diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 668506d..299039f 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1173,157 +1173,116 @@ void qmp_blockdev_snapshot_sync(const char *device, const char *snapshot_file,
                        errp);
 }
 
-
-/* New and old BlockDriverState structs for group snapshots */
-typedef struct BlkTransactionStates {
-    BlockDriverState *old_bs;
-    BlockDriverState *new_bs;
-    QSIMPLEQ_ENTRY(BlkTransactionStates) entry;
-} BlkTransactionStates;
-
-/*
- * 'Atomic' group snapshots.  The snapshots are taken as a set, and if any fail
- *  then we do not pivot any of the devices in the group, and abandon the
- *  snapshots
- */
-void qmp_transaction(BlockdevActionList *dev_list, Error **errp)
+/* translation from qmp commands */
+static int fill_blk_trs_ext_create_sync(BlockdevSnapshot *create_sync,
+                                        BlkTransStatesSync *st_sync,
+                                        Error **errp)
 {
-    int ret = 0;
-    BlockdevActionList *dev_entry = dev_list;
-    BlkTransactionStates *states, *next;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-    QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(snap_bdrv_states, BlkTransactionStates) snap_bdrv_states;
-    QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&snap_bdrv_states);
+    const char *format = "qcow2";
+    enum NewImageMode mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS;
+    BlockDriverState *bs;
+    const char *device = create_sync->device;
+    const char *name = create_sync->snapshot_file;
 
-    /* drain all i/o before any snapshots */
-    bdrv_drain_all();
+    if (create_sync->has_mode) {
+        mode = create_sync->mode;
+    }
+    if (create_sync->has_format) {
+        format = create_sync->format;
+    }
 
-    /* We don't do anything in this loop that commits us to the snapshot */
-    while (NULL != dev_entry) {
-        BlockdevAction *dev_info = NULL;
-        BlockDriver *proto_drv;
-        BlockDriver *drv;
-        int flags;
-        enum NewImageMode mode;
-        const char *new_image_file;
-        const char *device;
-        const char *format = "qcow2";
+    /* find the target bs */
+    bs = bdrv_find(device);
+    if (!bs) {
+        error_set(errp, QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, device);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-        dev_info = dev_entry->value;
-        dev_entry = dev_entry->next;
+    switch (mode) {
+    case NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING:
+        st_sync->use_existing = true;
+        break;
+    case NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS:
+        st_sync->use_existing = false;
+        break;
+    default:
+        error_setg(errp, "Device %s requested invalid snapshot"
+                         " mode %d.", device, mode);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-        states = g_malloc0(sizeof(BlkTransactionStates));
-        QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&snap_bdrv_states, states, entry);
+    st_sync->external.new_image_file = name;
+    st_sync->external.format = format;
+    st_sync->external.old_bs = bs;
 
-        switch (dev_info->kind) {
-        case BLOCKDEV_ACTION_KIND_BLOCKDEV_SNAPSHOT_SYNC:
-            device = dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->device;
-            if (!dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->has_mode) {
-                dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->mode = NEW_IMAGE_MODE_ABSOLUTE_PATHS;
-            }
-            new_image_file = dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->snapshot_file;
-            if (dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->has_format) {
-                format = dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->format;
-            }
-            mode = dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync->mode;
-            break;
-        default:
-            abort();
-        }
+    return 0;
+}
 
-        drv = bdrv_find_format(format);
-        if (!drv) {
-            error_set(errp, QERR_INVALID_BLOCK_FORMAT, format);
-            goto delete_and_fail;
-        }
+static int fill_blk_trs(BlockdevAction *dev_info,
+                        BlkTransStates *states,
+                        SNTime *time,
+                        const char *time_str,
+                        Error **errp)
+{
+    int ret = 0;
 
-        states->old_bs = bdrv_find(device);
-        if (!states->old_bs) {
-            error_set(errp, QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, device);
-            goto delete_and_fail;
-        }
+    switch (dev_info->kind) {
+    case BLOCKDEV_ACTION_KIND_BLOCKDEV_SNAPSHOT_SYNC:
+        states->st_sync.type = BLK_SNAPSHOT_EXTERNAL;
+        states->st_sync.op = BLK_SN_SYNC_CREATE;
+        ret = fill_blk_trs_ext_create_sync(dev_info->blockdev_snapshot_sync,
+                                           &states->st_sync,
+                                           errp);
+        break;
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
 
-        if (!bdrv_is_inserted(states->old_bs)) {
-            error_set(errp, QERR_DEVICE_HAS_NO_MEDIUM, device);
-            goto delete_and_fail;
-        }
+    return ret;
+}
 
-        if (bdrv_in_use(states->old_bs)) {
-            error_set(errp, QERR_DEVICE_IN_USE, device);
-            goto delete_and_fail;
-        }
+/* Here this funtion prepare the request list, submit for atomic snapshot. */
+void qmp_transaction(BlockdevActionList *dev_list, Error **errp)
+{
+    BlockdevActionList *dev_entry = dev_list;
+    BlkTransStates *states;
+    int ret;
 
-        if (!bdrv_is_read_only(states->old_bs)) {
-            if (bdrv_flush(states->old_bs)) {
-                error_set(errp, QERR_IO_ERROR);
-                goto delete_and_fail;
-            }
-        }
+    BlkTransStatesList *snap_bdrv_states = blk_trans_st_list_new();
 
-        flags = states->old_bs->open_flags;
+    /* translate qmp request */
+    /* for group snapshot create we use same time stamp here */
+    SNTime time = get_sn_time();
+    char time_str[256];
+    generate_sn_name_from_time(&time, time_str, sizeof(time_str));
+    while (NULL != dev_entry) {
+        BlockdevAction *dev_info = NULL;
 
-        proto_drv = bdrv_find_protocol(new_image_file);
-        if (!proto_drv) {
-            error_set(errp, QERR_INVALID_BLOCK_FORMAT, format);
-            goto delete_and_fail;
-        }
+        dev_info = dev_entry->value;
+        dev_entry = dev_entry->next;
 
-        /* create new image w/backing file */
-        if (mode != NEW_IMAGE_MODE_EXISTING) {
-            bdrv_img_create(new_image_file, format,
-                            states->old_bs->filename,
-                            states->old_bs->drv->format_name,
-                            NULL, -1, flags, &local_err);
-            if (error_is_set(&local_err)) {
-                error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-                goto delete_and_fail;
-            }
+        states = blk_trans_st_new();
+        ret = fill_blk_trs(dev_info, states, &time, time_str, errp);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            blk_trans_st_delete(&states);
+            goto exit;
         }
 
-        /* We will manually add the backing_hd field to the bs later */
-        states->new_bs = bdrv_new("");
-        ret = bdrv_open(states->new_bs, new_image_file,
-                        flags | BDRV_O_NO_BACKING, drv);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            error_set(errp, QERR_OPEN_FILE_FAILED, new_image_file);
-            goto delete_and_fail;
+        ret = add_transaction(snap_bdrv_states, states, errp);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            blk_trans_st_delete(&states);
+            goto exit;
         }
     }
 
+    /* submit to internal API, no need to check return for no following
+       action now. */
+    submit_transaction(snap_bdrv_states, errp);
 
-    /* Now we are going to do the actual pivot.  Everything up to this point
-     * is reversible, but we are committed at this point */
-    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH(states, &snap_bdrv_states, entry) {
-        /* This removes our old bs from the bdrv_states, and adds the new bs */
-        bdrv_append(states->new_bs, states->old_bs);
-        /* We don't need (or want) to use the transactional
-         * bdrv_reopen_multiple() across all the entries at once, because we
-         * don't want to abort all of them if one of them fails the reopen */
-        bdrv_reopen(states->new_bs, states->new_bs->open_flags & ~BDRV_O_RDWR,
-                    NULL);
-    }
-
-    /* success */
-    goto exit;
-
-delete_and_fail:
-    /*
-    * failure, and it is all-or-none; abandon each new bs, and keep using
-    * the original bs for all images
-    */
-    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH(states, &snap_bdrv_states, entry) {
-        if (states->new_bs) {
-             bdrv_delete(states->new_bs);
-        }
-    }
 exit:
-    QSIMPLEQ_FOREACH_SAFE(states, &snap_bdrv_states, entry, next) {
-        g_free(states);
-    }
+    blk_trans_st_list_delete(&snap_bdrv_states);
 }
 
-
 static void eject_device(BlockDriverState *bs, int force, Error **errp)
 {
     if (bdrv_in_use(bs)) {
