Hello Rusty,
sometimes it is useful to share a disk (e.g. usr). To avoid file system
corruption, the disk should be mounted read-only in that case. This patch
adds a new feature flag, that allows the host to specify, if the disk should
be considered read-only.
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 6 +++++-
include/linux/virtio_blk.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: kvm/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
===================================================================
--- kvm.orig/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ kvm/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_d
if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER))
blk_queue_ordered(vblk->disk->queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_TAG, NULL);
+ /* If disk is read-only in the host, the guest should obey */
+ if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO))
+ set_disk_ro(vblk->disk, 1);
+
/* Host must always specify the capacity. */
vdev->config->get(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_blk_config, capacity),
&cap, sizeof(cap));
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[
static unsigned int features[] = {
VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX,
- VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY,
+ VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO,
};
static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = {
Index: kvm/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
===================================================================
--- kvm.orig/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
+++ kvm/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX 1 /* Indicates maximum segment size */
#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX 2 /* Indicates maximum # of segments */
#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY 4 /* Legacy geometry available */
+#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO 5 /* Disk is read-only */
struct virtio_blk_config
{
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