@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ BlockDriverState *bdrv_next(BdrvNextIterator *it);
void bdrv_next_cleanup(BdrvNextIterator *it);
BlockDriverState *bdrv_next_monitor_owned(BlockDriverState *bs);
+bool bdrv_supports_compressed_writes(BlockDriverState *bs);
void bdrv_iterate_format(void (*it)(void *opaque, const char *name),
void *opaque, bool read_only);
const char *bdrv_get_node_name(const BlockDriverState *bs);
@@ -5065,6 +5065,29 @@ bool bdrv_is_sg(BlockDriverState *bs)
return bs->sg;
}
+/**
+ * Return whether the given node supports compressed writes.
+ */
+bool bdrv_supports_compressed_writes(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+ BlockDriverState *filtered;
+
+ if (!bs->drv || !block_driver_can_compress(bs->drv)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ filtered = bdrv_filter_bs(bs);
+ if (filtered) {
+ /*
+ * Filters can only forward compressed writes, so we have to
+ * check the child.
+ */
+ return bdrv_supports_compressed_writes(filtered);
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
const char *bdrv_get_format_name(BlockDriverState *bs)
{
return bs->drv ? bs->drv->format_name : NULL;