[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v2 30/32] blockdev: add helpers to generate blockdev commandline

Fiona Ebner f.ebner at proxmox.com
Wed Jun 18 15:02:07 CEST 2025


The drive device and node structure is:
front-end device {ide-hd,scsi-hd,virtio-blk-pci} (id=$drive_id)
 - throttle node (node-name=$drive_id)
  - format node  (node-name=f$encoded-info)
   - file node   (node-name=e$encoded-info)

The node-name can only be 31 characters long and needs to start with a
letter. The throttle node will stay inserted below the front-end
device. The other nodes might change however, because of drive
mirroring and similar. There currently are no good helpers to
query/walk the block graph via QMP, x-debug-query-block-graph is
experimental and for debugging only. Therefore, necessary information
is encoded in the node name to be able to find it again. In
particular, this is the volume ID, the drive ID and optionally a
snapshot name. As long as the configuration file matches with the
running instance, this is enough to find the correct node for
block operations like mirror and resize.

The 'snapshot' option, for QEMU's snapshot mode, i.e. writes are only
temporary, is not yet supported.

Originally-by: Alexandre Derumier <alexandre.derumier at groupe-cyllene.com>
[FE: split up patch
     expand commit message
     explicitly test for drivers with aio setting
     improve readonly handling
     improve CD-ROM handling
     fix failure for storage named 'nbd' by always using full regex
     improve node name generation
     fail when drive->{snapshot} is set]
Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
---

Changes in v2:
* Use json_bool helper.
* Coerce some additional strings by quoting for JSON, just to be sure.

 src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 170 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
index 4d1266b8..76a00383 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Blockdev.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,41 @@ package PVE::QemuServer::Blockdev;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use PVE::QemuServer::Drive;
+use Digest::SHA;
+use Fcntl qw(S_ISBLK S_ISCHR);
+use File::stat;
+
+use PVE::JSONSchema qw(json_bool);
+use PVE::Storage;
+
+use PVE::QemuServer::Drive qw(drive_is_cdrom);
+
+my sub get_node_name {
+    my ($type, $drive_id, $volid, $snap) = @_;
+
+    my $info = "drive=$drive_id,";
+    $info .= "snap=$snap," if defined($snap);
+    $info .= "volid=$volid";
+
+    my $hash = substr(Digest::SHA::sha256_hex($info), 0, 30);
+
+    my $prefix = "";
+    if ($type eq 'fmt') {
+        $prefix = 'f';
+    } elsif ($type eq 'file') {
+        $prefix = 'e';
+    } else {
+        die "unknown node type '$type'";
+    }
+    # node-name must start with an alphabetical character
+    return "${prefix}${hash}";
+}
+
+my sub read_only_json_option {
+    my ($drive, $options) = @_;
+
+    return json_bool($drive->{ro} || drive_is_cdrom($drive) || $options->{'read-only'});
+}
 
 sub generate_throttle_group {
     my ($drive) = @_;
@@ -41,4 +75,139 @@ sub generate_throttle_group {
     };
 }
 
+sub generate_blockdev_drive_cache {
+    my ($drive, $scfg) = @_;
+
+    my $cache_direct = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::drive_uses_cache_direct($drive, $scfg);
+    return {
+        direct => json_bool($cache_direct),
+        'no-flush' => json_bool($drive->{cache} && $drive->{cache} eq 'unsafe'),
+    };
+}
+
+sub generate_file_blockdev {
+    my ($storecfg, $drive, $options) = @_;
+
+    my $blockdev = {};
+    my $scfg = undef;
+
+    die "generate_file_blockdev called without volid/path\n" if !$drive->{file};
+    die "generate_file_blockdev called with 'none'\n" if $drive->{file} eq 'none';
+    # FIXME use overlay and new config option to define storage for temp write device
+    die "'snapshot' option is not yet supported for '-blockdev'\n" if $drive->{snapshot};
+
+    my $drive_id = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::get_drive_id($drive);
+
+    if ($drive->{file} eq 'cdrom') {
+        my $path = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::get_iso_path($storecfg, $drive->{file});
+        $blockdev = { driver => 'host_cdrom', filename => "$path" };
+    } elsif ($drive->{file} =~ m|^/|) {
+        my $path = $drive->{file};
+        # The 'file' driver only works for regular files. The check below is taken from
+        # block/file-posix.c:hdev_probe_device() in QEMU. To detect CD-ROM host devices, QEMU issues
+        # an ioctl, while the code here relies on the media=cdrom flag instead.
+        my $st = File::stat::stat($path) or die "stat for '$path' failed - $!\n";
+        my $driver = 'file';
+        if (S_ISCHR($st->mode) || S_ISBLK($st->mode)) {
+            $driver = drive_is_cdrom($drive) ? 'host_cdrom' : 'host_device';
+        }
+        $blockdev = { driver => "$driver", filename => "$path" };
+    } else {
+        my $volid = $drive->{file};
+        my ($storeid) = PVE::Storage::parse_volume_id($volid);
+
+        my $vtype = (PVE::Storage::parse_volname($storecfg, $drive->{file}))[0];
+        die "$drive_id: explicit media parameter is required for iso images\n"
+            if !defined($drive->{media}) && defined($vtype) && $vtype eq 'iso';
+
+        my $storage_opts = { hints => {} };
+        $storage_opts->{hints}->{'efi-disk'} = 1 if $drive->{interface} eq 'efidisk';
+        $storage_opts->{'snapshot-name'} = $options->{'snapshot-name'}
+            if defined($options->{'snapshot-name'});
+        $blockdev = PVE::Storage::qemu_blockdev_options($storecfg, $volid, $storage_opts);
+        $scfg = PVE::Storage::storage_config($storecfg, $storeid);
+    }
+
+    $blockdev->{cache} = generate_blockdev_drive_cache($drive, $scfg);
+
+    my $driver = $blockdev->{driver};
+    # only certain drivers have the aio setting
+    if ($driver eq 'file' || $driver eq 'host_cdrom' || $driver eq 'host_device') {
+        $blockdev->{aio} =
+            PVE::QemuServer::Drive::aio_cmdline_option($scfg, $drive, $blockdev->{cache}->{direct});
+    }
+
+    if (!drive_is_cdrom($drive)) {
+        $blockdev->{discard} = $drive->{discard} && $drive->{discard} eq 'on' ? 'unmap' : 'ignore';
+        $blockdev->{'detect-zeroes'} = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::detect_zeroes_cmdline_option($drive);
+    }
+
+    $blockdev->{'node-name'} =
+        get_node_name('file', $drive_id, $drive->{file}, $options->{'snapshot-name'});
+
+    $blockdev->{'read-only'} = read_only_json_option($drive, $options);
+
+    return $blockdev;
+}
+
+sub generate_format_blockdev {
+    my ($storecfg, $drive, $child, $options) = @_;
+
+    die "generate_format_blockdev called without volid/path\n" if !$drive->{file};
+    die "generate_format_blockdev called with 'none'\n" if $drive->{file} eq 'none';
+
+    my $scfg;
+    my $format;
+    my $volid = $drive->{file};
+    my $drive_id = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::get_drive_id($drive);
+    my ($storeid) = PVE::Storage::parse_volume_id($volid, 1);
+
+    # For PVE-managed volumes, use the format from the storage layer and prevent overrides via the
+    # drive's 'format' option. For unmanaged volumes, fallback to 'raw' to avoid auto-detection by
+    # QEMU.
+    if ($storeid) {
+        $scfg = PVE::Storage::storage_config($storecfg, $storeid);
+        $format = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::checked_volume_format($storecfg, $volid);
+        if ($drive->{format} && $drive->{format} ne $format) {
+            die "drive '$drive->{interface}$drive->{index}' - volume '$volid'"
+                . " - 'format=$drive->{format}' option different from storage format '$format'\n";
+        }
+    } else {
+        $format = $drive->{format} // 'raw';
+    }
+
+    # define cache option on both format && file node like libvirt does
+    my $cache = generate_blockdev_drive_cache($drive, $scfg);
+
+    my $node_name = get_node_name('fmt', $drive_id, $drive->{file}, $options->{'snapshot-name'});
+
+    return {
+        'node-name' => "$node_name",
+        driver => "$format",
+        file => $child,
+        cache => $cache,
+        'read-only' => read_only_json_option($drive, $options),
+    };
+}
+
+sub generate_drive_blockdev {
+    my ($storecfg, $drive, $options) = @_;
+
+    my $drive_id = PVE::QemuServer::Drive::get_drive_id($drive);
+
+    die "generate_drive_blockdev called without volid/path\n" if !$drive->{file};
+    die "generate_drive_blockdev called with 'none'\n" if $drive->{file} eq 'none';
+
+    my $child = generate_file_blockdev($storecfg, $drive, $options);
+    $child = generate_format_blockdev($storecfg, $drive, $child, $options);
+
+    # this is the top filter entry point, use $drive-drive_id as nodename
+    return {
+        driver => "throttle",
+        'node-name' => "drive-$drive_id",
+        'throttle-group' => "throttle-drive-$drive_id",
+        file => $child,
+    };
+}
+
 1;
-- 
2.39.5





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