diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
index cfe11478791f..d6300f7ee03d 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
@@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ Command description:
     if false, the sectors are either unallocated or stored as optimized
     all-zero clusters);
   - whether the data is known to read as zero (boolean field ``zero``);
+  - whether the data is actually present (boolean field ``present``);
+    if false, rebasing the backing chain onto a deeper file would pick
+    up data from the deeper file;
   - in order to make the output shorter, the target file is expressed as
     a ``depth``; for example, a depth of 2 refers to the backing file
     of the backing file of *FILENAME*.
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index a54f37dbef06..912a7d9265e5 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@
 #         images in the chain)) before reaching one for which the
 #         range is allocated
 #
+# @present: true if this layer provides the data, false if adding a backing
+#           layer could impact this region (since 6.1)
+#
 # @offset: if present, the image file stores the data for this range
 #          in raw format at the given (host) offset
 #
@@ -271,8 +274,8 @@
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MapEntry',
   'data': {'start': 'int', 'length': 'int', 'data': 'bool',
-           'zero': 'bool', 'depth': 'int', '*offset': 'int',
-           '*filename': 'str' } }
+           'zero': 'bool', 'depth': 'int', 'present': 'bool',
+           '*offset': 'int', '*filename': 'str' } }

 ##
 # @BlockdevCacheInfo:
diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index 7956a8996512..8090facc5087 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -2980,8 +2980,9 @@ static int dump_map_entry(OutputFormat output_format, MapEntry *e,
         break;
     case OFORMAT_JSON:
         printf("{ \"start\": %"PRId64", \"length\": %"PRId64","
-               " \"depth\": %"PRId64", \"zero\": %s, \"data\": %s",
-               e->start, e->length, e->depth,
+               " \"depth\": %"PRId64", \"present\": %s, \"zero\": %s,"
+               "\"data\": %s", e->start, e->length, e->depth,
+               e->present ? "true" : "false",
                e->zero ? "true" : "false",
                e->data ? "true" : "false");
         if (e->has_offset) {
@@ -3047,6 +3048,7 @@ static int get_block_status(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
         .offset = map,
         .has_offset = has_offset,
         .depth = depth,
+        .present = !!(ret & BDRV_BLOCK_ALLOCATED),
         .has_filename = filename,
         .filename = filename,
     };
@@ -3062,6 +3064,7 @@ static inline bool entry_mergeable(const MapEntry *curr, const MapEntry *next)
     if (curr->zero != next->zero ||
         curr->data != next->data ||
         curr->depth != next->depth ||
+        curr->present != next->present ||
         curr->has_filename != next->has_filename ||
         curr->has_offset != next->has_offset) {
         return false;
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/122.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/122.out
index 3a3e121d579d..83dfcf75281f 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/122.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/122.out
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 4194304
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 8388608
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 4128768, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 4194304, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 4259840, "length": 4128768, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8388608, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 8454144, "length": 4128768, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 4128768, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4194304, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 4259840, "length": 4128768, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8388608, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 8454144, "length": 4128768, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
 64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 4194304
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 1046528
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 0
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 131072, "length": 196608, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 327680, "length": 655360, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 983040, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1046528, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 131072, "length": 196608, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 327680, "length": 655360, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 983040, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1046528, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 read 16384/16384 bytes at offset 0
 16 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 16384/16384 bytes at offset 16384
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@ read 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 0
 3 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 63963136/63963136 bytes at offset 3145728
 61 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]

 convert -c -S 0:
 read 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 0
 3 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 63963136/63963136 bytes at offset 3145728
 61 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 wrote 33554432/33554432 bytes at offset 0
 32 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ read 30408704/30408704 bytes at offset 3145728
 29 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 33554432/33554432 bytes at offset 33554432
 32 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]

 convert -c -S 0 with source backing file:
 read 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 0
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ read 30408704/30408704 bytes at offset 3145728
 29 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 33554432/33554432 bytes at offset 33554432
 32 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true}]

 convert -S 0 -B ...
 read 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 0
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ read 30408704/30408704 bytes at offset 3145728
 29 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 33554432/33554432 bytes at offset 33554432
 32 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]

 convert -c -S 0 -B ...
 read 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 0
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ read 30408704/30408704 bytes at offset 3145728
 29 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 33554432/33554432 bytes at offset 33554432
 32 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true}]

 === Non-zero -S ===

@@ -194,32 +194,32 @@ wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 17408
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)

 convert -S 4k
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 4096, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8192, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 12288, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 16384, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 20480, "length": 67088384, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 4096, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8192, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 12288, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 16384, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 20480, "length": 67088384, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 convert -c -S 4k
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 1024, "length": 7168, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8192, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 9216, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 17408, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 18432, "length": 67090432, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 1024, "length": 7168, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8192, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 9216, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 17408, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 18432, "length": 67090432, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 convert -S 8k
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 24576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 24576, "length": 67084288, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 24576, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 24576, "length": 67084288, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 convert -c -S 8k
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 1024, "length": 7168, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8192, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 9216, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 17408, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true},
-{ "start": 18432, "length": 67090432, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 1024, "length": 7168, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8192, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 9216, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 17408, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true},
+{ "start": 18432, "length": 67090432, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 === -n to a non-zero image ===

@@ -233,18 +233,18 @@ Images are identical.

 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.orig', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 === -n to an empty image with a backing file ===

 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.orig', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680}]

 === -n -B to an image without a backing file ===

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out
index 4863e2483864..6a7879ef05cf 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/154.out
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 17408
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 27648
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 4096, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8192, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 12288, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 16384, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 20480, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 24576, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32768, "length": 134184960, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4096, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8192, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 12288, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 16384, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 20480, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 24576, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32768, "length": 134184960, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == backing file contains non-zero data before write_zeroes ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 65536
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 2048/2048 bytes at offset 67584
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 36864, "length": 28672, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 69632, "length": 134148096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 36864, "length": 28672, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 69632, "length": 134148096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == backing file contains non-zero data after write_zeroes ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 44032
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 3072/3072 bytes at offset 40960
 3 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 36864, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 40960, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 45056, "length": 134172672, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 36864, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 40960, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 45056, "length": 134172672, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == write_zeroes covers non-zero data ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -101,15 +101,15 @@ wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 29696
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 4096/4096 bytes at offset 28672
 4 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 4096, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8192, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 12288, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 16384, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 20480, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 24576, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 28672, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32768, "length": 134184960, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4096, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8192, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 12288, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 16384, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 20480, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 24576, "length": 4096, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 28672, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32768, "length": 134184960, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning two clusters, non-zero before request ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 67584
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 5120/5120 bytes at offset 68608
 5 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 36864, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 40960, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 49152, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 53248, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 57344, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 73728, "length": 134144000, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 36864, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 40960, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 49152, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 53248, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 57344, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 73728, "length": 134144000, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning two clusters, non-zero after request ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -184,16 +184,16 @@ read 7168/7168 bytes at offset 65536
 7 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 72704
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 36864, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 40960, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 49152, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 53248, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 57344, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 73728, "length": 134144000, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 32768, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32768, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 36864, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 40960, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 49152, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 53248, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 57344, "length": 8192, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 73728, "length": 134144000, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning two clusters, partially overwriting backing file ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 5120
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 2048/2048 bytes at offset 6144
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 8192, "length": 134209536, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 8192, "length": 134209536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning multiple clusters, non-zero in first cluster ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ read 2048/2048 bytes at offset 65536
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 10240/10240 bytes at offset 67584
 10 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 69632, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 69632, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning multiple clusters, non-zero in intermediate cluster ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ wrote 7168/7168 bytes at offset 67584
 7 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 12288/12288 bytes at offset 65536
 12 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 12288, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 12288, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning multiple clusters, non-zero in final cluster ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ read 10240/10240 bytes at offset 65536
 10 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 2048/2048 bytes at offset 75776
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 73728, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 8192, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 73728, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == spanning multiple clusters, partially overwriting backing file ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134217728
@@ -277,84 +277,88 @@ read 2048/2048 bytes at offset 74752
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 76800
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 73728, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 65536, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 69632, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 73728, "length": 4096, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 77824, "length": 134139904, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 == unaligned image tail cluster, no allocation needed ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134219776, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134219264
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134219776, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776
 wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218240
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134219776, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776
 wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 134217728
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134219776, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134219264
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218240
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 134217728
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134219264
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218240
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 2048/2048 bytes at offset 134217728
 2 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 2048/2048 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
 wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -365,15 +369,15 @@ read 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
 read 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 1024/1024 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
 wrote 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 1024/1024 bytes allocated at offset 128 MiB
 read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134217728
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 1024, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": OFFSET}]

 == unaligned image tail cluster, allocation required ==
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
@@ -386,8 +390,8 @@ read 512/512 bytes at offset 134217728
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 1536/1536 bytes at offset 134218240
 1.500 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=134218752
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=134219776 backing_file=TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base backing_fmt=IMGFMT
 wrote 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
@@ -408,6 +412,6 @@ read 512/512 bytes at offset 134218240
 512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 read 1024/1024 bytes at offset 134218752
 1 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 134217728, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 134217728, "length": 2048, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
 *** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/179.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/179.out
index 1f7680002ca6..ca2ee9f9a14a 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/179.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/179.out
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 6291456
 2 MiB (0x200000) bytes not allocated at offset 4 MiB (0x400000)
 2 MiB (0x200000) bytes     allocated at offset 6 MiB (0x600000)
 56 MiB (0x3800000) bytes not allocated at offset 8 MiB (0x800000)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4194304, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 6291456, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8388608, "length": 58720256, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 wrote 2097150/2097150 bytes at offset 10485761
 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 wrote 2097150/2097150 bytes at offset 14680065
@@ -27,7 +31,15 @@ wrote 2097150/2097150 bytes at offset 14680065
 2 MiB (0x200000) bytes not allocated at offset 12 MiB (0xc00000)
 2 MiB (0x200000) bytes     allocated at offset 14 MiB (0xe00000)
 48 MiB (0x3000000) bytes not allocated at offset 16 MiB (0x1000000)
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 67108864, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4194304, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 6291456, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8388608, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 10485760, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 12582912, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 14680064, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 16777216, "length": 50331648, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 wrote 14680064/14680064 bytes at offset 18874368
 14 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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@@ -45,13 +57,21 @@ wrote 6291456/6291456 bytes at offset 25165824
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 8 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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 22 MiB (0x1600000) bytes     allocated at offset 18 MiB (0x1200000)
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 8 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out
index 083b62d05386..33825855fc15 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/223.out
@@ -100,19 +100,19 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false}]
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-{ "start": 512, "length": 512, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
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@@ -201,19 +201,19 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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 2 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
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-{ "start": 4096, "length": 1044480, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": OFFSET},
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-{ "start": 65536, "length": 2031616, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false}]
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 === Contrast to small granularity dirty-bitmap ===

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-{ "start": 512, "length": 512, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
-{ "start": 1024, "length": 2096128, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false}]
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 === End qemu NBD server ===

@@ -238,12 +238,12 @@ read 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 2097152

 === Use qemu-nbd as server ===

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-{ "start": 512, "length": 512, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
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-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false}]
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diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/244.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/244.out
index 99f56ac18c48..49121c556086 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/244.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/244.out
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ wrote 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 3145728
 3 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 No errors were found on the image.

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-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 1048576},
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-{ "start": 5242880, "length": 61865984, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
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 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -93,10 +94,10 @@ wrote 3145728/3145728 bytes at offset 3145728
 3 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 No errors were found on the image.

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 0},
-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 4194304, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 4194304},
-{ "start": 6291456, "length": 60817408, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 6291456}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 0},
+{ "start": 2097152, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4194304, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 4194304},
+{ "start": 6291456, "length": 60817408, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 6291456}]

 read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 0
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 0
 1 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 Offset          Length          Mapped to       File
 0               0x100000        0               TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.data
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 0},
-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 66060288, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 0},
+{ "start": 1048576, "length": 66060288, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 === Copy offloading ===

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/252.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/252.out
index 12dce889f823..4476e9559c31 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/252.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/252.out
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 131072
 read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 262144
 128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 262144, "length": 131072, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 262144, "length": 131072, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 0
 128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 131072
 read 131072/131072 bytes at offset 262144
 128 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 262144, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 327680, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 262144, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 327680, "length": 65536, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 *** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out
index cfe17a865924..3f63352ccc63 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/274.out
@@ -26,18 +26,18 @@ read 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 1048576
 0/1048576 bytes allocated at offset 1 MiB

 === Checking map ===
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680}]

 Offset          Length          Mapped to       File
 0               0x200000        0x50000         TEST_DIR/PID-base

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 1, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 1, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680}]

 Offset          Length          Mapped to       File
 0               0x100000        0x50000         TEST_DIR/PID-base

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 2, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680},
-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 2, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680},
+{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 Offset          Length          Mapped to       File
 0               0x100000        0x50000         TEST_DIR/PID-base
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 5368709120
 1 GiB (0x40000000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 7 GiB (0x1c0000000) bytes     allocated at offset 1 GiB (0x40000000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1073741824, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 1073741824, "length": 7516192768, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1073741824, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 1073741824, "length": 7516192768, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 === preallocation=metadata ===
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=34359738368 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 33285996544
 30 GiB (0x780000000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 3 GiB (0xc0000000) bytes     allocated at offset 30 GiB (0x780000000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 32212254720, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 32212254720, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 327680},
-{ "start": 32749125632, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 537264128},
-{ "start": 33285996544, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 1074200576},
-{ "start": 33822867456, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 1611137024},
-{ "start": 34359738368, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 2148139008},
-{ "start": 34896609280, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": 2685075456}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 32212254720, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 32212254720, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 327680},
+{ "start": 32749125632, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 537264128},
+{ "start": 33285996544, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 1074200576},
+{ "start": 33822867456, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 1611137024},
+{ "start": 34359738368, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 2148139008},
+{ "start": 34896609280, "length": 536870912, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": 2685075456}]

 === preallocation=falloc ===
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=10485760 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 9437184
 5 MiB (0x500000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 10 MiB (0xa00000) bytes     allocated at offset 5 MiB (0x500000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 5242880, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 5242880, "length": 10485760, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 5242880, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 5242880, "length": 10485760, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680}]

 === preallocation=full ===
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=16777216 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 11534336
 8 MiB (0x800000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 4 MiB (0x400000) bytes     allocated at offset 8 MiB (0x800000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 8388608, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 8388608, "length": 4194304, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 8388608, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 8388608, "length": 4194304, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680}]

 === preallocation=off ===
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=393216 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 259072
 192 KiB (0x30000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 320 KiB (0x50000) bytes     allocated at offset 192 KiB (0x30000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 196608, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 196608, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680},
-{ "start": 262144, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 196608, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 196608, "length": 65536, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680},
+{ "start": 262144, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 === preallocation=off ===
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=409600 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 344064
 256 KiB (0x40000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 256 KiB (0x40000) bytes     allocated at offset 256 KiB (0x40000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 262144, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 262144, "length": 262144, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]

 === preallocation=off ===
 Formatting 'TEST_DIR/PID-base', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=524288 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
@@ -340,6 +340,6 @@ read 65536/65536 bytes at offset 446464
 256 KiB (0x40000) bytes not allocated at offset 0 bytes (0x0)
 244 KiB (0x3d000) bytes     allocated at offset 256 KiB (0x40000)

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false},
-{ "start": 262144, "length": 249856, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 262144, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false},
+{ "start": 262144, "length": 249856, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false}]

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
index 23411c0ff4d9..f3b409c29bfe 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/291.out
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ Format specific information:

 === Check bitmap contents ===

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 3145728, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
-{ "start": 4194304, "length": 6291456, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 8388608, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
-{ "start": 3145728, "length": 7340032, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 2097152, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
-{ "start": 3145728, "length": 7340032, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 3145728, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": false,"data": false},
+{ "start": 4194304, "length": 6291456, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 1048576, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": false,"data": false},
+{ "start": 2097152, "length": 8388608, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 2097152, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": false,"data": false},
+{ "start": 3145728, "length": 7340032, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 2097152, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": false,"data": false},
+{ "start": 3145728, "length": 7340032, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
 *** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/nbd-qemu-allocation.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/nbd-qemu-allocation.out
index c51022b2a38d..c91cbc2b9585 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/nbd-qemu-allocation.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/tests/nbd-qemu-allocation.out
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ wrote 2097152/2097152 bytes at offset 1048576

 === Check allocation over NBD ===

-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 1, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680},
-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": 327680},
-{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 1, "zero": true, "data": false}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 1, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680},
+{ "start": 1048576, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": 327680},
+{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 1, "present": false, "zero": true,"data": false}]
 exports available: 1
  export: ''
   size:  4194304
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ exports available: 1
   available meta contexts: 2
    base:allocation
    qemu:allocation-depth
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 3145728, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": false, "offset": OFFSET}]
-[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": true, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
-{ "start": 1048576, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": false},
-{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "zero": false, "data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 3145728, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": false, "offset": OFFSET}]
+[{ "start": 0, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": true,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET},
+{ "start": 1048576, "length": 2097152, "depth": 0, "present": false, "zero": false,"data": false},
+{ "start": 3145728, "length": 1048576, "depth": 0, "present": true, "zero": false,"data": true, "offset": OFFSET}]
 *** done
