diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index f6897915ce7c214ad1b9adb4383ef959331f04b1..341c29bd63d494b2c115f0e019532adfeaf27678 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1670,6 +1670,10 @@ virDBusMessageUnref;
virDBusSetSharedBus;
+# util/virdevmapper.h
+virDevMapperGetTargets;
+
+
# util/virdnsmasq.h
dnsmasqAddDhcpHost;
dnsmasqAddHost;
diff --git a/src/util/Makefile.inc.am b/src/util/Makefile.inc.am
index a3c3b711fdb073ca7436e03db393a11c2163240b..9624fb687c4298aa92bd032691bb86a30c00765f 100644
--- a/src/util/Makefile.inc.am
+++ b/src/util/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ UTIL_SOURCES = \
util/virdbus.c \
util/virdbus.h \
util/virdbuspriv.h \
+ util/virdevmapper.c \
+ util/virdevmapper.h \
util/virdnsmasq.c \
util/virdnsmasq.h \
util/virebtables.c \
diff --git a/src/util/virdevmapper.c b/src/util/virdevmapper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d2c25af00329479a0a6499439cf749f2b35ed315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/virdevmapper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+/*
+ * virdevmapper.c: Functions for handling device mapper
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see
+ * .
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Michal Privoznik
+ */
+
+#include
+
+#ifdef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
+# include
+#elif MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS
+# include
+#endif
+
+#ifdef WITH_DEVMAPPER
+# include
+#endif
+
+#include "virdevmapper.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "virthread.h"
+#include "viralloc.h"
+#include "virstring.h"
+
+#ifdef WITH_DEVMAPPER
+static void
+virDevMapperDummyLogger(int level ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ const char *file ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ int line ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ int dm_errno ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ const char *fmt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ ...)
+{
+ return;
+}
+
+static int
+virDevMapperOnceInit(void)
+{
+ /* Ideally, we would not need this. But libdevmapper prints
+ * error messages to stderr by default. Sad but true. */
+ dm_log_with_errno_init(virDevMapperDummyLogger);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+VIR_ONCE_GLOBAL_INIT(virDevMapper)
+
+
+static int
+virDevMapperGetTargetsImpl(const char *path,
+ char ***devPaths_ret,
+ unsigned int ttl)
+{
+ struct dm_task *dmt = NULL;
+ struct dm_deps *deps;
+ struct dm_info info;
+ char **devPaths = NULL;
+ char **recursiveDevPaths = NULL;
+ size_t i;
+ int ret = -1;
+
+ *devPaths_ret = NULL;
+
+ if (virDevMapperInitialize() < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (ttl == 0) {
+ errno = ELOOP;
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (!(dmt = dm_task_create(DM_DEVICE_DEPS)))
+ return ret;
+
+ if (!dm_task_set_name(dmt, path)) {
+ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ /* It's okay, @path is not managed by devmapper =>
+ * not a devmapper device. */
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ dm_task_no_open_count(dmt);
+
+ if (!dm_task_run(dmt))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (!dm_task_get_info(dmt, &info))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (!info.exists) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ if (!(deps = dm_task_get_deps(dmt)))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (VIR_ALLOC_N_QUIET(devPaths, deps->count + 1) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < deps->count; i++) {
+ if (virAsprintfQuiet(&devPaths[i], "/dev/block/%u:%u",
+ major(deps->device[i]),
+ minor(deps->device[i])) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ recursiveDevPaths = NULL;
+ for (i = 0; i < deps->count; i++) {
+ char **tmpPaths;
+
+ if (virDevMapperGetTargetsImpl(devPaths[i], &tmpPaths, ttl - 1) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (tmpPaths &&
+ virStringListMerge(&recursiveDevPaths, &tmpPaths) < 0) {
+ virStringListFree(tmpPaths);
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (virStringListMerge(&devPaths, &recursiveDevPaths) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ VIR_STEAL_PTR(*devPaths_ret, devPaths);
+ ret = 0;
+ cleanup:
+ virStringListFree(recursiveDevPaths);
+ virStringListFree(devPaths);
+ dm_task_destroy(dmt);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * virDevMapperGetTargets:
+ * @path: devmapper target
+ * @devPaths: returned string list of devices
+ *
+ * For given @path figure out its targets, and store them in
+ * @devPaths array. Note, @devPaths is a string list so it's NULL
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * If @path is not a devmapper device, @devPaths is set to NULL and
+ * success is returned.
+ *
+ * If @path consists of yet another devmapper targets these are
+ * consulted recursively.
+ *
+ * If we don't have permissions to talk to kernel, -1 is returned
+ * and errno is set to EBADF.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success,
+ * -1 otherwise (with errno set, no libvirt error is
+ * reported)
+ */
+int
+virDevMapperGetTargets(const char *path,
+ char ***devPaths)
+{
+ const unsigned int ttl = 32;
+
+ /* Arbitrary limit on recursion level. A devmapper target can
+ * consist of devices or yet another targets. If that's the
+ * case, we have to stop recursion somewhere. */
+
+ return virDevMapperGetTargetsImpl(path, devPaths, ttl);
+}
+
+#else /* ! WITH_DEVMAPPER */
+
+int
+virDevMapperGetTargets(const char *path ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ char ***devPaths ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+ errno = ENOSYS;
+ return -1;
+}
+#endif /* ! WITH_DEVMAPPER */
diff --git a/src/util/virdevmapper.h b/src/util/virdevmapper.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..34d6655e77c98fb4d2f59a3681401bb47d6e0515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/virdevmapper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * virdevmapper.h: Functions for handling device mapper
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see
+ * .
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Michal Privoznik
+ */
+
+#ifndef __VIR_DEVMAPPER_H__
+# define __VIR_DEVMAPPER_H__
+
+int
+virDevMapperGetTargets(const char *path,
+ char ***devPaths);
+
+#endif /* __VIR_DEVMAPPER_H__ */