[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/15] block: Allow overriding backing.file.filename

[Kevin Wolf]

If a filename is passed in the driver-specific options from the command
line, the backing file path from the image is ignored now.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com>
---
 block.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index c2d1d2d..3a45c2a 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -889,7 +889,9 @@ int bdrv_open_backing_file(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict 
*options)
     }
 
     bs->open_flags &= ~BDRV_O_NO_BACKING;
-    if (bs->backing_file[0] == '\0' && qdict_size(options) == 0) {
+    if (qdict_haskey(options, "file.filename")) {
+        backing_filename[0] = '\0';
+    } else if (bs->backing_file[0] == '\0' && qdict_size(options) == 0) {
         QDECREF(options);
         return 0;
     }
-- 
1.8.1.4