Specifying the wrong driver could fail an assertion:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file.driver=qcow2,file=x
qemu-system-x86_64: block.c:721: bdrv_open_common: Assertion `file !=
((void *)0)' failed.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <[email protected]>
assert(drv->bdrv_parse_filename || filename != NULL);
ret = drv->bdrv_file_open(bs, filename, options, open_flags);
} else {
+ if (file == NULL) {
+ qerror_report(ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, "Can't use '%s' as a "
+ "block driver for the protocol level",
+ drv->format_name);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto free_and_fail;
+ }
assert(file != NULL);
bs->file = file;
ret = drv->bdrv_open(bs, options, open_flags);
run_qemu -drive media=cdrom,cache=unsafe
run_qemu -drive media=cdrom,cache=invalid_value
+echo
+echo === Specifying the protocol layer ===
+echo
+
+run_qemu -drive file=$TEST_IMG,file.driver=file
+run_qemu -drive file=$TEST_IMG,file.driver=qcow2
+
# success, all done
echo "*** done"
rm -f $seq.full
Testing: -drive media=cdrom,cache=invalid_value
QEMU_PROG: -drive media=cdrom,cache=invalid_value: invalid cache option
+
+=== Specifying the protocol layer ===
+
+Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,file.driver=file
+q\e[K\e[Dqu\e[K\e[D\e[Dqui\e[K\e[D\e[D\e[Dquit\e[K\r
+
+Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,file.driver=qcow2
+QEMU_PROG: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,file.driver=qcow2: Can't use 'qcow2' as a block driver for the protocol level
+QEMU_PROG: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,file.driver=qcow2: could not open disk image TEST_DIR/t.qcow2: Invalid argument
+
*** done