On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:27:37AM +0800, Hu Tao wrote: > diff --git a/block.c b/block.c > index 64e7d22..b901587 100644 > --- a/block.c > +++ b/block.c > @@ -3216,6 +3216,19 @@ bool bdrv_can_write_zeroes_with_unmap(BlockDriverState > *bs) > return false; > } > > +int bdrv_preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset, int64_t length) > +{ > + if (bs->backing_hd) { > + return -ENOTSUP; > + }
Depending on the image file format it may be possible to preallocate metadata while using a backing file. Why prevent this?