Note that this is only "subject" part of original Alberto's "[PATCH v4 0/6] Allow changing bs->file on reopen" which also included multiple reopen and dropping x- prefix of reopen together with some refactoring.
v6: rebased 08: changed error message in test 09: somehow, now '.' are spread in test output Now, v6 based on two first simple patches of "[PATCH v5 00/35] block: publish backup-top filter" Based-on: <20210610112618.127378-1-vsement...@virtuozzo.com> So, if this goes first, just take first two patches of "[PATCH v5 00/35] block: publish backup-top filter" which are already reviewed by Max. v5: 1-7: new 8: changed a lot 9: unchanged Alberto Garcia (2): block: Allow changing bs->file on reopen iotests: Test replacing files with x-blockdev-reopen Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy (7): block: introduce bdrv_remove_file_or_backing_child() block: introduce bdrv_set_file_or_backing_noperm() block: bdrv_reopen_parse_backing(): don't check aio context block: bdrv_reopen_parse_backing(): don't check frozen child block: bdrv_reopen_parse_backing(): simplify handling implicit filters block: move supports_backing check to bdrv_set_file_or_backing_noperm() block: BDRVReopenState: drop replace_backing_bs field include/block/block.h | 2 +- block.c | 286 ++++++++++++++++--------------- tests/unit/test-bdrv-drain.c | 1 + tests/unit/test-bdrv-graph-mod.c | 1 + tests/qemu-iotests/245 | 140 +++++++++++++-- tests/qemu-iotests/245.out | 11 +- 6 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 154 deletions(-) -- 2.29.2