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[V16,5/7] Use QemuOpts support in block layer

Message ID 1371547919-15654-6-git-send-email-wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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Robert Wang June 18, 2013, 9:31 a.m. UTC
This patch uses QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it returns
a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
options.

And create options's primary consumer is block creating related
functions, so modify them together.

Signed-off-by: Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

v13->v14:
1) add block/ssh.c support.
2) fix memory leak after using qemu_opt_get_del.

v12->v13:
1) split into 2 patches. one for block, one for QemuOpts funcitons.
2) fix leaking cco->opts.
3) other small fix.

v11->v12:
1) create functions, such as qemu_opt_get_del and qemu_opt_replace_set.
These functions works like origin code.
2) use QEMU_OPT_SIZE, not QEMU_OPT_NUMBER.
3) in bdrv_create, if opts is NULL, will create an empty one, so can
discard if(opts) code safely.

v10->v11:
1) qed.h move QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE from enum to macro, or
qemu_opts_print produce un-expanded cluster_size.
2) In qcow2.c and qcow.c, bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL), NULL ->
opts,
or while using protocol, there will be an error.

v8->v9:
1) add qemu_ prefix to gluster_create_opts.
2) fix bug: bdrv_gluster_unix and bdrv_gluster_rdma should also be
converted.

v7->v8:
1) rebase to upstream source tree.
2) add gluster.c, raw-win32.c, and rbd.c.

v6->v7:
1) use osdep.h:stringify(), not redefining new macro.
2) preserve TODO comment.
3) fix typo. BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT->BLOCK_OPT_STATIC.
4) initialize disk_type even when opts is NULL.

v5->v6:
1) judge if opts == NULL in block layer create functions.
2) use bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL) in qcow_create and cow_create
funtion.
3) made more readable while using qemu_opt_get_number.

 block.c                   | 100 +++++++++++------------
 block/cow.c               |  52 ++++++------
 block/gluster.c           |  37 +++++----
 block/iscsi.c             |  31 ++++----
 block/qcow.c              |  67 ++++++++--------
 block/qcow2.c             | 199 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 block/qed.c               | 108 +++++++++++++------------
 block/qed.h               |   2 +-
 block/raw-posix.c         |  59 ++++++--------
 block/raw-win32.c         |  31 ++++----
 block/raw.c               |  30 ++++---
 block/rbd.c               |  62 +++++++--------
 block/sheepdog.c          |  81 +++++++++----------
 block/ssh.c               |  29 ++++---
 block/vdi.c               |  70 ++++++++--------
 block/vmdk.c              | 129 ++++++++++++++++--------------
 block/vpc.c               |  65 ++++++++-------
 block/vvfat.c             |  11 +--
 include/block/block.h     |   5 +-
 include/block/block_int.h |   6 +-
 qemu-img.c                |  65 ++++++++-------
 21 files changed, 629 insertions(+), 610 deletions(-)

Comments

Eric Blake July 10, 2013, 5:56 p.m. UTC | #1
On 06/18/2013 03:31 AM, Dong Xu Wang wrote:
> This patch uses QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
> a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it returns
> a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
> options.
> 
> And create options's primary consumer is block creating related

s/options's/options'/

> functions, so modify them together.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dong Xu Wang <wdongxu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---

> 
>  block.c                   | 100 +++++++++++------------
>  block/cow.c               |  52 ++++++------
>  block/gluster.c           |  37 +++++----
>  block/iscsi.c             |  31 ++++----
>  block/qcow.c              |  67 ++++++++--------
>  block/qcow2.c             | 199 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  block/qed.c               | 108 +++++++++++++------------
>  block/qed.h               |   2 +-
>  block/raw-posix.c         |  59 ++++++--------
>  block/raw-win32.c         |  31 ++++----
>  block/raw.c               |  30 ++++---
>  block/rbd.c               |  62 +++++++--------
>  block/sheepdog.c          |  81 +++++++++----------
>  block/ssh.c               |  29 ++++---
>  block/vdi.c               |  70 ++++++++--------
>  block/vmdk.c              | 129 ++++++++++++++++--------------
>  block/vpc.c               |  65 ++++++++-------
>  block/vvfat.c             |  11 +--
>  include/block/block.h     |   5 +-
>  include/block/block_int.h |   6 +-
>  qemu-img.c                |  65 ++++++++-------
>  21 files changed, 629 insertions(+), 610 deletions(-)

Looks rather daunting.  If I had reviewed this earlier in the series, I
might have asked if it was worth splitting into one patch per block
backend (if incremental conversion works), rather than all backends in
one go.  But now that we are already at v16, I'm not so sure.  So I'll
go ahead and review under the assumption that a single patch is okay.

> +++ b/block.c

> @@ -385,7 +384,7 @@ int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
>      CreateCo cco = {
>          .drv = drv,
>          .filename = g_strdup(filename),
> -        .options = options,
> +        .opts = opts ?: qemu_opts_create_nofail(drv->bdrv_create_opts),

I guess I can't complain about this gcc extension, since you aren't the
first.

The rest of this file looks okay.

> +++ b/block/cow.c

...and here, I ran out of review time at the moment, so I'm splitting
the review across multiple emails when I get more time.
Eric Blake July 10, 2013, 7:47 p.m. UTC | #2
On 06/18/2013 03:31 AM, Dong Xu Wang wrote:
> This patch uses QemuOpts related functions in block layer, add
> a member bdrv_create_opts to BlockDriver struct, it returns
> a QemuOptsList pointer, which includes the image format's create
> options.
> 

> +++ b/block/cow.c

Concluding my review...

> @@ -315,21 +309,27 @@ static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>  
>  exit:
>      bdrv_delete(cow_bs);
> +finish:
> +    g_free((/* !const */ char*)image_filename);

Yuck - the only reason you have to cast away const here is because patch
4/7 returned const in the first place.  It would be a lot easier to just
declare 'char *image_filename', after fixing qemu_opt_get_del to not
force const on something the caller must free.  And since doing that
means spinning a v17, I really would like to see this patch split into
manageable pieces (incremental conversion of one file at a time, rather
than everything in one blow).

> +++ b/block/gluster.c
> @@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ out:
>      return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
> -        QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)

Kudos on fixing bad indentation in the process.indentation

> +++ b/block/iscsi.c
> @@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ static int iscsi_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int iscsi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int iscsi_create(const char *filename,  QemuOpts *opts)

Spacing is off.

> +++ b/block/qcow.c

> @@ -662,26 +662,21 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      int ret;
>      BlockDriverState *qcow_bs;
>  
> -    /* Read out options */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
> -            backing_file = options->value.s;
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
> -            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
> -        }
> -        options++;
> +    /* Read out opts */
> +    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {

s/0/false/ - you're passing a bool parameter

> @@ -752,6 +747,8 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      ret = 0;
>  exit:
>      bdrv_delete(qcow_bs);
> +finish:
> +    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);

Again, this just feels like patch 4/7 declared the wrong signature.
(I'll quit pointing it out, but there are other instances)

> +++ b/block/qcow2.c

> @@ -1243,7 +1244,8 @@ static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
>          error_report(
>              "Cluster size must be a power of two between %d and %dk",
>              1 << MIN_CLUSTER_BITS, 1 << (MAX_CLUSTER_BITS - 10));
> -        return -EINVAL;
> +        ret =  -EINVAL;

Spacing looks odd.

> @@ -1375,61 +1379,67 @@ static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      size_t cluster_size = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
>      int prealloc = 0;
>      int version = 2;
> +    const char *buf;
> +    int ret = 0;
>  

> +    sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
> +    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {

s/0/false/ (I'll quit pointing it out, but probably other instances)

> @@ -1704,49 +1714,55 @@ static int qcow2_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *buf,
>  
>      .bdrv_invalidate_cache      = qcow2_invalidate_cache,
>  
> -    .create_options = qcow2_create_options,
>      .bdrv_check = qcow2_check,
> +
> +    .bdrv_create_opts     = &qcow2_create_opts,

In other files, you were aligning the '='.  Here, it looks especially
odd that you are using more than one ' ' but still didn't align things -
it looks more consistent if you either go for full alignment or use
exactly one ' ' everywhere (I don't care which, so long as the results
don't look odd).

> +++ b/block/qed.c
> @@ -555,12 +555,12 @@ static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
>  
>      ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL);
>      if (ret < 0) {
> -        return ret;
> +        goto finish;
>      }
>  
>      ret = bdrv_file_open(&bs, filename, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_CACHE_WB);
>      if (ret < 0) {
> -        return ret;
> +        goto finish;
>      }
>  
>      /* File must start empty and grow, check truncate is supported */
> @@ -600,55 +600,57 @@ static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
>  out:
>      g_free(l1_table);
>      bdrv_delete(bs);
> +finish:
> +    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
> +    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_fmt);

Eww - you are freeing something in the client that was allocated in the
parent, but passed via 'const char *'.  That makes it hard to trace
allocation ownership.  I'd rather see the frees moved into the function
that gets the data allocated (and _this_ function keeps 'const char *'
arguments), rather than passing the buck to the helper function...

>      return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
> +static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
>  {
>      uint64_t image_size = 0;
>      uint32_t cluster_size = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
>      uint32_t table_size = QED_DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE;
>      const char *backing_file = NULL;
>      const char *backing_fmt = NULL;

> +    image_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
> +    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
> +    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);

>  
>      return qed_create(filename, cluster_size, image_size, table_size,
>                        backing_file, backing_fmt);

...better would have been 'ret = qed_create(...);' with fallthrough...

> +
> +finish:
> +    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
> +    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_fmt);
> +    return ret;

...and let finish do the cleanup on both success and error.

> +++ b/block/qed.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>   *
>   * All fields are little-endian on disk.
>   */
> +#define  QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE  65536
>  
>  enum {
>      QED_MAGIC = 'Q' | 'E' << 8 | 'D' << 16 | '\0' << 24,
> @@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ enum {
>       */
>      QED_MIN_CLUSTER_SIZE = 4 * 1024, /* in bytes */
>      QED_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
> -    QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024,

Why are you converting an enum into a define?  I personally find enums
slightly easier to debug while under gdb.  I don't think this hunk is
necessary.

> +++ b/block/raw-posix.c
> @@ -123,6 +123,19 @@
>  
>  #define MAX_BLOCKSIZE	4096
>  
> +static QemuOptsList file_proto_create_opts = {
> +    .name = "file-proto-create-opts",
> +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(file_proto_create_opts.head),
> +    .desc = {
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
> +            .help = "Virtual disk size"
> +        },
> +        { /* end of list */ }
> +    }
> +};
> +

In other files, you did the conversion...

> @@ -1179,15 +1187,6 @@ static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
>                         cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD);
>  }
>  
> -static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
> -    {
> -        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
> -        .type = OPT_SIZE,
> -        .help = "Virtual disk size"
> -    },
> -    { NULL }
> -};

...next to the place you were replacing.  Why the difference in this file?

> +++ b/block/rbd.c

> @@ -997,7 +995,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
>      .bdrv_close         = qemu_rbd_close,
>      .bdrv_create        = qemu_rbd_create,
>      .bdrv_get_info      = qemu_rbd_getinfo,
> -    .create_options     = qemu_rbd_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &rbd_create_opts,

Why the lost qemu_ prefix?

> +++ b/block/sheepdog.c

> @@ -2259,7 +2253,6 @@ static int sd_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *data,
>      return do_load_save_vmstate(s, data, pos, size, 1);
>  }
>  
> -
>  static coroutine_fn int sd_co_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,

Spurious whitespace change.

> @@ -2364,7 +2361,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
>      .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
>      .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
>  
> -    .create_options = sd_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts   = &sd_create_opts,
>  };
>  
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_tcp = {
> @@ -2391,7 +2388,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_tcp = {
>      .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
>      .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
>  
> -    .create_options = sd_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts = &sd_create_opts,

Inconsistent alignment.

>  };
>  
>  static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_unix = {
> @@ -2418,7 +2415,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_unix = {
>      .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
>      .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
>  
> -    .create_options = sd_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts = &sd_create_opts,

and again.

> +++ b/block/vdi.c

> @@ -648,25 +648,18 @@ static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
>      logout("\n");
>  
>      /* Read out options. */
> -    while (options && options->name) {
> -        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
> -            bytes = options->value.n;
> +    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
>  #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
> -        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
> -            if (options->value.n) {
> -                /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
> -                block_size = options->value.n;
> -            }
> +        /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
> +    block_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,

New comment alignment looks odd.

> +++ b/block/vpc.c
> @@ -827,7 +832,7 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
>      .bdrv_read              = vpc_co_read,
>      .bdrv_write             = vpc_co_write,
>  
> -    .create_options = vpc_create_options,
> +    .bdrv_create_opts = &vpc_create_opts,

Alignment.

> +++ b/include/block/block.h
> @@ -115,9 +115,8 @@ BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename);
>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
>  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name,
>                                            bool readonly);
> -int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
> -    QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> -int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> +int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename, QemuOpts *opts);
> +int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts);

I see why you did things all in one patch - you changed the signature,
so all the callbacks had to pick up the new signature.  But I still
think it will be easier to review if you created the new signature with
a new name, did conversion of one file at a time, then delete the old
signature and rename the new name back to the old name.

>  BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name);
>  void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
>  void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
> diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
> index ba52247..41311e2 100644
> --- a/include/block/block_int.h
> +++ b/include/block/block_int.h
> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct BlockDriver {
>                        const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
>      void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
>      void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
> -    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
> +    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts);

Likewise, by temporarily having two different callback names, where
clients provide one of the two callbacks during the transition over
multiple patches, makes it possible to split into reviewable portions.

> +++ b/qemu-img.c
> @@ -1531,8 +1526,10 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>      }
>  out:
>      qemu_progress_end();
> -    free_option_parameters(create_options);
> -    free_option_parameters(param);
> +    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
> +    if (opts) {
> +        qemu_opts_del(opts);

Should qemu_opts_del() be made more free-like, by having it be a no-op
if opts is NULL?  That would be an independent cleanup, though.
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Patch

diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index b88ad2f..0460366 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name,
 typedef struct CreateCo {
     BlockDriver *drv;
     char *filename;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
     int ret;
 } CreateCo;
 
@@ -373,11 +373,10 @@  static void coroutine_fn bdrv_create_co_entry(void *opaque)
     CreateCo *cco = opaque;
     assert(cco->drv);
 
-    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->options);
+    cco->ret = cco->drv->bdrv_create(cco->filename, cco->opts);
 }
 
-int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int ret;
 
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
     CreateCo cco = {
         .drv = drv,
         .filename = g_strdup(filename),
-        .options = options,
+        .opts = opts ?: qemu_opts_create_nofail(drv->bdrv_create_opts),
         .ret = NOT_DONE,
     };
 
@@ -408,11 +407,14 @@  int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
     ret = cco.ret;
 
 out:
+    if (!opts) {
+        qemu_opts_del(cco.opts);
+    }
     g_free(cco.filename);
     return ret;
 }
 
-int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv;
 
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@  int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         return -ENOENT;
     }
 
-    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, options);
+    return bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -976,7 +978,7 @@  int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
         BlockDriverState *bs1;
         int64_t total_size;
         BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow2;
-        QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
+        QemuOpts *opts;
         char backing_filename[PATH_MAX];
 
         if (qdict_size(options) != 0) {
@@ -1015,19 +1017,16 @@  int bdrv_open(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename, QDict *options,
         }
 
         bdrv_qcow2 = bdrv_find_format("qcow2");
-        create_options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow2->create_options,
-                                                 NULL);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow2->bdrv_create_opts);
 
-        set_option_parameter_int(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
-        set_option_parameter(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-                             backing_filename);
+        qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_size);
+        qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, backing_filename);
         if (drv) {
-            set_option_parameter(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
-                drv->format_name);
+            qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, drv->format_name);
         }
 
-        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, create_options);
-        free_option_parameters(create_options);
+        ret = bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow2, tmp_filename, opts);
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
         if (ret < 0) {
             goto fail;
         }
@@ -4436,8 +4435,10 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
                      char *options, uint64_t img_size, int flags,
                      Error **errp, bool quiet)
 {
-    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *backing_fmt, *backing_file, *size;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    const char *backing_fmt, *backing_file;
+    int64_t size;
     BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
     BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
     BlockDriver *backing_drv = NULL;
@@ -4455,28 +4456,23 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
         error_setg(errp, "Unknown protocol '%s'", filename);
         return;
     }
-
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
-
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
     /* Create parameter list with default values */
-    param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
+    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
 
-    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, img_size);
 
     /* Parse -o options */
     if (options) {
-        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
-        if (param == NULL) {
+        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
             error_setg(errp, "Invalid options for file format '%s'.", fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
     if (base_filename) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
                                  base_filename)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                        fmt);
@@ -4485,39 +4481,37 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     }
 
     if (base_fmt) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_replace_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Backing file format not supported for file "
                              "format '%s'", fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backing_file = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
-    if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
-        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file->value.s)) {
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (backing_file) {
+        if (!strcmp(filename, backing_file)) {
             error_setg(errp, "Error: Trying to create an image with the "
                              "same filename as the backing file");
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
-    backing_fmt = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
-    if (backing_fmt && backing_fmt->value.s) {
-        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt->value.s);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    if (backing_fmt) {
+        backing_drv = bdrv_find_format(backing_fmt);
         if (!backing_drv) {
-            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'",
-                       backing_fmt->value.s);
+            error_setg(errp, "Unknown backing file format '%s'", backing_fmt);
             goto out;
         }
     }
 
     // The size for the image must always be specified, with one exception:
     // If we are using a backing file, we can obtain the size from there
-    size = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE);
-    if (size && size->value.n == -1) {
-        if (backing_file && backing_file->value.s) {
+    size = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    if (size == -1) {
+        if (backing_file) {
             uint64_t size;
-            char buf[32];
             int back_flags;
 
             /* backing files always opened read-only */
@@ -4526,18 +4520,16 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
 
             bs = bdrv_new("");
 
-            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file->value.s, NULL, back_flags,
-                            backing_drv);
+            ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file, NULL, back_flags, backing_drv);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Could not open '%s'",
-                                 backing_file->value.s);
+                                 backing_file);
                 goto out;
             }
             bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &size);
             size *= 512;
 
-            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%" PRId64, size);
-            set_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, buf);
+            qemu_opt_replace_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, size);
         } else {
             error_setg(errp, "Image creation needs a size parameter");
             goto out;
@@ -4546,17 +4538,17 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
 
     if (!quiet) {
         printf("Formatting '%s', fmt=%s ", filename, fmt);
-        print_option_parameters(param);
+        qemu_opts_print(opts);
         puts("");
     }
-    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, param);
+    ret = bdrv_create(drv, filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
             error_setg(errp,"Formatting or formatting option not supported for "
                             "file format '%s'", fmt);
         } else if (ret == -EFBIG) {
             const char *cluster_size_hint = "";
-            if (get_option_parameter(create_options, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
+            if (qemu_opt_get_size(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0)) {
                 cluster_size_hint = " (try using a larger cluster size)";
             }
             error_setg(errp, "The image size is too large for file format '%s'%s",
@@ -4568,8 +4560,10 @@  void bdrv_img_create(const char *filename, const char *fmt,
     }
 
 out:
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(param);
+    if (opts) {
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    }
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
 
     if (bs) {
         bdrv_delete(bs);
diff --git a/block/cow.c b/block/cow.c
index 9f94599..d1fe5fe 100644
--- a/block/cow.c
+++ b/block/cow.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@  static void cow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
 {
 }
 
-static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int cow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     struct cow_header_v2 cow_header;
     struct stat st;
@@ -264,24 +264,18 @@  static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     int ret;
     BlockDriverState *cow_bs;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            image_sectors = options->value.n / 512;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            image_filename = options->value.s;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    /* Read out opts */
+    image_sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
+    image_filename = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     ret = bdrv_file_open(&cow_bs, filename, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     memset(&cow_header, 0, sizeof(cow_header));
@@ -315,21 +309,27 @@  static int cow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
 
 exit:
     bdrv_delete(cow_bs);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)image_filename);
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter cow_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList cow_create_opts = {
+    .name = "cow-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cow_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_cow = {
     .bdrv_write             = cow_co_write,
     .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = cow_co_is_allocated,
 
-    .create_options = cow_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts       = &cow_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_cow_init(void)
diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index 91acde2..4a48eab 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
-        QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     struct glfs *glfs;
     struct glfs_fd *fd;
@@ -380,12 +379,8 @@  static int qemu_gluster_create(const char *filename,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
     fd = glfs_creat(glfs, gconf->image,
         O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
@@ -574,13 +569,17 @@  static void qemu_gluster_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     glfs_fini(s->glfs);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_gluster_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList qemu_gluster_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qemu-gluster-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_gluster_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
@@ -595,7 +594,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
@@ -625,7 +624,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
     .bdrv_aio_readv               = qemu_gluster_aio_readv,
     .bdrv_aio_writev              = qemu_gluster_aio_writev,
     .bdrv_aio_flush               = qemu_gluster_aio_flush,
-    .create_options               = qemu_gluster_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &qemu_gluster_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_gluster_init(void)
diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index f7199c1..ddb8f60 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@  static int iscsi_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int iscsi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int iscsi_create(const char *filename,  QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
@@ -1224,13 +1224,8 @@  static int iscsi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     memset(&bs, 0, sizeof(BlockDriverState));
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, "size")) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
-
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
     bs.opaque = g_malloc0(sizeof(struct IscsiLun));
     iscsilun = bs.opaque;
 
@@ -1263,13 +1258,17 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter iscsi_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList iscsi_create_opts = {
+    .name = "iscsi-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(iscsi_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_iscsi = {
@@ -1280,7 +1279,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_iscsi = {
     .bdrv_file_open  = iscsi_open,
     .bdrv_close      = iscsi_close,
     .bdrv_create     = iscsi_create,
-    .create_options  = iscsi_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &iscsi_create_opts,
 
     .bdrv_getlength  = iscsi_getlength,
     .bdrv_truncate   = iscsi_truncate,
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index e2a64c7..e469436 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@  static void qcow_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     error_free(s->migration_blocker);
 }
 
-static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int header_size, backing_filename_len, l1_size, shift, i;
     QCowHeader header;
@@ -662,26 +662,21 @@  static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     int ret;
     BlockDriverState *qcow_bs;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
-        }
-        options++;
+    /* Read out opts */
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     ret = bdrv_file_open(&qcow_bs, filename, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     ret = bdrv_truncate(qcow_bs, 0);
@@ -752,6 +747,8 @@  static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     ret = 0;
 exit:
     bdrv_delete(qcow_bs);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -864,24 +861,28 @@  static int qcow_get_info(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverInfo *bdi)
     return 0;
 }
 
-
-static QEMUOptionParameter qcow_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Encrypt the image"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList qcow_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qcow-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qcow_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Encrypt the image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow = {
     .bdrv_write_compressed  = qcow_write_compressed,
     .bdrv_get_info          = qcow_get_info,
 
-    .create_options = qcow_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts       = &qcow_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_qcow_init(void)
diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
index 0fa5cb2..dcd63d1 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.c
+++ b/block/qcow2.c
@@ -1232,10 +1232,11 @@  static int preallocate(BlockDriverState *bs)
 static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
                          const char *backing_file, const char *backing_format,
                          int flags, size_t cluster_size, int prealloc,
-                         QEMUOptionParameter *options, int version)
+                         QemuOpts *opts, int version)
 {
     /* Calculate cluster_bits */
     int cluster_bits;
+    int ret = 0;
     cluster_bits = ffs(cluster_size) - 1;
     if (cluster_bits < MIN_CLUSTER_BITS || cluster_bits > MAX_CLUSTER_BITS ||
         (1 << cluster_bits) != cluster_size)
@@ -1243,7 +1244,8 @@  static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
         error_report(
             "Cluster size must be a power of two between %d and %dk",
             1 << MIN_CLUSTER_BITS, 1 << (MAX_CLUSTER_BITS - 10));
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret =  -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -1261,16 +1263,15 @@  static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
     BlockDriverState* bs;
     QCowHeader header;
     uint8_t* refcount_table;
-    int ret;
 
-    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
+    ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     ret = bdrv_file_open(&bs, filename, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     /* Write the header */
@@ -1363,10 +1364,13 @@  static int qcow2_create2(const char *filename, int64_t total_size,
     ret = 0;
 out:
     bdrv_delete(bs);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_format);
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     const char *backing_file = NULL;
     const char *backing_fmt = NULL;
@@ -1375,61 +1379,67 @@  static int qcow2_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     size_t cluster_size = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
     int prealloc = 0;
     int version = 2;
+    const char *buf;
+    int ret = 0;
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            sectors = options->value.n / 512;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT)) {
-            backing_fmt = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT : 0;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                cluster_size = options->value.n;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC)) {
-            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "off")) {
-                prealloc = 0;
-            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "metadata")) {
-                prealloc = 1;
-            } else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'\n",
-                    options->value.s);
-                return -EINVAL;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL)) {
-            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "0.10")) {
-                version = 2;
-            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "1.1")) {
-                version = 3;
-            } else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid compatibility level: '%s'\n",
-                    options->value.s);
-                return -EINVAL;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS : 0;
-        }
-        options++;
+    sectors = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_ENCRYPT;
+    }
+    cluster_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+                                         DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
+    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "off")) {
+        prealloc = 0;
+    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "metadata")) {
+        prealloc = 1;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'\n",
+            buf);
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
+    }
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)buf);
+    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL);
+    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "0.10")) {
+        version = 2;
+    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "1.1")) {
+        version = 3;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid compatibility level: '%s'\n",
+            buf);
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
+    }
+
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS;
     }
 
     if (backing_file && prealloc) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Backing file and preallocation cannot be used at "
             "the same time\n");
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     if (version < 3 && (flags & BLOCK_FLAG_LAZY_REFCOUNTS)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Lazy refcounts only supported with compatibility "
                 "level 1.1 and above (use compat=1.1 or greater)\n");
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     return qcow2_create2(filename, sectors, backing_file, backing_fmt, flags,
-                         cluster_size, prealloc, options, version);
+                         cluster_size, prealloc, opts, version);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_fmt);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)buf);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static int qcow2_make_empty(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -1704,49 +1714,55 @@  static int qcow2_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *buf,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qcow2_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Image format of the base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Encrypt the image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "qcow2 cluster size",
-        .value = { .n = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata)"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Postpone refcount updates",
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList qcow2_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qcow2-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qcow2_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT_LEVEL,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Image format of the base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Encrypt the image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "qcow2 cluster size",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE)
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, metadata)"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_LAZY_REFCOUNTS,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Postpone refcount updates",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
@@ -1784,8 +1800,9 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_qcow2 = {
 
     .bdrv_invalidate_cache      = qcow2_invalidate_cache,
 
-    .create_options = qcow2_create_options,
     .bdrv_check = qcow2_check,
+
+    .bdrv_create_opts     = &qcow2_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_qcow2_init(void)
diff --git a/block/qed.c b/block/qed.c
index 4651403..88daf22 100644
--- a/block/qed.c
+++ b/block/qed.c
@@ -555,12 +555,12 @@  static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
 
     ret = bdrv_create_file(filename, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     ret = bdrv_file_open(&bs, filename, NULL, BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_CACHE_WB);
     if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     /* File must start empty and grow, check truncate is supported */
@@ -600,55 +600,57 @@  static int qed_create(const char *filename, uint32_t cluster_size,
 out:
     g_free(l1_table);
     bdrv_delete(bs);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_fmt);
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int bdrv_qed_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     uint64_t image_size = 0;
     uint32_t cluster_size = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE;
     uint32_t table_size = QED_DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE;
     const char *backing_file = NULL;
     const char *backing_fmt = NULL;
+    int ret = 0;
 
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            image_size = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT)) {
-            backing_fmt = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                cluster_size = options->value.n;
-            }
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                table_size = options->value.n;
-            }
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    image_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    backing_fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT);
+    cluster_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,
+                                         BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+                                         QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
+    table_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
+                                       QED_DEFAULT_TABLE_SIZE);
 
     if (!qed_is_cluster_size_valid(cluster_size)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "QED cluster size must be within range [%u, %u] and power of 2\n",
                 QED_MIN_CLUSTER_SIZE, QED_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE);
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
     if (!qed_is_table_size_valid(table_size)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "QED table size must be within range [%u, %u] and power of 2\n",
                 QED_MIN_TABLE_SIZE, QED_MAX_TABLE_SIZE);
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
     if (!qed_is_image_size_valid(image_size, cluster_size, table_size)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "QED image size must be a non-zero multiple of "
                         "cluster size and less than %" PRIu64 " bytes\n",
                 qed_max_image_size(cluster_size, table_size));
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     return qed_create(filename, cluster_size, image_size, table_size,
                       backing_file, backing_fmt);
+
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_fmt);
+    return ret;
 }
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -1537,36 +1539,44 @@  static int bdrv_qed_check(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvCheckResult *result,
     return qed_check(s, result, !!fix);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qed_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size (in bytes)"
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Image format of the base image"
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Cluster size (in bytes)",
-        .value = { .n = QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
-    }, {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "L1/L2 table size (in clusters)"
-    },
-    { /* end of list */ }
+static QemuOptsList qed_create_opts = {
+    .name = "qed-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qed_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Image format of the base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Cluster size (in bytes)",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE),
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_TABLE_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "L1/L2 table size (in clusters)"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_qed = {
     .format_name              = "qed",
     .instance_size            = sizeof(BDRVQEDState),
-    .create_options           = qed_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts         = &qed_create_opts,
 
     .bdrv_probe               = bdrv_qed_probe,
     .bdrv_rebind              = bdrv_qed_rebind,
diff --git a/block/qed.h b/block/qed.h
index 2b4dded..99a7726 100644
--- a/block/qed.h
+++ b/block/qed.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ 
  *
  * All fields are little-endian on disk.
  */
+#define  QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE  65536
 
 enum {
     QED_MAGIC = 'Q' | 'E' << 8 | 'D' << 16 | '\0' << 24,
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@  enum {
      */
     QED_MIN_CLUSTER_SIZE = 4 * 1024, /* in bytes */
     QED_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
-    QED_DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE = 64 * 1024,
 
     /* Allocated clusters are tracked using a 2-level pagetable.  Table size is
      * a multiple of clusters so large maximum image sizes can be supported
diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index c0ccf27..66e58c1 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -123,6 +123,19 @@ 
 
 #define MAX_BLOCKSIZE	4096
 
+static QemuOptsList file_proto_create_opts = {
+    .name = "file-proto-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(file_proto_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
+};
+
 typedef struct BDRVRawState {
     int fd;
     int type;
@@ -1040,19 +1053,14 @@  static int64_t raw_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return (int64_t)st.st_blocks * 512;
 }
 
-static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int result = 0;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
                    0644);
@@ -1179,15 +1187,6 @@  static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
                        cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
-};
-
 static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .format_name = "file",
     .protocol_name = "file",
@@ -1210,8 +1209,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_getlength = raw_getlength,
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
                         = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
-
-    .create_options = raw_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 };
 
 /***********************************************/
@@ -1496,20 +1494,15 @@  static coroutine_fn BlockDriverAIOCB *hdev_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
                        cb, opaque, QEMU_AIO_DISCARD|QEMU_AIO_BLKDEV);
 }
 
-static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int hdev_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int ret = 0;
     struct stat stat_buf;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, "size")) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY);
     if (fd < 0)
@@ -1533,7 +1526,7 @@  static int hdev_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .format_name        = "host_device",
-    .protocol_name        = "host_device",
+    .protocol_name      = "host_device",
     .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRawState),
     .bdrv_probe_device  = hdev_probe_device,
     .bdrv_file_open     = hdev_open,
@@ -1542,7 +1535,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv	= raw_aio_readv,
@@ -1551,9 +1543,10 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_device = {
     .bdrv_aio_discard   = hdev_aio_discard,
 
     .bdrv_truncate      = raw_truncate,
-    .bdrv_getlength	= raw_getlength,
+    .bdrv_getlength     = raw_getlength,
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
                         = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 
     /* generic scsi device */
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -1667,7 +1660,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
@@ -1683,6 +1675,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_floppy = {
     .bdrv_is_inserted   = floppy_is_inserted,
     .bdrv_media_changed = floppy_media_changed,
     .bdrv_eject         = floppy_eject,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 };
 
 static int cdrom_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags)
@@ -1769,7 +1762,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
@@ -1789,6 +1781,8 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     /* generic scsi device */
     .bdrv_ioctl         = hdev_ioctl,
     .bdrv_aio_ioctl     = hdev_aio_ioctl,
+
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &file_proto_create_opts,
 };
 #endif /* __linux__ */
 
@@ -1891,7 +1885,6 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_host_cdrom = {
     .bdrv_reopen_commit  = raw_reopen_commit,
     .bdrv_reopen_abort   = raw_reopen_abort,
     .bdrv_create        = hdev_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = hdev_has_zero_init,
 
     .bdrv_aio_readv     = raw_aio_readv,
diff --git a/block/raw-win32.c b/block/raw-win32.c
index 7c03b6d..db00105 100644
--- a/block/raw-win32.c
+++ b/block/raw-win32.c
@@ -420,18 +420,15 @@  static int64_t raw_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return st.st_size;
 }
 
-static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int64_t total_size = 0;
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n / 512;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+
+    total_size =
+        qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0) / 512;
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY,
                    0644);
@@ -443,13 +440,17 @@  static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
+    .name = "raw-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(raw_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_file = {
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size
                         = raw_get_allocated_file_size,
 
-    .create_options = raw_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &raw_create_opts,
 };
 
 /***********************************************/
diff --git a/block/raw.c b/block/raw.c
index ce10422..f526ab8 100644
--- a/block/raw.c
+++ b/block/raw.c
@@ -95,18 +95,22 @@  static BlockDriverAIOCB *raw_aio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs,
    return bdrv_aio_ioctl(bs->file, req, buf, cb, opaque);
 }
 
-static int raw_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
-{
-    return bdrv_create_file(filename, options);
-}
-
-static QEMUOptionParameter raw_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
+{
+    return bdrv_create_file(filename, opts);
+}
+
+static QemuOptsList raw_create_opts = {
+    .name = "raw-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(raw_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static int raw_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs)
@@ -143,8 +147,8 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_raw = {
     .bdrv_aio_ioctl     = raw_aio_ioctl,
 
     .bdrv_create        = raw_create,
-    .create_options     = raw_create_options,
     .bdrv_has_zero_init = raw_has_zero_init,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &raw_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_raw_init(void)
diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 0f2608b..9cc8684 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@  static int qemu_rbd_set_conf(rados_t cluster, const char *conf)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int64_t bytes = 0;
     int64_t objsize;
@@ -311,24 +311,18 @@  static int qemu_rbd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
 
     /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            bytes = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                objsize = options->value.n;
-                if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
-                    error_report("obj size needs to be power of 2");
-                    return -EINVAL;
-                }
-                if (objsize < 4096) {
-                    error_report("obj size too small");
-                    return -EINVAL;
-                }
-                obj_order = ffs(objsize) - 1;
-            }
+    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    objsize = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0);
+    if (objsize) {
+        if ((objsize - 1) & objsize) {    /* not a power of 2? */
+            error_report("obj size needs to be power of 2");
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
+        if (objsize < 4096) {
+            error_report("obj size too small");
+            return -EINVAL;
         }
-        options++;
+        obj_order = ffs(objsize) - 1;
     }
 
     clientname = qemu_rbd_parse_clientname(conf, clientname_buf);
@@ -976,20 +970,24 @@  static BlockDriverAIOCB* qemu_rbd_aio_discard(BlockDriverState *bs,
 }
 #endif
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter qemu_rbd_create_options[] = {
-    {
-     .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-     .type = OPT_SIZE,
-     .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-     .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-     .type = OPT_SIZE,
-     .help = "RBD object size"
-    },
-    {NULL}
+static QemuOptsList rbd_create_opts = {
+    .name = "rbd-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(rbd_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "RBD object size",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(0),
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
-
 static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
     .format_name        = "rbd",
     .instance_size      = sizeof(BDRVRBDState),
@@ -997,7 +995,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_rbd = {
     .bdrv_close         = qemu_rbd_close,
     .bdrv_create        = qemu_rbd_create,
     .bdrv_get_info      = qemu_rbd_getinfo,
-    .create_options     = qemu_rbd_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &rbd_create_opts,
     .bdrv_getlength     = qemu_rbd_getlength,
     .bdrv_truncate      = qemu_rbd_truncate,
     .protocol_name      = "rbd",
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index 1b7c3f1..1976c15 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -1454,12 +1454,12 @@  out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int sd_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     uint32_t vid = 0, base_vid = 0;
     int64_t vdi_size = 0;
-    char *backing_file = NULL;
+    const char *backing_file = NULL, *buf = NULL;
     BDRVSheepdogState *s;
     char vdi[SD_MAX_VDI_LEN], tag[SD_MAX_VDI_TAG_LEN];
     uint32_t snapid;
@@ -1478,26 +1478,18 @@  static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            vdi_size = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC)) {
-            if (!options->value.s || !strcmp(options->value.s, "off")) {
-                prealloc = false;
-            } else if (!strcmp(options->value.s, "full")) {
-                prealloc = true;
-            } else {
-                error_report("Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'",
-                             options->value.s);
-                ret = -EINVAL;
-                goto out;
-            }
-        }
-        options++;
+    vdi_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    buf = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+    if (!buf || !strcmp(buf, "off")) {
+        prealloc = false;
+    } else if (!strcmp(buf, "full")) {
+        prealloc = true;
+    } else {
+        error_report("Invalid preallocation mode: '%s'", buf);
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto out;
     }
-
     if (vdi_size > SD_MAX_VDI_SIZE) {
         error_report("too big image size");
         ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1542,6 +1534,8 @@  static int sd_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
 
     ret = sd_prealloc(filename);
 out:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)buf);
     g_free(s);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -2259,7 +2253,6 @@  static int sd_load_vmstate(BlockDriverState *bs, uint8_t *data,
     return do_load_save_vmstate(s, data, pos, size, 1);
 }
 
-
 static coroutine_fn int sd_co_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num,
                                       int nb_sectors)
 {
@@ -2321,23 +2314,27 @@  sd_co_is_allocated(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t sector_num, int nb_sectors,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter sd_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList sd_create_opts = {
+    .name = "sheepdog-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(sd_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
@@ -2364,7 +2361,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog = {
     .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
     .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
 
-    .create_options = sd_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts   = &sd_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_tcp = {
@@ -2391,7 +2388,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_tcp = {
     .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
     .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
 
-    .create_options = sd_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &sd_create_opts,
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_unix = {
@@ -2418,7 +2415,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_sheepdog_unix = {
     .bdrv_save_vmstate  = sd_save_vmstate,
     .bdrv_load_vmstate  = sd_load_vmstate,
 
-    .create_options = sd_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &sd_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_sheepdog_init(void)
diff --git a/block/ssh.c b/block/ssh.c
index 246a70d..13d33d3 100644
--- a/block/ssh.c
+++ b/block/ssh.c
@@ -641,16 +641,20 @@  static int ssh_file_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int bdrv_flags)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter ssh_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList ssh_create_opts = {
+    .name = "ssh-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(ssh_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
-static int ssh_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int ssh_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int r, ret;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
@@ -663,12 +667,7 @@  static int ssh_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     ssh_state_init(&s);
 
     /* Get desired file size. */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n;
-        }
-        options++;
-    }
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
     DPRINTF("total_size=%" PRIi64, total_size);
 
     uri_options = qdict_new();
@@ -1041,7 +1040,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_ssh = {
     .bdrv_co_writev               = ssh_co_writev,
     .bdrv_getlength               = ssh_getlength,
     .bdrv_co_flush_to_disk        = ssh_co_flush,
-    .create_options               = ssh_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts             = &ssh_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_ssh_init(void)
diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index 2662d89..0e9d1f8 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@  static int vdi_co_write(BlockDriverState *bs,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd;
     int result = 0;
@@ -648,25 +648,18 @@  static int vdi_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     logout("\n");
 
     /* Read out options. */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            bytes = options->value.n;
+    bytes = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
-                block_size = options->value.n;
-            }
+        /* TODO: Additional checks (SECTOR_SIZE * 2^n, ...). */
+    block_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts,
+                                       BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+                                       DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE);
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_STATIC_IMAGE)
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_STATIC)) {
-            if (options->value.n) {
-                image_type = VDI_TYPE_STATIC;
-            }
-#endif
-        }
-        options++;
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_STATIC, 0)) {
+        image_type = VDI_TYPE_STATIC;
     }
+#endif
 
     fd = qemu_open(filename,
                    O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE,
@@ -746,29 +739,34 @@  static void vdi_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     error_free(s->migration_blocker);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter vdi_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
+static QemuOptsList vdi_create_opts = {
+    .name = "vdi-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vdi_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_BLOCK_SIZE)
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "VDI cluster (block) size",
-        .value = { .n = DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE },
-    },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "VDI cluster (block) size",
+            .def_value_str = stringify(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_SIZE)
+        },
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_VDI_STATIC_IMAGE)
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_STATIC,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "VDI static (pre-allocated) image"
-    },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_STATIC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "VDI static (pre-allocated) image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
 #endif
-    /* TODO: An additional option to set UUID values might be useful. */
-    { NULL }
+        /* TODO: An additional option to set UUID values might be useful. */
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_vdi = {
@@ -789,7 +787,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_vdi = {
 
     .bdrv_get_info = vdi_get_info,
 
-    .create_options = vdi_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &vdi_create_opts,
     .bdrv_check = vdi_check,
 };
 
diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 65ae011..dfaba11 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@  static int relative_path(char *dest, int dest_size,
     return VMDK_OK;
 }
 
-static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd, idx = 0;
     char desc[BUF_SIZE];
@@ -1557,24 +1557,19 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         "ddb.adapterType = \"%s\"\n";
 
     if (filename_decompose(filename, path, prefix, postfix, PATH_MAX)) {
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
-    /* Read out options */
-    while (options && options->name) {
-        if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)) {
-            total_size = options->value.n;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE)) {
-            adapter_type = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE)) {
-            backing_file = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6)) {
-            flags |= options->value.n ? BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6 : 0;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT)) {
-            fmt = options->value.s;
-        } else if (!strcmp(options->name, BLOCK_OPT_ZEROED_GRAIN)) {
-            zeroed_grain |= options->value.n;
-        }
-        options++;
+    /* Read out opts */
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    adapter_type = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE);
+    backing_file = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6, 0)) {
+        flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_COMPAT6;
+    }
+    fmt = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
+    if (qemu_opt_get_bool_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ZEROED_GRAIN, 0)) {
+        zeroed_grain = true;
     }
     if (!adapter_type) {
         adapter_type = "ide";
@@ -1583,7 +1578,8 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
                strcmp(adapter_type, "lsilogic") &&
                strcmp(adapter_type, "legacyESX")) {
         fprintf(stderr, "VMDK: Unknown adapter type: '%s'.\n", adapter_type);
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
     if (strcmp(adapter_type, "ide") != 0) {
         /* that's the number of heads with which vmware operates when
@@ -1599,7 +1595,8 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
                strcmp(fmt, "twoGbMaxExtentFlat") &&
                strcmp(fmt, "streamOptimized")) {
         fprintf(stderr, "VMDK: Unknown subformat: %s\n", fmt);
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto finish;
     }
     split = !(strcmp(fmt, "twoGbMaxExtentFlat") &&
               strcmp(fmt, "twoGbMaxExtentSparse"));
@@ -1613,7 +1610,8 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     }
     if (flat && backing_file) {
         /* not supporting backing file for flat image */
-        return -ENOTSUP;
+        ret = -ENOTSUP;
+        goto finish;
     }
     if (backing_file) {
         char parent_filename[PATH_MAX];
@@ -1621,11 +1619,12 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
         ret = bdrv_open(bs, backing_file, NULL, 0, NULL);
         if (ret != 0) {
             bdrv_delete(bs);
-            return ret;
+            goto finish;
         }
         if (strcmp(bs->drv->format_name, "vmdk")) {
             bdrv_delete(bs);
-            return -EINVAL;
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto finish;
         }
         parent_cid = vmdk_read_cid(bs, 0);
         bdrv_delete(bs);
@@ -1690,7 +1689,8 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
                        0644);
     }
     if (fd < 0) {
-        return -errno;
+        ret = -errno;
+        goto finish;
     }
     /* the descriptor offset = 0x200 */
     if (!split && !flat && 0x200 != lseek(fd, 0x200, SEEK_SET)) {
@@ -1705,6 +1705,9 @@  static int vmdk_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
     ret = 0;
 exit:
     qemu_close(fd);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)adapter_type);
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)backing_file);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1757,41 +1760,47 @@  static int64_t vmdk_get_allocated_file_size(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter vmdk_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "Virtual adapter type, can be one of "
-                "ide (default), lsilogic, buslogic or legacyESX"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help = "File name of a base image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "VMDK version 6 image"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help =
-            "VMDK flat extent format, can be one of "
-            "{monolithicSparse (default) | monolithicFlat | twoGbMaxExtentSparse | twoGbMaxExtentFlat | streamOptimized} "
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_ZEROED_GRAIN,
-        .type = OPT_FLAG,
-        .help = "Enable efficient zero writes using the zeroed-grain GTE feature"
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList vmdk_create_opts = {
+    .name = "vmdk-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vmdk_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ADAPTER_TYPE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Virtual adapter type, can be one of "
+                    "ide (default), lsilogic, buslogic or legacyESX"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "File name of a base image"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_COMPAT6,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "VMDK version 6 image",
+            .def_value_str = "off"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help =
+                "VMDK flat extent format, can be one of "
+                "{monolithicSparse (default) | monolithicFlat | twoGbMaxExtentSparse | twoGbMaxExtentFlat | streamOptimized} "
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_ZEROED_GRAIN,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Enable efficient zero writes "
+                    "using the zeroed-grain GTE feature"
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
@@ -1809,7 +1818,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_vmdk = {
     .bdrv_co_is_allocated   = vmdk_co_is_allocated,
     .bdrv_get_allocated_file_size  = vmdk_get_allocated_file_size,
 
-    .create_options = vmdk_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &vmdk_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_vmdk_init(void)
diff --git a/block/vpc.c b/block/vpc.c
index 3cad52e..78b01dc 100644
--- a/block/vpc.c
+++ b/block/vpc.c
@@ -683,40 +683,39 @@  static int create_fixed_disk(int fd, uint8_t *buf, int64_t total_size)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
+static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     uint8_t buf[1024];
     struct vhd_footer *footer = (struct vhd_footer *) buf;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *disk_type_param;
+    const char *disk_type_param = NULL;
     int fd, i;
     uint16_t cyls = 0;
     uint8_t heads = 0;
     uint8_t secs_per_cyl = 0;
     int64_t total_sectors;
-    int64_t total_size;
-    int disk_type;
+    int64_t total_size = 0;
+    int disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
     int ret = -EIO;
 
-    /* Read out options */
-    total_size = get_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE)->value.n;
-
-    disk_type_param = get_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
-    if (disk_type_param && disk_type_param->value.s) {
-        if (!strcmp(disk_type_param->value.s, "dynamic")) {
+    /* Read out opts */
+    total_size = qemu_opt_get_size_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, 0);
+    disk_type_param = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT);
+    if (disk_type_param) {
+        if (!strcmp(disk_type_param, "dynamic")) {
             disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
-        } else if (!strcmp(disk_type_param->value.s, "fixed")) {
+        } else if (!strcmp(disk_type_param, "fixed")) {
             disk_type = VHD_FIXED;
         } else {
-            return -EINVAL;
+            ret = -EINVAL;
+            goto finish;
         }
-    } else {
-        disk_type = VHD_DYNAMIC;
     }
 
     /* Create the file */
     fd = qemu_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
-        return -EIO;
+        ret = -EIO;
+        goto finish;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -783,6 +782,8 @@  static int vpc_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options)
 
  fail:
     qemu_close(fd);
+finish:
+    g_free((/* !const */ char*)disk_type_param);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -798,20 +799,24 @@  static void vpc_close(BlockDriverState *bs)
     error_free(s->migration_blocker);
 }
 
-static QEMUOptionParameter vpc_create_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
-        .type = OPT_SIZE,
-        .help = "Virtual disk size"
-    },
-    {
-        .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
-        .type = OPT_STRING,
-        .help =
-            "Type of virtual hard disk format. Supported formats are "
-            "{dynamic (default) | fixed} "
-    },
-    { NULL }
+static QemuOptsList vpc_create_opts = {
+    .name = "vpc-create-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vpc_create_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SIZE,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "Virtual disk size"
+        },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_SUBFMT,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help =
+                "Type of virtual hard disk format. Supported formats are "
+                "{dynamic (default) | fixed} "
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    }
 };
 
 static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
@@ -827,7 +832,7 @@  static BlockDriver bdrv_vpc = {
     .bdrv_read              = vpc_co_read,
     .bdrv_write             = vpc_co_write,
 
-    .create_options = vpc_create_options,
+    .bdrv_create_opts = &vpc_create_opts,
 };
 
 static void bdrv_vpc_init(void)
diff --git a/block/vvfat.c b/block/vvfat.c
index 87b0279..7e5a89c 100644
--- a/block/vvfat.c
+++ b/block/vvfat.c
@@ -2907,7 +2907,7 @@  static BlockDriver vvfat_write_target = {
 static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
 {
     BlockDriver *bdrv_qcow;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options;
+    QemuOpts *opts;
     int ret;
     int size = sector2cluster(s, s->sector_count);
     s->used_clusters = calloc(size, 1);
@@ -2923,12 +2923,13 @@  static int enable_write_target(BDRVVVFATState *s)
     }
 
     bdrv_qcow = bdrv_find_format("qcow");
-    options = parse_option_parameters("", bdrv_qcow->create_options, NULL);
-    set_option_parameter_int(options, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
-    set_option_parameter(options, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
+    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(bdrv_qcow->bdrv_create_opts);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, s->sector_count * 512);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, "fat:");
 
-    if (bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, options) < 0)
+    if (bdrv_create(bdrv_qcow, s->qcow_filename, opts) < 0) {
 	return -1;
+    }
 
     s->qcow = bdrv_new("");
     if (s->qcow == NULL) {
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 2307f67..54f1f76 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -115,9 +115,8 @@  BlockDriver *bdrv_find_protocol(const char *filename);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_find_format(const char *format_name);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_find_whitelisted_format(const char *format_name,
                                           bool readonly);
-int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename,
-    QEMUOptionParameter *options);
-int bdrv_create_file(const char* filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
+int bdrv_create(BlockDriver *drv, const char* filename, QemuOpts *opts);
+int bdrv_create_file(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts);
 BlockDriverState *bdrv_new(const char *device_name);
 void bdrv_make_anon(BlockDriverState *bs);
 void bdrv_swap(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_old);
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index ba52247..41311e2 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@  struct BlockDriver {
                       const uint8_t *buf, int nb_sectors);
     void (*bdrv_close)(BlockDriverState *bs);
     void (*bdrv_rebind)(BlockDriverState *bs);
-    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options);
+    int (*bdrv_create)(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts);
     int (*bdrv_set_key)(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *key);
     int (*bdrv_make_empty)(BlockDriverState *bs);
     /* aio */
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@  struct BlockDriver {
         unsigned long int req, void *buf,
         BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
 
-    /* List of options for creating images, terminated by name == NULL */
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options;
-
+    QemuOptsList *bdrv_create_opts;
 
     /*
      * Returns 0 for completed check, -errno for internal errors.
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 809b4f1..711de5c 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@  static int read_password(char *buf, int buf_size)
 static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
 {
     BlockDriver *drv, *proto_drv;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *create_options = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
 
     /* Find driver and parse its options */
     drv = bdrv_find_format(fmt);
@@ -246,12 +246,10 @@  static int print_block_option_help(const char *filename, const char *fmt)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
-    print_option_help(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
+    qemu_opts_print_help(create_opts);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -303,19 +301,19 @@  fail:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QEMUOptionParameter *list,
+static int add_old_style_options(const char *fmt, QemuOpts *list,
                                  const char *base_filename,
                                  const char *base_fmt)
 {
     if (base_filename) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE, base_filename)) {
             error_report("Backing file not supported for file format '%s'",
                          fmt);
             return -1;
         }
     }
     if (base_fmt) {
-        if (set_option_parameter(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
+        if (qemu_opt_set(list, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FMT, base_fmt)) {
             error_report("Backing file format not supported for file "
                          "format '%s'", fmt);
             return -1;
@@ -1123,8 +1121,9 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
     uint8_t * buf = NULL;
     const uint8_t *buf1;
     BlockDriverInfo bdi;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *param = NULL, *create_options = NULL;
-    QEMUOptionParameter *out_baseimg_param;
+    QemuOpts *opts = NULL;
+    QemuOptsList *create_opts = NULL;
+    const char *out_baseimg_param;
     char *options = NULL;
     const char *snapshot_name = NULL;
     float local_progress = 0;
@@ -1268,40 +1267,36 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              drv->create_options);
-    create_options = append_option_parameters(create_options,
-                                              proto_drv->create_options);
+    create_opts = qemu_opts_append(drv->bdrv_create_opts,
+                                   proto_drv->bdrv_create_opts);
 
     if (options) {
-        param = parse_option_parameters(options, create_options, param);
-        if (param == NULL) {
+        if (qemu_opts_do_parse_replace(opts, options, NULL) != 0) {
             error_report("Invalid options for file format '%s'.", out_fmt);
             ret = -1;
             goto out;
         }
     } else {
-        param = parse_option_parameters("", create_options, param);
+        opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(create_opts);
     }
-
-    set_option_parameter_int(param, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
-    ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, param, out_baseimg, NULL);
+    qemu_opt_set_number(opts, BLOCK_OPT_SIZE, total_sectors * 512);
+    ret = add_old_style_options(out_fmt, opts, out_baseimg, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
     }
 
     /* Get backing file name if -o backing_file was used */
-    out_baseimg_param = get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
+    out_baseimg_param = qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_BACKING_FILE);
     if (out_baseimg_param) {
-        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param->value.s;
+        out_baseimg = out_baseimg_param;
     }
 
     /* Check if compression is supported */
     if (compress) {
-        QEMUOptionParameter *encryption =
-            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT);
-        QEMUOptionParameter *preallocation =
-            get_option_parameter(param, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+        bool encryption =
+            qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, BLOCK_OPT_ENCRYPT, false);
+        const char *preallocation =
+            qemu_opt_get(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
 
         if (!drv->bdrv_write_compressed) {
             error_report("Compression not supported for this file format");
@@ -1309,15 +1304,15 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
             goto out;
         }
 
-        if (encryption && encryption->value.n) {
+        if (encryption) {
             error_report("Compression and encryption not supported at "
                          "the same time");
             ret = -1;
             goto out;
         }
 
-        if (preallocation && preallocation->value.s
-            && strcmp(preallocation->value.s, "off"))
+        if (preallocation
+            && strcmp(preallocation, "off"))
         {
             error_report("Compression and preallocation not supported at "
                          "the same time");
@@ -1327,7 +1322,7 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /* Create the new image */
-    ret = bdrv_create(drv, out_filename, param);
+    ret = bdrv_create(drv, out_filename, opts);
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
             error_report("Formatting not supported for file format '%s'",
@@ -1531,8 +1526,10 @@  static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 out:
     qemu_progress_end();
-    free_option_parameters(create_options);
-    free_option_parameters(param);
+    qemu_opts_free(create_opts);
+    if (opts) {
+        qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    }
     qemu_vfree(buf);
     if (out_bs) {
         bdrv_delete(out_bs);