As a very special case, in sync=none mode, the source is the backing image of the target, which will be RO opened again. This won't work with image locking because the first open could be exclusive.
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mre...@redhat.com> --- blockdev.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c index 29c6561..a9a7dee 100644 --- a/blockdev.c +++ b/blockdev.c @@ -3211,6 +3211,11 @@ static void do_drive_backup(DriveBackup *backup, BlockJobTxn *txn, Error **errp) } } if (backup->sync == MIRROR_SYNC_MODE_NONE) { + /* XXX: bs will be open second time as the backing file of target, + * disable image locking. Once block layer allows sharing backing BDS, + * change below to BDRV_O_NO_BACKING and assign it after bdrv_open(). + **/ + flags |= BDRV_O_NO_LOCK; source = bs; } -- 2.7.4