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+/*
+ * Block utility functions
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
+#include "block-helpers.h"
+
+/**
+ * check_block_size:
+ * @id: The unique ID of the object
+ * @name: The name of the property being validated
+ * @value: The block size in bytes
+ * @errp: A pointer to an area to store an error
+ *
+ * This function checks that the block size meets the following conditions:
+ * 1. At least MIN_BLOCK_SIZE
+ * 2. No larger than MAX_BLOCK_SIZE
+ * 3. A power of 2
+ */
+void check_block_size(const char *id, const char *name, int64_t value,
+                      Error **errp)
+{
+    /* value of 0 means "unset" */
+    if (value && (value < MIN_BLOCK_SIZE || value > MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE,
+                   id, name, value, MIN_BLOCK_SIZE, MAX_BLOCK_SIZE);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* We rely on power-of-2 blocksizes for bitmasks */
+    if ((value & (value - 1)) != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Property %s.%s doesn't take value '%" PRId64
+                   "', it's not a power of 2",
+                   id, name, value);
+        return;
+    }
+}