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-rw-r--r--block/file-posix.c39
-rw-r--r--qemu-doc.texi6
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 28824aae65..60af4b3d51 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ static QemuOptsList raw_runtime_opts = {
};
static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
- int bdrv_flags, int open_flags, Error **errp)
+ int bdrv_flags, int open_flags,
+ bool device, Error **errp)
{
BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
QemuOpts *opts;
@@ -585,10 +586,32 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Could not stat file");
goto fail;
}
- if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
- s->discard_zeroes = true;
- s->has_fallocate = true;
+
+ if (!device) {
+ if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
+ warn_report("Opening a block device as a file using the '%s' "
+ "driver is deprecated", bs->drv->format_name);
+ } else if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
+ warn_report("Opening a character device as a file using the '%s' "
+ "driver is deprecated", bs->drv->format_name);
+ } else if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "A regular file was expected by the '%s' driver, "
+ "but something else was given", bs->drv->format_name);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto fail;
+ } else {
+ s->discard_zeroes = true;
+ s->has_fallocate = true;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (!(S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))) {
+ error_setg(errp, "'%s' driver expects either "
+ "a character or block device", bs->drv->format_name);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto fail;
+ }
}
+
if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) {
#ifdef BLKDISCARDZEROES
unsigned int arg;
@@ -641,7 +664,7 @@ static int raw_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
s->type = FTYPE_FILE;
- return raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, 0, errp);
+ return raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, 0, false, errp);
}
typedef enum {
@@ -2939,7 +2962,7 @@ hdev_open_Mac_error:
s->type = FTYPE_FILE;
- ret = raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, 0, &local_err);
+ ret = raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, 0, true, &local_err);
if (ret < 0) {
error_propagate(errp, local_err);
#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
@@ -3170,7 +3193,7 @@ static int cdrom_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
s->type = FTYPE_CD;
/* open will not fail even if no CD is inserted, so add O_NONBLOCK */
- return raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, O_NONBLOCK, errp);
+ return raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, O_NONBLOCK, true, errp);
}
static int cdrom_probe_device(const char *filename)
@@ -3284,7 +3307,7 @@ static int cdrom_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
s->type = FTYPE_CD;
- ret = raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, 0, &local_err);
+ ret = raw_open_common(bs, options, flags, 0, true, &local_err);
if (ret) {
error_propagate(errp, local_err);
return ret;
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 0fbf8b108b..1047c407e7 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2969,6 +2969,12 @@ replacement since it is not needed anymore.
The @option{-enable-hax} option has been replaced by @option{-accel hax}.
Both options have been introduced in QEMU version 2.9.0.
+@subsection -drive file=json:@{...@{'driver':'file'@}@} (since 3.0)
+
+The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host
+devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver
+for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate.
+
@section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
@subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)