From 1cb6f506444ddf00bb163e5ffa28ab1051b65642 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:27:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] block: Allow overriding backing.file.filename

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 <kwolf@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
---
 block.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 6e07f4572b..819eb4e009 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;
     }