VMDK disk data is stored in extents, which may or may not be separate
from bs->file. VmdkExtent.file points to where they are stored. Each
that is stored in bs->file will simply reuse the exact pointer value of
bs->file.
(That is why vmdk_free_extents() will unref VmdkExtent.file (e->file)
only if e->file != bs->file.)
Reopen operations can change bs->file (they will replace the whole
BdrvChild object, not just the BDS stored in that BdrvChild), and then
we will need to change all .file pointers of all such VmdkExtents to
point to the new BdrvChild.
In vmdk_reopen_prepare(), we have to check which VmdkExtents are
affected, and in vmdk_reopen_commit(), we can modify them. We have to
split this because:
- The new BdrvChild is created only after prepare, so we can change
VmdkExtent.file only in commit
- In commit, there no longer is any (valid) reference to the old
BdrvChild object, so there would be nothing to compare VmdkExtent.file
against to see whether it was equal to bs->file before reopening
(There is BDRVReopenState.old_file_bs, but the old bs->file
BdrvChild's .bs pointer will be NULL-ed when the new BdrvChild is
created, and so we cannot compare VmdkExtent.file->bs against
BDRVReopenState.old_file_bs)
Signed-off-by: Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20220314162719.65384-2-hreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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