If a node name instead of a BlockBackend name is specified as the driver for a guest device, an anonymous BlockBackend is created now.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> --- hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c index df38b8a..c5cc9cf 100644 --- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c +++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c @@ -72,9 +72,18 @@ static void parse_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *str, void **ptr, const char *propname, Error **errp) { BlockBackend *blk; + bool blk_created = false; blk = blk_by_name(str); if (!blk) { + BlockDriverState *bs = bdrv_lookup_bs(NULL, str, NULL); + if (bs) { + blk = blk_new(); + blk_insert_bs(blk, bs); + blk_created = true; + } + } + if (!blk) { error_setg(errp, "Property '%s.%s' can't find value '%s'", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), propname, str); return; @@ -91,9 +100,16 @@ static void parse_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *str, void **ptr, error_setg(errp, "Drive '%s' is already in use by another device", str); } - return; + goto fail; } + *ptr = blk; + +fail: + if (blk_created) { + /* If we need to keep a reference, blk_attach_dev() took it */ + blk_unref(blk); + } } static void release_drive(Object *obj, const char *name, void *opaque) -- 1.8.3.1