[Qemu-devel] [PULL 02/17] qemu-img: Fix bdrv_has_zero_init() use in convert

[Max Reitz]

bdrv_has_zero_init() only has meaning for newly created images or image
areas.  If qemu-img convert did not create the image itself, it cannot
rely on bdrv_has_zero_init()'s result to carry any meaning.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
Message-id: address@hidden
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
---
 qemu-img.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index c920e3564c..7daa05e51a 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ typedef struct ImgConvertState {
     bool has_zero_init;
     bool compressed;
     bool unallocated_blocks_are_zero;
+    bool target_is_new;
     bool target_has_backing;
     int64_t target_backing_sectors; /* negative if unknown */
     bool wr_in_order;
@@ -1975,9 +1976,11 @@ static int convert_do_copy(ImgConvertState *s)
     int64_t sector_num = 0;
 
     /* Check whether we have zero initialisation or can get it efficiently */
-    s->has_zero_init = s->min_sparse && !s->target_has_backing
-                     ? bdrv_has_zero_init(blk_bs(s->target))
-                     : false;
+    if (s->target_is_new && s->min_sparse && !s->target_has_backing) {
+        s->has_zero_init = bdrv_has_zero_init(blk_bs(s->target));
+    } else {
+        s->has_zero_init = false;
+    }
 
     if (!s->has_zero_init && !s->target_has_backing &&
         bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(blk_bs(s->target)))
@@ -2428,6 +2431,8 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
 
+    s.target_is_new = !skip_create;
+
     flags = s.min_sparse ? (BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_UNMAP) : BDRV_O_RDWR;
     ret = bdrv_parse_cache_mode(cache, &flags, &writethrough);
     if (ret < 0) {
-- 
2.21.0