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+#!/bin/bash
+: '
+    This script checks if an image is compatible with Cloud Hypervisor.
+    At first, it detects the image type(raw or qcow2),
+    partition type whether it is DOS or GPT.
+    Then it mounts the image and checks if VIRTIO Configs
+    are enabled in the kernel config. In the end, it provides
+    a message about the compatibility of the image.
+'
+
+
+
+usage="$(basename "$0") [-h] -f -w -- program to check Cloud Hypervisor compatible image
+
+where:
+    -h  show this help text
+    -f  image file location
+    -w  directory to be used for temporary files"
+
+function check_command {
+    if ! command -v  $1 &> /dev/null
+        then
+            echo "Command $1 could not be found"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+};
+
+function check_if_root {
+    if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "Please run as root"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+};
+
+check_if_root
+working_dir=""
+while getopts ':hf:w:' option; do
+    case "$option" in
+        h) echo "$usage"
+            exit
+            ;;
+        f) file_name=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        w) working_dir=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        :) printf "missing argument for -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
+            echo "$usage" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        \?) printf "illegal option: -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
+            echo "$usage" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+if [ -z "${file_name}" ]; then
+    echo "You must provide the image file name"
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [[ ! -f ${file_name} ]]; then
+    echo "File ${file_name} does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+file_abs_path=`readlink -m ${file_name}`
+if [[ "${working_dir}" != "" && ! -d "${working_dir}" ]]; then
+    echo "Directory ${working_dir} does not exist"
+    exit 1
+elif [[ "${working_dir}" == "" ]]; then
+    working_dir=`mktemp -d`
+    tmp_created=1
+else
+    working_dir=`readlink -m ${working_dir}`
+fi
+
+#get file extension and image type
+extension="${file_name##*.}"
+filename="${file_name%.*}"
+dest_file=${working_dir}/${filename}.raw
+image_type=$(qemu-img info ${file_abs_path} | grep 'file format:' | awk '{ print $3 }')
+echo "Image type detected as ${image_type}"
+
+
+if [[ "${image_type}" == "raw" ]]; then
+	dest_file=${file_abs_path}
+elif [[ "$image_type" == "qcow2" ]]; then
+    if lsmod | grep "nbd" &> /dev/null ; then
+        echo "Module nbd is loaded!"
+    else
+        echo "Module nbd is not loaded. Trying to load the module"
+        modprobe nbd max_part=8
+        if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+            echo "failed to load nbd module. Exiting"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    check_command qemu-img
+    dest_file=/dev/nbd0
+    qemu-nbd --connect=${dest_file} ${file_abs_path} --read-only
+fi
+
+check_command blkid
+#get part info
+part_type=$(blkid -o value -s PTTYPE ${dest_file})
+
+check_command partx
+nr_partitions=`partx -g ${dest_file}  | wc -l`
+
+check_command fdisk
+out=`fdisk -l  ${dest_file} --bytes | grep -i -A ${nr_partitions} 'Device' | tail -n +2`
+
+IFS='
+'
+i=0
+declare -A liness
+for x in $out ; do
+	lines[$i]=$x
+	i=$((i+1))
+done
+
+declare -A partitions
+IFS=' '
+i=0
+ROWS=${#lines[@]}
+
+for line in "${lines[@]}";
+do
+	j=0
+	read -a str_arr <<< "$line"
+	for val in "${str_arr[@]}";
+	do
+		if [[ "$val" != "*" ]]; then
+			partitions[$i,$j]=$val
+			j=$((j+1))
+		fi
+	done
+	i=$((i+1))
+done
+
+COLUMNS=$j
+COUNT=${#partitions[@]}
+START_ADDRESS_INDEX=1
+FILE_SYS_INDEX2=$((COLUMNS-1))
+FILE_SYS_INDEX1=$((COLUMNS-2))
+DEVICE_INDEX=0
+# Here we have all the partition info now lets mount and analyze the contents
+for ((i=0;i<ROWS;i++)) do
+	if [[ "$part_type" == "gpt" && "${partitions[$i,${FILE_SYS_INDEX1}]}" == "Linux" && "${partitions[$i,${FILE_SYS_INDEX2}]}" == "filesystem" ]]; then
+        echo "The image has GPT partitions"
+        MOUNT_ROW=$i
+		break
+	elif [[ "$part_type" == "dos" && "${partitions[$i,${FILE_SYS_INDEX1}]}" == "Linux" && "${partitions[$i,${FILE_SYS_INDEX2}]}" == "" ]]; then
+        echo "The image has DOS partitions"
+        MOUNT_ROW=$i
+        break
+	fi
+done
+
+start_address=${partitions[${MOUNT_ROW},${START_ADDRESS_INDEX}]}
+offset=$((start_address*512))
+
+MOUNT_DIR=/mnt/clh-img-check/
+rm -rf ${MOUNT_DIR}
+mkdir ${MOUNT_DIR}
+if [[ "${image_type}" == "raw" ]]; then
+    mount -o ro,loop,offset=$offset ${dest_file} ${MOUNT_DIR}
+elif [[ "${image_type}" == "qcow2" ]]; then
+    mount -o ro ${partitions[${MOUNT_ROW},${DEVICE_INDEX}]} ${MOUNT_DIR}
+fi
+
+CONFIG_DIR=${MOUNT_DIR}boot/
+if [[ "$part_type" == "dos" ]]; then
+	CONFIG_DIR=${MOUNT_DIR}
+fi
+
+#check VIRTIO
+HAS_VIRTIO=1
+for conf_file in ${CONFIG_DIR}config*; do
+    out=`grep -E "CONFIG_VIRTIO=y|CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y|CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=m" ${conf_file} | wc -l`
+    if [[ "$out" != "2" ]]; then
+	    echo "VIRTIO not found"
+		HAS_VIRTIO=0
+	fi
+done
+
+#clean up
+umount ${MOUNT_DIR}
+
+if [[ "${tmp_created}" == "1" ]]; then
+    rm -rf ${working_dir}
+fi
+
+if [[ "${image_type}" == "qcow2" ]];then
+    qemu-nbd --disconnect ${dest_file} > /dev/null
+fi
+
+result=""
+if [[ "${part_type}" == "dos" ]]; then
+	result="dos mode not supported"
+fi
+if [[ "${HAS_VIRTIO}" == "0" ]]; then
+	if [[ "$result" != "" ]]; then
+		result="${result},"
+	fi
+	result="$result VirtIO module not found in the image"
+fi
+if [[ "$result" == "" ]];then
+	echo "No incompatibilities found"
+else
+	echo "$result"
+fi