@@ -1356,6 +1356,87 @@ const BdrvChildClass child_backing = {
.set_aio_ctx = bdrv_child_cb_set_aio_ctx,
};
+/*
+ * Returns the options and flags that a generic child of a BDS should
+ * get, based on the given options and flags for the parent BDS.
+ */
+static void __attribute__((unused))
+ bdrv_inherited_options(BdrvChildRole role, bool parent_is_format,
+ int *child_flags, QDict *child_options,
+ int parent_flags, QDict *parent_options)
+{
+ int flags = parent_flags;
+
+ /*
+ * First, decide whether to set, clear, or leave BDRV_O_PROTOCOL.
+ * Generally, the question to answer is: Should this child be
+ * format-probed by default?
+ */
+
+ /*
+ * Pure and non-filtered data children of non-format nodes should
+ * be probed by default (even when the node itself has BDRV_O_PROTOCOL
+ * set). This only affects a very limited set of drivers (namely
+ * quorum and blkverify when this comment was written).
+ * Force-clear BDRV_O_PROTOCOL then.
+ */
+ if (!parent_is_format &&
+ (role & BDRV_CHILD_DATA) &&
+ !(role & (BDRV_CHILD_METADATA | BDRV_CHILD_FILTERED)))
+ {
+ flags &= ~BDRV_O_PROTOCOL;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * All children of format nodes (except for COW children) and all
+ * metadata children in general should never be format-probed.
+ * Force-set BDRV_O_PROTOCOL then.
+ */
+ if ((parent_is_format && !(role & BDRV_CHILD_COW)) ||
+ (role & BDRV_CHILD_METADATA))
+ {
+ flags |= BDRV_O_PROTOCOL;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If the cache mode isn't explicitly set, inherit direct and no-flush from
+ * the parent.
+ */
+ qdict_copy_default(child_options, parent_options, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_DIRECT);
+ qdict_copy_default(child_options, parent_options, BDRV_OPT_CACHE_NO_FLUSH);
+ qdict_copy_default(child_options, parent_options, BDRV_OPT_FORCE_SHARE);
+
+ if (role & BDRV_CHILD_COW) {
+ /* backing files are opened read-only by default */
+ qdict_set_default_str(child_options, BDRV_OPT_READ_ONLY, "on");
+ qdict_set_default_str(child_options, BDRV_OPT_AUTO_READ_ONLY, "off");
+ } else {
+ /* Inherit the read-only option from the parent if it's not set */
+ qdict_copy_default(child_options, parent_options, BDRV_OPT_READ_ONLY);
+ qdict_copy_default(child_options, parent_options,
+ BDRV_OPT_AUTO_READ_ONLY);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * bdrv_co_pdiscard() respects unmap policy for the parent, so we
+ * can default to enable it on lower layers regardless of the
+ * parent option.
+ */
+ qdict_set_default_str(child_options, BDRV_OPT_DISCARD, "unmap");
+
+ /* Clear flags that only apply to the top layer */
+ flags &= ~(BDRV_O_SNAPSHOT | BDRV_O_NO_BACKING | BDRV_O_COPY_ON_READ);
+
+ if (role & BDRV_CHILD_METADATA) {
+ flags &= ~BDRV_O_NO_IO;
+ }
+ if (role & BDRV_CHILD_COW) {
+ flags &= ~BDRV_O_TEMPORARY;
+ }
+
+ *child_flags = flags;
+}
+
static int bdrv_open_flags(BlockDriverState *bs, int flags)
{
int open_flags = flags;