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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-08-20 10:27:24 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-08-20 10:27:24 +0100
commit156d320349df5d17e1c4fbf11fad70d2d93f5e26 (patch)
tree0a78ac22f22d415ce806a87ac8a44e1e9d74dc83 /docs
parent6894576347a71cdf7a1638650ccf3378cfa2a22d (diff)
parentfa27c478102a6b5d1c6b02c005607ad9404b915f (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/maxreitz/tags/pull-block-2019-08-19' into staging
Block patches: - preallocation=falloc/full support for LUKS - Various minor fixes # gpg: Signature made Mon 19 Aug 2019 16:36:45 BST # gpg: using RSA key 91BEB60A30DB3E8857D11829F407DB0061D5CF40 # gpg: issuer "mreitz@redhat.com" # gpg: Good signature from "Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 91BE B60A 30DB 3E88 57D1 1829 F407 DB00 61D5 CF40 * remotes/maxreitz/tags/pull-block-2019-08-19: doc: Preallocation does not require writing zeroes iotests: Fix 141 when run with qed vpc: Do not return RAW from block_status vmdk: Make block_status recurse for flat extents vdi: Make block_status recurse for fixed images iotests: Full mirror to existing non-zero image iotests: Test convert -n to pre-filled image iotests: Convert to preallocated encrypted qcow2 vhdx: Fix .bdrv_has_zero_init() vdi: Fix .bdrv_has_zero_init() qcow2: Fix .bdrv_has_zero_init() block: Use bdrv_has_zero_init_truncate() block: Implement .bdrv_has_zero_init_truncate() block: Add bdrv_has_zero_init_truncate() mirror: Fix bdrv_has_zero_init() use qemu-img: Fix bdrv_has_zero_init() use in convert LUKS: support preallocation Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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-rw-r--r--docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
index 91ab0eceae..c02547e28c 100644
--- a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
+++ b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Supported options:
@item preallocation
Preallocation mode (allowed values: @code{off}, @code{falloc}, @code{full}).
@code{falloc} mode preallocates space for image by calling posix_fallocate().
-@code{full} mode preallocates space for image by writing zeros to underlying
-storage.
+@code{full} mode preallocates space for image by writing data to underlying
+storage. This data may or may not be zero, depending on the storage location.
@end table
@item qcow2