Alternatively, this could use a "discard zeroes data" flag returned by bdrv_get_info.
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> --- block.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block.c b/block.c index 7cfbf71..fc1da56 100644 --- a/block.c +++ b/block.c @@ -2991,6 +2991,7 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn bdrv_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs, int nb_sectors, int *pnum) { int64_t n; + int64_t ret; if (sector_num >= bs->total_sectors) { *pnum = 0; @@ -3007,7 +3008,12 @@ static int64_t coroutine_fn bdrv_co_get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs, return BDRV_BLOCK_DATA; } - return bs->drv->bdrv_co_get_block_status(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, pnum); + ret = bs->drv->bdrv_co_get_block_status(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, pnum); + if (!(ret & BDRV_BLOCK_DATA) && bdrv_has_zero_init(bs)) { + ret |= BDRV_BLOCK_ZERO; + } + + return ret; } /* Coroutine wrapper for bdrv_get_block_status() */ -- 1.8.3.1