From: Andrey Zhadchenko <andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com>
Subject: [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 09/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: allow shared L1 entries during merge from RO image
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:56:37 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812185638.110779-10-andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812185638.110779-1-andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com>
For RO images with internal snapshots L1 entries are shared.
Write-mode metadata parsing stops at such entries to avoid
modifying a shared L2 table, which made prepare_backward_merge()
see the cluster as unallocated and skip it with
"nothing to merge": the merged result would silently lose all
data under shared L1 entries.
Allow such scenario in parse_l1() and ease WARN in
prepare_backward_merge().
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-138288
Feature: dm-qcow2: block device over QCOW2 files driver
Signed-off-by: Andrey Zhadchenko <andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c | 2 --
drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c
index f2c8f51e17af6..fa3762c58372b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-cmd.c
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ static int qcow2_merge_backward_start(struct qcow2_target *tgt, int efd, u32 dep
return -ENOENT;
if (!qcow2_file_is_writable(lower))
return -EACCES;
- if (!qcow2_file_is_writable(qcow2) && qcow2->hdr.nb_snapshots)
- return -EACCES;
if (qcow2->clu_size != lower->clu_size)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (lower->hdr.size < qcow2->hdr.size)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c
index aa30d12f8ee04..6f3b80a13e158 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c
@@ -1726,6 +1726,14 @@ static bool qio_is_fully_alloced(struct qcow2 *qcow2, struct qio *qio,
return !(subclus_mask & ~alloced_mask);
}
+static bool qio_may_modify_image(struct qcow2 *qcow2, struct qio *qio)
+{
+ if (qcow2_file_is_writable(qcow2))
+ return true;
+
+ return !fake_merge_qio(qio);
+}
+
static loff_t parse_l1(struct qcow2 *qcow2, struct qcow2_map *map,
struct qio **qio, bool write)
@@ -1762,7 +1770,8 @@ static loff_t parse_l1(struct qcow2 *qcow2, struct qcow2_map *map,
goto out;
if (delay_if_dirty(qcow2, l1->md, l1->index_in_page, qio))
goto out;
- if (write && map->clu_is_cow)
+ /* Don't refuse L1 parse for merge qios with readonly disks */
+ if (write && map->clu_is_cow && qio_may_modify_image(qcow2, *qio))
goto out; /* Avoid to return pos */
ret = pos;
@@ -2061,6 +2070,10 @@ static int parse_metadata(struct qcow2 *qcow2, struct qio **qio,
qio_discard_unmaps_cluster(qcow2, *qio, map)))
return 0;
+ /* Don't need refcount table if we don't modify the image */
+ if (!qio_may_modify_image(qcow2, *qio))
+ return 0;
+
/* Now refcounters table/block */
ret = qcow2_handle_r1r2_maps(qcow2, pos, qio, &map->r1,
&map->r2, map->compressed);
@@ -2749,7 +2762,8 @@ static int prepare_backward_merge(struct qcow2 *qcow2, struct qio **qio,
}
if (!map->data_clu_alloced) {
- WARN_ON_ONCE(map->clu_is_cow); /* Strange COW at L1 */
+ /* Strange COW at L1, except the merge from RO image */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(map->clu_is_cow && qio_may_modify_image(qcow2, *qio));
if (fake_merge_qio(*qio)) {
/* Nothing is to merge */
goto endio;
--
2.43.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-12 18:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-12 18:56 [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 00/10] dm-qcow2: improve discard and read-only merge handling Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 01/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: fix revert_cluster_alloc() for ext_l2 case Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 02/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: generalize COW index update machinery Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 03/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: update metadata on whole cluster discard Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 04/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: never trigger COW or allocation on discard Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 05/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: set L2_READS_ALL_ZEROES after some discards Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 06/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: update metadata on subclusters discard Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 07/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: unmap cluster when discard clears last allocated subclusters Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 08/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: do discards during backward merge only for writable image Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-08-12 18:56 ` Andrey Zhadchenko [this message]
2026-08-12 18:56 ` [Devel] [PATCH VZ10 10/10] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: respect zeroes during merge Andrey Zhadchenko
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