#define RBD_IMAGE_ID_LEN_MAX   64
 #define RBD_OBJ_PREFIX_LEN_MAX 64
 
+/* Feature bits */
+
+#define RBD_FEATURE_LAYERING      1
+
+/* Features supported by this (client software) implementation. */
+
+#define RBD_FEATURES_ALL          (0)
+
 /*
  * An RBD device name will be "rbd#", where the "rbd" comes from
  * RBD_DRV_NAME above, and # is a unique integer identifier.
                __le64 features;
                __le64 incompat;
        } features_buf = { 0 };
+       u64 incompat;
        int ret;
 
        ret = rbd_req_sync_exec(rbd_dev, rbd_dev->header_name,
        dout("%s: rbd_req_sync_exec returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
+
+       incompat = le64_to_cpu(features_buf.incompat);
+       if (incompat & ~RBD_FEATURES_ALL)
+               return -ENOTSUPP;
+
        *snap_features = le64_to_cpu(features_buf.features);
 
        dout("  snap_id 0x%016llx features = 0x%016llx incompat = 0x%016llx\n",
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out_err;
 
-       /* Get the features for the image */
+       /* Get the and check features for the image */
 
        ret = rbd_dev_v2_features(rbd_dev);
        if (ret < 0)