From nobody Mon Feb 9 22:23:13 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=208.118.235.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1514257027105167.47481292918292; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 18:57:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47967 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfQN-0000um-20 for importer@patchew.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:57:03 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38863) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfMY-0006lI-FV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:53:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfMX-0004TS-PZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:53:06 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53592) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eTfMV-0004Qn-Cm; Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:53:03 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F89785A07; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lemon.redhat.com (ovpn-12-61.pek2.redhat.com [10.72.12.61]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC13C60C8A; Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:52:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Fam Zheng To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 10:52:47 +0800 Message-Id: <20171226025247.11082-3-famz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20171226025247.11082-1-famz@redhat.com> References: <20171226025247.11082-1-famz@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.26]); Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:53:02 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 2/2] qemu-img: Document --force-share / -U X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kevin Wolf , qemu-block@nongnu.org, kchamart@redhat.com, Max Reitz , stefanha@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail: RSF_0 Z_629925259 SPT_0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Reviewed-by: Kashyap Chamarthy Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf --- qemu-img.texi | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-img.texi b/qemu-img.texi index 60a0e080c6..e83e140f7a 100644 --- a/qemu-img.texi +++ b/qemu-img.texi @@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ exclusive with the @var{-O} parameters. It is currently = required to also use the @var{-n} parameter to skip image creation. This restriction may be rel= axed in a future release. =20 +@item --force-share (-U) + +If specified, @code{qemu-img} will open the image with shared permissions, +which makes it less likely to conflict with a running guest's permissions = due +to image locking. For example, this can be used to get the image informati= on +(with 'info' subcommand) when the image is used by a running guest. Note t= hat +this could produce inconsistent results because of concurrent metadata cha= nges, +etc. This option is only allowed when opening images in read-only mode. + @item --backing-chain will enumerate information about backing files in a disk image chain. Refer below for further description. --=20 2.14.3