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| author | Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com> | 2020-06-25 14:55:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> | 2020-07-06 08:49:28 +0200 |
| commit | a3579bfa0a209761c8526ccc96a5d6068f14768f (patch) | |
| tree | 82de931cabc9dcabb2c25d408f1673b11e7c82db /docs/tools | |
| parent | 557d2bdcca8fa42e9aa956210e863192ddeb8acf (diff) | |
block/amend: add 'force' option
'force' option will be used for some unsafe amend operations.
This includes things like erasing last keyslot in luks based formats
(which destroys the data, unless the master key is backed up
by external means), but that _might_ be desired result.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200608094030.670121-4-mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/tools/qemu-img.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst index 7f0737488a..e33f5575e3 100644 --- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst @@ -253,11 +253,14 @@ Command description: .. program:: qemu-img-commands -.. option:: amend [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-p] [-q] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] -o OPTIONS FILENAME +.. option:: amend [--object OBJECTDEF] [--image-opts] [-p] [-q] [-f FMT] [-t CACHE] [--force] -o OPTIONS FILENAME Amends the image format specific *OPTIONS* for the image file *FILENAME*. Not all file formats support this operation. + --force allows some unsafe operations. Currently for -f luks, it allows to + erase the last encryption key, and to overwrite an active encryption key. + .. option:: bench [-c COUNT] [-d DEPTH] [-f FMT] [--flush-interval=FLUSH_INTERVAL] [-i AIO] [-n] [--no-drain] [-o OFFSET] [--pattern=PATTERN] [-q] [-s BUFFER_SIZE] [-S STEP_SIZE] [-t CACHE] [-w] [-U] FILENAME Run a simple sequential I/O benchmark on the specified image. If ``-w`` is |