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authorStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2025-07-16 07:08:09 -0400
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2025-07-16 07:08:09 -0400
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Merge tag 'for-upstream' of https://repo.or.cz/qemu/kevin into staging
Block layer patches - file-posix: Fix aio=threads performance regression after enablign FUA - QMP query-block/query-named-block-nodes: Include child references - Graph locking cleanups and fixes around making drain GRAPH_UNLOCKED - qemu-img: Overhaul option handling and --help - iotests: add test for changing the 'drive' property via 'qom-set' # -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- # # iQJFBAABCgAvFiEE3D3rFZqa+V09dFb+fwmycsiPL9YFAmh2pZkRHGt3b2xmQHJl # ZGhhdC5jb20ACgkQfwmycsiPL9aloBAAkbT2DpdcPb5v6Jc02bDTjBBi//R03cTy # 0jjU3zvEEjukeA8d7lsQnvD2YwQgvIoOgH/MeNjdYizYh6sLIofTKukbKWMWiBpt # ygs67IrlsmEqrb+i/xeLdRA1o7jzpJCutU/cQeWV/fUur9ovhjnIJvwiw2Z3uhBR # QajjPAZcGALwNMauweMhqTX7U1+EpAe/OdtAfc2UgyJIFCyLN9onuQleZ1lCbxSt # PCAUT/M8zcId2Tcb9Bw3p0mzDNG2AI2FYqGIKNoaWwFfK/SgS8NCUvgpIWGghoxs # bMbmKMqJpZamsbO7bmEEGjj1Vs14vYVMbqys6N2Gux74RXCBGDleGAR3HNvV+3jR # 98AuoTOWZxb3Sfu0e+9xNE/+kWcJ0vmsy3sxkpZ6hkPz6fmrrJJYy8Kv2tcCAOCi # qIJ4hwNx052f1tnyxvARHj+Hj1Q4PSeQl/MAISVeQNAQXoinxzCP/hGLF3PkdpgD # 6m/xwQ+qMnnblgn4s2ICPXOJAaWLTeB6Y6F34MG+Wgi/7sfKGwxDgRSLMnlNICsm # PpbSlRy3n7tBTUq4gF3kbknxKeEPGUGw3sakX8fc0DJshs6nz/nKL4Ftwgiuuo3F # HWR8icj1giifohJOF0KJEa1Q2H9jR6hYwcNpjd9d/OEz1q/3HtuYAiEM3CUygVad # 2cyZBHjNWLE= # =A4ZH # -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- # gpg: Signature made Tue 15 Jul 2025 15:01:45 EDT # gpg: using RSA key DC3DEB159A9AF95D3D7456FE7F09B272C88F2FD6 # gpg: issuer "kwolf@redhat.com" # gpg: Good signature from "Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: DC3D EB15 9A9A F95D 3D74 56FE 7F09 B272 C88F 2FD6 * tag 'for-upstream' of https://repo.or.cz/qemu/kevin: (57 commits) qemu-img: extend cvtnum() and use it in more places qemu-img: implement short --help, remove global help() function qemu-img: measure: refresh options/--help qemu-img: dd: refresh options/--help qemu-img: bitmap: refresh options/--help qemu-img: bench: refresh options/--help qemu-img: amend: refresh options/--help qemu-img: resize: refresh options/--help qemu-img: resize: do not always eat last argument qemu-img: rebase: refresh options/--help (short option change) qemu-img: snapshot: refresh options/--help qemu-img: snapshot: make -l (list) the default, simplify option handling qemu-img: snapshot: allow specifying -f fmt qemu-img: map: refresh options/--help qemu-img: info: refresh options/--help qemu-img: convert: refresh options/--help (short option change) qemu-img: compare: refresh options/--help qemu-img: compare: use helper function for --object qemu-img: commit: refresh options/--help qemu-img: simplify --repair error message ... Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-img.rst18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
index 3653adb..5e7b850 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Parameters to snapshot subcommand:
.. option:: -l
- Lists all snapshots in the given image
+ Lists all snapshots in the given image (default action)
Command description:
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ Command description:
4
Error on reading data
-.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps [--skip-broken-bitmaps]] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-B BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT]] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME
+.. option:: convert [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [--target-image-opts] [--target-is-zero] [--bitmaps [--skip-broken-bitmaps]] [-U] [-C] [-c] [-p] [-q] [-n] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-O OUTPUT_FMT] [-b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT]] [-o OPTIONS] [-l SNAPSHOT_PARAM] [-S SPARSE_SIZE] [-r RATE_LIMIT] [-m NUM_COROUTINES] [-W] FILENAME [FILENAME2 [...]] OUTPUT_FILENAME
Convert the disk image *FILENAME* or a snapshot *SNAPSHOT_PARAM*
to disk image *OUTPUT_FILENAME* using format *OUTPUT_FMT*. It can
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ Command description:
``--skip-broken-bitmaps`` is also specified to copy only the
consistent bitmaps.
-.. option:: create [--object OBJECTDEF] [-q] [-f FMT] [-b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT]] [-u] [-o OPTIONS] FILENAME [SIZE]
+.. option:: create [-f FMT] [-o FMT_OPTS] [-b BACKING_FILE [-B BACKING_FMT]] [-u] [-q] [--object OBJDEF] FILE [SIZE]
- Create the new disk image *FILENAME* of size *SIZE* and format
- *FMT*. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more *OPTIONS*
- that enable additional features of this format.
+ Create the new disk image *FILE* of size *SIZE* and format
+ *FMT*. Depending on the file format, you can add one or more *FMT_OPTS*
+ options that enable additional features of this format.
If the option *BACKING_FILE* is specified, then the image will record
only the differences from *BACKING_FILE*. No size needs to be specified in
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Command description:
``commit`` monitor command (or ``qemu-img commit``).
If a relative path name is given, the backing file is looked up relative to
- the directory containing *FILENAME*.
+ the directory containing *FILE*.
Note that a given backing file will be opened to check that it is valid. Use
the ``-u`` option to enable unsafe backing file mode, which means that the
@@ -663,11 +663,11 @@ Command description:
bitmap support, or 0 if bitmaps are supported but there is nothing
to copy.
-.. option:: snapshot [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-l | -a SNAPSHOT | -c SNAPSHOT | -d SNAPSHOT] FILENAME
+.. option:: snapshot [--object OBJECTDEF] [-f FMT | --image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-l | -a SNAPSHOT | -c SNAPSHOT | -d SNAPSHOT] FILENAME
List, apply, create or delete snapshots in image *FILENAME*.
-.. option:: rebase [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-p] [-u] [-c] -b BACKING_FILE [-F BACKING_FMT] FILENAME
+.. option:: rebase [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-U] [-q] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [-T SRC_CACHE] [-p] [-u] [-c] -b BACKING_FILE [-B BACKING_FMT] FILENAME
Changes the backing file of an image. Only the formats ``qcow2`` and
``qed`` support changing the backing file.