Checking the status of an image when it is being used by guest is usually useful, and there is no risk of corrupting data, so don't let the upcoming image locking feature limit this use case.
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> --- qemu-img.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c index afcd51f..b2f4077 100644 --- a/qemu-img.c +++ b/qemu-img.c @@ -679,6 +679,10 @@ static int img_check(int argc, char **argv) break; } } + + if (!(flags & BDRV_O_RDWR)) { + flags |= BDRV_O_SHARE_RW; + } if (optind != argc - 1) { error_exit("Expecting one image file name"); } @@ -1231,6 +1235,7 @@ static int img_compare(int argc, char **argv) goto out3; } + flags |= BDRV_O_SHARE_RW; blk1 = img_open(image_opts, filename1, fmt1, flags, writethrough, quiet); if (!blk1) { ret = 2; @@ -2279,7 +2284,8 @@ static ImageInfoList *collect_image_info_list(bool image_opts, g_hash_table_insert(filenames, (gpointer)filename, NULL); blk = img_open(image_opts, filename, fmt, - BDRV_O_NO_BACKING | BDRV_O_NO_IO, false, false); + BDRV_O_NO_BACKING | BDRV_O_NO_IO | BDRV_O_SHARE_RW, + false, false); if (!blk) { goto err; } @@ -2605,7 +2611,7 @@ static int img_map(int argc, char **argv) return 1; } - blk = img_open(image_opts, filename, fmt, 0, false, false); + blk = img_open(image_opts, filename, fmt, BDRV_O_SHARE_RW, false, false); if (!blk) { return 1; } -- 2.7.4