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qcow2: Deprecate use of qemu-img amend to change backing file

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The use of 'qemu-img amend' to change qcow2 backing files is not
tested very well.  In particular, our implementation has a bug where
if a new backing file is provided without a format, then the prior
format is blindly reused, even if this results in data corruption, but
this is not caught by iotests.

There are also situations where amending other options needs access to
the original backing file (for example, on a downgrade to a v2 image,
knowing whether a v3 zero cluster must be allocated or may be left
unallocated depends on knowing whether the backing file already reads
as zero), but the command line does not have a nice way to tell us
both the backing file to use for opening the image as well as the
backing file to install after the operation is complete.

Even if we do allow changing the backing file, it is redundant with
the existing ability to change backing files via 'qemu-img rebase -u'.
It is time to deprecate this support (leaving the existing behavior
intact, even if it is buggy), and at a point in the future, require
the use of only 'qemu-img rebase' for adjusting backing chain
relations, saving 'qemu-img amend' for changes unrelated to the
backing chain.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200706203954.341758-8-eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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Eric Blake 2020-07-06 15:39:51 -05:00 committed by Kevin Wolf
parent add8200dd1
commit bc5ee6da71
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block/qcow2.c
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@ -5511,6 +5511,11 @@ static int qcow2_amend_options(BlockDriverState *bs, QemuOpts *opts,
}
if (backing_file || backing_format) {
if (g_strcmp0(backing_file, s->image_backing_file) ||
g_strcmp0(backing_format, s->image_backing_format)) {
warn_report("Deprecated use of amend to alter the backing file; "
"use qemu-img rebase instead");
}
ret = qcow2_change_backing_file(bs,
backing_file ?: s->image_backing_file,
backing_format ?: s->image_backing_format);

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docs/system/deprecated.rst
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@ -427,6 +427,18 @@ kernel in 2018, and has also been dropped from glibc.
Related binaries
----------------
qemu-img amend to adjust backing file (since 5.1)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
The use of ``qemu-img amend`` to modify the name or format of a qcow2
backing image is deprecated; this functionality was never fully
documented or tested, and interferes with other amend operations that
need access to the original backing image (such as deciding whether a
v3 zero cluster may be left unallocated when converting to a v2
image). Rather, any changes to the backing chain should be performed
with ``qemu-img rebase -u`` either before or after the remaining
changes being performed by amend, as appropriate.
Backwards compatibility
-----------------------

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docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
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@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ Command description:
Amends the image format specific *OPTIONS* for the image file
*FILENAME*. Not all file formats support this operation.
The set of options that can be amended are dependent on the image
format, but note that amending the backing chain relationship should
instead be performed with ``qemu-img rebase``.
--force allows some unsafe operations. Currently for -f luks, it allows to
erase the last encryption key, and to overwrite an active encryption key.

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tests/qemu-iotests/061.out
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@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ wrote 131072/131072 bytes at offset 0
128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 0
128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
qemu-img: warning: Deprecated use of amend to alter the backing file; use qemu-img rebase instead
read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 0
128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
No errors were found on the image.

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tests/qemu-iotests/082.out
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@ -783,10 +783,12 @@ Amend options for 'qcow2':
size=<size> - Virtual disk size
Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,,help TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
qemu-img: warning: Deprecated use of amend to alter the backing file; use qemu-img rebase instead
Testing: rebase -u -b -f qcow2 TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
Testing: amend -f qcow2 -o backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,,? TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
qemu-img: warning: Deprecated use of amend to alter the backing file; use qemu-img rebase instead
Testing: rebase -u -b -f qcow2 TEST_DIR/t.qcow2