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Diffstat (limited to 'block/io.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/io.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c index 2709a7007f..7321ddab3d 100644 --- a/block/io.c +++ b/block/io.c @@ -945,7 +945,14 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_copy_on_readv(BdrvChild *child, size_t skip_bytes; int ret; - assert(child->perm & (BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED | BLK_PERM_WRITE)); + /* FIXME We cannot require callers to have write permissions when all they + * are doing is a read request. If we did things right, write permissions + * would be obtained anyway, but internally by the copy-on-read code. As + * long as it is implemented here rather than in a separat filter driver, + * the copy-on-read code doesn't have its own BdrvChild, however, for which + * it could request permissions. Therefore we have to bypass the permission + * system for the moment. */ + // assert(child->perm & (BLK_PERM_WRITE_UNCHANGED | BLK_PERM_WRITE)); /* Cover entire cluster so no additional backing file I/O is required when * allocating cluster in the image file. |