+##
+# @Qcow2OverlapCheckMode
+#
+# General overlap check modes.
+#
+# @none: Do not perform any checks
+#
+# @constant: Perform only checks which can be done in constant time and
+# without reading anything from disk
+#
+# @cached: Perform only checks which can be done without reading anything
+# from disk
+#
+# @all: Perform all available overlap checks
+#
+# Since: 2.2
+##
+{ 'enum': 'Qcow2OverlapCheckMode',
+ 'data': [ 'none', 'constant', 'cached', 'all' ] }
+
+##
+# @Qcow2OverlapCheckFlags
+#
+# Structure of flags for each metadata structure. Setting a field to 'true'
+# makes qemu guard that structure against unintended overwriting. The default
+# value is chosen according to the template given.
+#
+# @template: Specifies a template mode which can be adjusted using the other
+# flags, defaults to 'cached'
+#
+# Since: 2.2
+##
+{ 'type': 'Qcow2OverlapCheckFlags',
+ 'data': { '*template': 'Qcow2OverlapCheckMode',
+ '*main-header': 'bool',
+ '*active-l1': 'bool',
+ '*active-l2': 'bool',
+ '*refcount-table': 'bool',
+ '*refcount-block': 'bool',
+ '*snapshot-table': 'bool',
+ '*inactive-l1': 'bool',
+ '*inactive-l2': 'bool' } }
+
+##
+# @Qcow2OverlapChecks
+#
+# Specifies which metadata structures should be guarded against unintended
+# overwriting.
+#
+# @flags: set of flags for separate specification of each metadata structure
+# type
+#
+# @mode: named mode which chooses a specific set of flags
+#
+# Since: 2.2
+##
+{ 'union': 'Qcow2OverlapChecks',
+ 'discriminator': {},
+ 'data': { 'flags': 'Qcow2OverlapCheckFlags',
+ 'mode': 'Qcow2OverlapCheckMode' } }
+