blockdev: read-only-mode for blockdev-change-medium

Add an option to qmp_blockdev_change_medium() which allows changing the
read-only status of the block device whose medium is changed.

Some drives do not have a inherently fixed read-only status; for
instance, floppy disks can be set read-only or writable independently of
the drive. Some users may find it useful to be able to therefore change
the read-only status of a block device when changing the medium.

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index f6d9c25..39d6e25 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -4183,7 +4183,7 @@ EQMP
 
     {
         .name       = "blockdev-change-medium",
-        .args_type  = "device:B,filename:F,format:s?",
+        .args_type  = "device:B,filename:F,format:s?,read-only-mode:s?",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_blockdev_change_medium,
     },
 
@@ -4199,6 +4199,8 @@ Arguments:
 - "device": device name (json-string)
 - "filename": filename of the new image (json-string)
 - "format": format of the new image (json-string, optional)
+- "read-only-mode": new read-only mode (json-string, optional)
+          - Possible values: "retain" (default), "read-only", "read-write"
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -4210,6 +4212,26 @@ Examples:
                             "format": "raw" } }
 <- { "return": {} }
 
+2. Load a read-only medium into a writable drive
+
+-> { "execute": "blockdev-change-medium",
+             "arguments": { "device": "isa-fd0",
+                            "filename": "/srv/images/ro.img",
+                            "format": "raw",
+                            "read-only-mode": "retain" } }
+
+<- { "error":
+     { "class": "GenericError",
+       "desc": "Could not open '/srv/images/ro.img': Permission denied" } }
+
+-> { "execute": "blockdev-change-medium",
+             "arguments": { "device": "isa-fd0",
+                            "filename": "/srv/images/ro.img",
+                            "format": "raw",
+                            "read-only-mode": "read-only" } }
+
+<- { "return": {} }
+
 EQMP
 
     {