aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/qapi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAlberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>2016-07-05 17:29:02 +0300
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>2016-07-13 13:26:02 +0200
commit6aae5be6a77e36968c0f6cc2ab147918904087b7 (patch)
tree1ae5a4dea91c9362974220d4fe82dfd839575cf4 /qapi
parenta5d5a3bdbd4bd2ffb27f825dd8a39e1fbaf11ad3 (diff)
blockjob: Update description of the 'device' field in the QMP API
The 'device' field in all BLOCK_JOB_* events and 'block-job-*' command is no longer the device name, but the ID of the job. This patch updates the documentation to clarify that. Signed-off-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qapi')
-rw-r--r--qapi/block-core.json35
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 1e4b16d882..3f77dac07d 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -713,7 +713,8 @@
#
# @type: the job type ('stream' for image streaming)
#
-# @device: the block device name
+# @device: The job identifier. Originally the device name but other
+# values are allowed since QEMU 2.7
#
# @len: the maximum progress value
#
@@ -1475,7 +1476,9 @@
#
# Throttling can be disabled by setting the speed to 0.
#
-# @device: the device name
+# @device: The job identifier. This used to be a device name (hence
+# the name of the parameter), but since QEMU 2.7 it can have
+# other values.
#
# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second, or 0 for unlimited.
# Defaults to 0.
@@ -1506,7 +1509,9 @@
# operation can be started at a later time to finish copying all data from the
# backing file.
#
-# @device: the device name
+# @device: The job identifier. This used to be a device name (hence
+# the name of the parameter), but since QEMU 2.7 it can have
+# other values.
#
# @force: #optional whether to allow cancellation of a paused job (default
# false). Since 1.3.
@@ -1532,7 +1537,9 @@
# the operation is actually paused. Cancelling a paused job automatically
# resumes it.
#
-# @device: the device name
+# @device: The job identifier. This used to be a device name (hence
+# the name of the parameter), but since QEMU 2.7 it can have
+# other values.
#
# Returns: Nothing on success
# If no background operation is active on this device, DeviceNotActive
@@ -1552,7 +1559,9 @@
#
# This command also clears the error status of the job.
#
-# @device: the device name
+# @device: The job identifier. This used to be a device name (hence
+# the name of the parameter), but since QEMU 2.7 it can have
+# other values.
#
# Returns: Nothing on success
# If no background operation is active on this device, DeviceNotActive
@@ -1578,7 +1587,9 @@
#
# A cancelled or paused job cannot be completed.
#
-# @device: the device name
+# @device: The job identifier. This used to be a device name (hence
+# the name of the parameter), but since QEMU 2.7 it can have
+# other values.
#
# Returns: Nothing on success
# If no background operation is active on this device, DeviceNotActive
@@ -2424,7 +2435,8 @@
#
# @type: job type
#
-# @device: device name
+# @device: The job identifier. Originally the device name but other
+# values are allowed since QEMU 2.7
#
# @len: maximum progress value
#
@@ -2455,7 +2467,8 @@
#
# @type: job type
#
-# @device: device name
+# @device: The job identifier. Originally the device name but other
+# values are allowed since QEMU 2.7
#
# @len: maximum progress value
#
@@ -2478,7 +2491,8 @@
#
# Emitted when a block job encounters an error
#
-# @device: device name
+# @device: The job identifier. Originally the device name but other
+# values are allowed since QEMU 2.7
#
# @operation: I/O operation
#
@@ -2498,7 +2512,8 @@
#
# @type: job type
#
-# @device: device name
+# @device: The job identifier. Originally the device name but other
+# values are allowed since QEMU 2.7
#
# @len: maximum progress value
#