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authorFam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>2017-11-24 16:53:51 +0800
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>2017-11-27 11:25:41 +0100
commit1878eaff9bdeece4546d4f9587e6c75ab0b79b8b (patch)
tree64af73bae63c9430c1c292dc8eff2b497a463f9d /qemu-options.hx
parentb1d1cb272882dd6868740155120f6aeb260a204c (diff)
qemu-options: Mention locking option of file driver
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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@@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ This is the protocol-level block driver for accessing regular files.
The path to the image file in the local filesystem
@item aio
Specifies the AIO backend (threads/native, default: threads)
+@item locking
+Specifies whether the image file is protected with Linux OFD / POSIX locks. The
+default is to use the Linux Open File Descriptor API if available, otherwise no
+lock is applied. (auto/on/off, default: auto)
@end table
Example:
@example