Introduce check function for setting read_only flags.  Will return < 0 on
error, with appropriate Error value set.  Does not alter any flags.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Message-id: e2bba34ac3bc76a0c42adc390413f358ae0566e8.1491597120.git.jcody@redhat.com