We use the extent size as cluster size for flat extents (where no L1/L2 table is allocated so it's safe).
So don't check the cluster size for flat case in opening. Otherwise flat extent opening is broken: # qemu-img create -f vmdk -o subformat=monolithicFlat /tmp/a.vmdk 100G Formatting '/tmp/a.vmdk', fmt=vmdk size=107374182400 compat6=off subformat='monolithicFlat' zeroed_grain=off # qemu-img info /tmp/a.vmdk image: /tmp/a.vmdk file format: raw virtual size: 0 (0 bytes) disk size: 4.0K Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> --- block/vmdk.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c index fb5b529..fdd4eaa 100644 --- a/block/vmdk.c +++ b/block/vmdk.c @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static int vmdk_add_extent(BlockDriverState *bs, VmdkExtent *extent; BDRVVmdkState *s = bs->opaque; - if (cluster_sectors > 0x200000) { + if (!flat && cluster_sectors > 0x200000) { /* 0x200000 * 512Bytes = 1GB for one cluster is unrealistic */ error_report("invalid granularity, image may be corrupt"); return -EINVAL; -- 1.8.3.1