk_unref(blk);
@@ -435,7 +442,7 @@ BlockBackend *blk_new_open(const char *filename, const char *reference,
blk->root = bdrv_root_attach_child(bs, "root", &child_root,
BDRV_CHILD_FILTERED | BDRV_CHILD_PRIMARY,
- perm, BLK_PERM_ALL, blk, errp);
+ perm, shared, blk, errp);
if (!blk->root) {
blk_unref(blk);
return NULL;
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 8d5b3ec..8218596 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ typedef struct HDGeometry {
uint32_t cylinders;
} HDGeometry;
+#define BDRV_O_NO_SHARE 0x0001 /* don't share permissions */
#define BDRV_O_RDWR 0x0002
#define BDRV_O_RESIZE 0x0004 /* request permission for resizing the node */
#define BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT 0x0008 /* open the file read only and save writes in a snapshot */