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From: Andrey Zhadchenko <andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com>
To: Alexander Ivanov <alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>
Cc: devel@openvz.org
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: fail writes to a read-only table
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:35:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ae986466-31cd-4075-bc77-b9ad6a043443@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023132008.2304901-3-alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>



On 10/23/26 15:20, Alexander Ivanov wrote:
> bio_check_ro() only warns about a write to a read-only disk and lets it
> through. dm-qcow2 then allocates clusters in the top image although
> the table is read-only. The header is not updated for a read-only
> table, so enabled persistent bitmaps stay marked consistent while the
> image data changes under them.
> 
> Kill write requests in .clone_and_map when the table is read-only.
> 
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-138887
> Feature: dm-qcow2: block device over QCOW2 files driver
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Ivanov <alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>   drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c
> index 54b3a345f927..26fdfce09aa7 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-qcow2-map.c
> @@ -4506,6 +4506,11 @@ int qcow2_clone_and_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *rq,
>   	struct qcow2_rq *qrq;
>   	struct qio *qio;
>   
> +	/* The block layer only warns about writes to a read-only disk */

Let's not litter the code with the useless comments. Killing write 
request on non-write device does not need any extra info.

> +	if (op_is_write(req_op(rq)) &&
> +	    !(dm_table_get_mode(ti->table) & BLK_OPEN_WRITE))
> +		return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
> +
>   	qrq = mempool_alloc(tgt->qrq_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
>   	if (!qrq)
>   		return DM_MAPIO_KILL;

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-28 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-23 13:20 [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 0/3] dm-qcow2: keep images of a read-only table unmodified Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-23 13:20 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 1/3] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: treat images of a read-only table as read-only Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-23 13:24   ` no-reply
2026-10-29 11:36   ` Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-23 13:20 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: fail writes to a read-only table Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-23 13:23   ` no-reply
2026-10-28 10:35   ` Andrey Zhadchenko [this message]
2026-10-23 13:20 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 3/3] drivers/md/dm-qcow2: do not revalidate inconsistent persistent bitmaps Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-23 13:25   ` no-reply
2026-10-23 13:58     ` Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-29 11:39   ` Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-28 10:47 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 0/3] dm-qcow2: keep images of a read-only table unmodified Andrey Zhadchenko
2026-10-29 11:42 ` Konstantin Khorenko
2026-10-29 14:48   ` Alexander Ivanov

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