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-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-img.rst18
-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst4
-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst7
-rw-r--r--docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst4
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
index c0a4443146..d663dd92bd 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-img.rst
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ by the used format or see the format descriptions below for details.
.. option:: -S SIZE
Indicates the consecutive number of bytes that must contain only zeros
- for qemu-img to create a sparse image during conversion. This value is rounded
- down to the nearest 512 bytes. You may use the common size suffixes like
- ``k`` for kilobytes.
+ for ``qemu-img`` to create a sparse image during conversion. This value is
+ rounded down to the nearest 512 bytes. You may use the common size suffixes
+ like ``k`` for kilobytes.
.. option:: -t CACHE
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Command description:
suppressed from the destination image.
*SPARSE_SIZE* indicates the consecutive number of bytes (defaults to 4k)
- that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during
+ that must contain only zeros for ``qemu-img`` to create a sparse image during
conversion. If *SPARSE_SIZE* is 0, the source will not be scanned for
unallocated or zero sectors, and the destination image will always be
fully allocated.
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Command description:
If the ``-n`` option is specified, the target volume creation will be
skipped. This is useful for formats such as ``rbd`` if the target
volume has already been created with site specific options that cannot
- be supplied through qemu-img.
+ be supplied through ``qemu-img``.
Out of order writes can be enabled with ``-W`` to improve performance.
This is only recommended for preallocated devices like host devices or other
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Command description:
If the option *BACKING_FILE* is specified, then the image will record
only the differences from *BACKING_FILE*. No size needs to be specified in
this case. *BACKING_FILE* will never be modified unless you use the
- ``commit`` monitor command (or qemu-img commit).
+ ``commit`` monitor command (or ``qemu-img commit``).
If a relative path name is given, the backing file is looked up relative to
the directory containing *FILENAME*.
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ Command description:
Safe mode
This is the default mode and performs a real rebase operation. The
- new backing file may differ from the old one and qemu-img rebase
+ new backing file may differ from the old one and ``qemu-img rebase``
will take care of keeping the guest-visible content of *FILENAME*
unchanged.
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ Command description:
exists.
Unsafe mode
- qemu-img uses the unsafe mode if ``-u`` is specified. In this
+ ``qemu-img`` uses the unsafe mode if ``-u`` is specified. In this
mode, only the backing file name and format of *FILENAME* is changed
without any checks on the file contents. The user must take care of
specifying the correct new backing file, or the guest-visible
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ Command description:
sizes accordingly. Failure to do so will result in data loss!
When shrinking images, the ``--shrink`` option must be given. This informs
- qemu-img that the user acknowledges all loss of data beyond the truncated
+ ``qemu-img`` that the user acknowledges all loss of data beyond the truncated
image's end.
After using this command to grow a disk image, you must use file system and
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst
index 726cd18960..6031f96893 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ driver options if ``--image-opts`` is specified.
supported. The common object types that it makes sense to define are the
``secret`` object, which is used to supply passwords and/or encryption
keys, and the ``tls-creds`` object, which is used to supply TLS
- credentials for the qemu-nbd server or client.
+ credentials for the ``qemu-nbd`` server or client.
.. option:: -p, --port=PORT
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ daemon:
Expose the guest-visible contents of a qcow2 file via a block device
/dev/nbd0 (and possibly creating /dev/nbd0p1 and friends for
partitions found within), then disconnect the device when done.
-Access to bind qemu-nbd to an /dev/nbd device generally requires root
+Access to bind ``qemu-nbd`` to a /dev/nbd device generally requires root
privileges, and may also require the execution of ``modprobe nbd``
to enable the kernel NBD client module. *CAUTION*: Do not use
this method to mount filesystems from an untrusted guest image - a
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
index b8ef4486f1..3e5a9dc032 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ Synopsis
Description
-----------
-qemu-storage-daemon provides disk image functionality from QEMU, qemu-img, and
-qemu-nbd in a long-running process controlled via QMP commands without running
-a virtual machine. It can export disk images, run block job operations, and
+``qemu-storage-daemon`` provides disk image functionality from QEMU,
+``qemu-img``, and ``qemu-nbd`` in a long-running process controlled via QMP
+commands without running a virtual machine.
+It can export disk images, run block job operations, and
perform other disk-related operations. The daemon is controlled via a QMP
monitor and initial configuration from the command-line.
diff --git a/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst b/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst
index cc31402830..07ac0be551 100644
--- a/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ Extended attribute (xattr) mapping
By default the name of xattr's used by the client are passed through to the server
file system. This can be a problem where either those xattr names are used
by something on the server (e.g. selinux client/server confusion) or if the
-virtiofsd is running in a container with restricted privileges where it cannot
-access some attributes.
+``virtiofsd`` is running in a container with restricted privileges where it
+cannot access some attributes.
Mapping syntax
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~