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+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
#
# @compat: compatibility level
#
-# @lazy-refcounts: #optional on or off; only valid for compat >= 1.1
+# @lazy-refcounts: on or off; only valid for compat >= 1.1
#
-# @corrupt: #optional true if the image has been marked corrupt; only valid for
+# @corrupt: true if the image has been marked corrupt; only valid for
# compat >= 1.1 (since 2.2)
#
# @refcount-bits: width of a refcount entry in bits (since 2.3)
@@ -103,27 +103,27 @@
#
# @virtual-size: maximum capacity in bytes of the image
#
-# @actual-size: #optional actual size on disk in bytes of the image
+# @actual-size: actual size on disk in bytes of the image
#
-# @dirty-flag: #optional true if image is not cleanly closed
+# @dirty-flag: true if image is not cleanly closed
#
-# @cluster-size: #optional size of a cluster in bytes
+# @cluster-size: size of a cluster in bytes
#
-# @encrypted: #optional true if the image is encrypted
+# @encrypted: true if the image is encrypted
#
-# @compressed: #optional true if the image is compressed (Since 1.7)
+# @compressed: true if the image is compressed (Since 1.7)
#
-# @backing-filename: #optional name of the backing file
+# @backing-filename: name of the backing file
#
-# @full-backing-filename: #optional full path of the backing file
+# @full-backing-filename: full path of the backing file
#
-# @backing-filename-format: #optional the format of the backing file
+# @backing-filename-format: the format of the backing file
#
-# @snapshots: #optional list of VM snapshots
+# @snapshots: list of VM snapshots
#
-# @backing-image: #optional info of the backing image (since 1.6)
+# @backing-image: info of the backing image (since 1.6)
#
-# @format-specific: #optional structure supplying additional format-specific
+# @format-specific: structure supplying additional format-specific
# information (since 1.7)
#
# Since: 1.3
@@ -149,31 +149,31 @@
#
# @check-errors: number of unexpected errors occurred during check
#
-# @image-end-offset: #optional offset (in bytes) where the image ends, this
+# @image-end-offset: offset (in bytes) where the image ends, this
# field is present if the driver for the image format
# supports it
#
-# @corruptions: #optional number of corruptions found during the check if any
+# @corruptions: number of corruptions found during the check if any
#
-# @leaks: #optional number of leaks found during the check if any
+# @leaks: number of leaks found during the check if any
#
-# @corruptions-fixed: #optional number of corruptions fixed during the check
+# @corruptions-fixed: number of corruptions fixed during the check
# if any
#
-# @leaks-fixed: #optional number of leaks fixed during the check if any
+# @leaks-fixed: number of leaks fixed during the check if any
#
-# @total-clusters: #optional total number of clusters, this field is present
+# @total-clusters: total number of clusters, this field is present
# if the driver for the image format supports it
#
-# @allocated-clusters: #optional total number of allocated clusters, this
+# @allocated-clusters: total number of allocated clusters, this
# field is present if the driver for the image format
# supports it
#
-# @fragmented-clusters: #optional total number of fragmented clusters, this
+# @fragmented-clusters: total number of fragmented clusters, this
# field is present if the driver for the image format
# supports it
#
-# @compressed-clusters: #optional total number of compressed clusters, this
+# @compressed-clusters: total number of compressed clusters, this
# field is present if the driver for the image format
# supports it
#
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@
#
# @depth: the depth of the mapping
#
-# @offset: #optional the offset in file that the virtual sectors are mapped to
+# @offset: the offset in file that the virtual sectors are mapped to
#
-# @filename: #optional filename that is referred to by @offset
+# @filename: filename that is referred to by @offset
#
# Since: 2.6
#
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
#
# @file: the filename of the backing device
#
-# @node-name: #optional the name of the block driver node (Since 2.0)
+# @node-name: the name of the block driver node (Since 2.0)
#
# @ro: true if the backing device was open read-only
#
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
# 2.8: 'replication' added, 'tftp' dropped
# 2.9: 'archipelago' dropped
#
-# @backing_file: #optional the name of the backing file (for copy-on-write)
+# @backing_file: the name of the backing file (for copy-on-write)
#
# @backing_file_depth: number of files in the backing file chain (since: 1.2)
#
@@ -278,45 +278,45 @@
#
# @image: the info of image used (since: 1.6)
#
-# @bps_max: #optional total throughput limit during bursts,
+# @bps_max: total throughput limit during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @bps_rd_max: #optional read throughput limit during bursts,
+# @bps_rd_max: read throughput limit during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @bps_wr_max: #optional write throughput limit during bursts,
+# @bps_wr_max: write throughput limit during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @iops_max: #optional total I/O operations per second during bursts,
+# @iops_max: total I/O operations per second during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @iops_rd_max: #optional read I/O operations per second during bursts,
+# @iops_rd_max: read I/O operations per second during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @iops_wr_max: #optional write I/O operations per second during bursts,
+# @iops_wr_max: write I/O operations per second during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @bps_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @bps_max burst
+# @bps_max_length: maximum length of the @bps_max burst
# period, in seconds. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @bps_rd_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @bps_rd_max
+# @bps_rd_max_length: maximum length of the @bps_rd_max
# burst period, in seconds. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @bps_wr_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @bps_wr_max
+# @bps_wr_max_length: maximum length of the @bps_wr_max
# burst period, in seconds. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @iops burst
+# @iops_max_length: maximum length of the @iops burst
# period, in seconds. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_rd_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @iops_rd_max
+# @iops_rd_max_length: maximum length of the @iops_rd_max
# burst period, in seconds. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_wr_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @iops_wr_max
+# @iops_wr_max_length: maximum length of the @iops_wr_max
# burst period, in seconds. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_size: #optional an I/O size in bytes (Since 1.7)
+# @iops_size: an I/O size in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @group: #optional throttle group name (Since 2.4)
+# @group: throttle group name (Since 2.4)
#
# @cache: the cache mode used for the block device (since: 2.3)
#
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
#
# Block dirty bitmap information.
#
-# @name: #optional the name of the dirty bitmap (Since 2.4)
+# @name: the name of the dirty bitmap (Since 2.4)
#
# @count: number of dirty bytes according to the dirty bitmap
#
@@ -441,17 +441,17 @@
# @locked: True if the guest has locked this device from having its media
# removed
#
-# @tray_open: #optional True if the device's tray is open
+# @tray_open: True if the device's tray is open
# (only present if it has a tray)
#
-# @dirty-bitmaps: #optional dirty bitmaps information (only present if the
+# @dirty-bitmaps: dirty bitmaps information (only present if the
# driver has one or more dirty bitmaps) (Since 2.0)
#
-# @io-status: #optional @BlockDeviceIoStatus. Only present if the device
+# @io-status: @BlockDeviceIoStatus. Only present if the device
# supports it and the VM is configured to stop on errors
# (supported device models: virtio-blk, ide, scsi-disk)
#
-# @inserted: #optional @BlockDeviceInfo describing the device if media is
+# @inserted: @BlockDeviceInfo describing the device if media is
# present
#
# Since: 0.14.0
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
# @wr_merged: Number of write requests that have been merged into another
# request (Since 2.3).
#
-# @idle_time_ns: #optional Time since the last I/O operation, in
+# @idle_time_ns: Time since the last I/O operation, in
# nanoseconds. If the field is absent it means that
# there haven't been any operations yet (Since 2.5).
#
@@ -690,19 +690,19 @@
#
# Statistics of a virtual block device or a block backing device.
#
-# @device: #optional If the stats are for a virtual block device, the name
+# @device: If the stats are for a virtual block device, the name
# corresponding to the virtual block device.
#
-# @node-name: #optional The node name of the device. (Since 2.3)
+# @node-name: The node name of the device. (Since 2.3)
#
# @stats: A @BlockDeviceStats for the device.
#
-# @parent: #optional This describes the file block device if it has one.
+# @parent: This describes the file block device if it has one.
# Contains recursively the statistics of the underlying
# protocol (e.g. the host file for a qcow2 image). If there is
# no underlying protocol, this field is omitted
#
-# @backing: #optional This describes the backing block device if it has one.
+# @backing: This describes the backing block device if it has one.
# (Since 2.0)
#
# Since: 0.14.0
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
#
# Query the @BlockStats for all virtual block devices.
#
-# @query-nodes: #optional If true, the command will query all the block nodes
+# @query-nodes: If true, the command will query all the block nodes
# that have a node name, in a list which will include "parent"
# information, but not "backing".
# If false or omitted, the behavior is as before - query all the
@@ -957,9 +957,9 @@
#
# Either @device or @node-name must be set but not both.
#
-# @device: #optional the name of the block backend device to set the password on
+# @device: the name of the block backend device to set the password on
#
-# @node-name: #optional graph node name to set the password on (Since 2.0)
+# @node-name: graph node name to set the password on (Since 2.0)
#
# @password: the password to use for the device
#
@@ -990,9 +990,9 @@
#
# Either @device or @node-name must be set but not both.
#
-# @device: #optional the name of the device to get the image resized
+# @device: the name of the device to get the image resized
#
-# @node-name: #optional graph node name to get the image resized (Since 2.0)
+# @node-name: graph node name to get the image resized (Since 2.0)
#
# @size: new image size in bytes
#
@@ -1034,19 +1034,19 @@
#
# Either @device or @node-name must be set but not both.
#
-# @device: #optional the name of the device to generate the snapshot from.
+# @device: the name of the device to generate the snapshot from.
#
-# @node-name: #optional graph node name to generate the snapshot from (Since 2.0)
+# @node-name: graph node name to generate the snapshot from (Since 2.0)
#
# @snapshot-file: the target of the new image. If the file exists, or
# if it is a device, the snapshot will be created in the existing
# file/device. Otherwise, a new file will be created.
#
-# @snapshot-node-name: #optional the graph node name of the new image (Since 2.0)
+# @snapshot-node-name: the graph node name of the new image (Since 2.0)
#
-# @format: #optional the format of the snapshot image, default is 'qcow2'.
+# @format: the format of the snapshot image, default is 'qcow2'.
#
-# @mode: #optional whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
+# @mode: whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
# 'absolute-paths'.
##
{ 'struct': 'BlockdevSnapshotSync',
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
##
# @DriveBackup:
#
-# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+# @job-id: identifier for the newly-created block job. If
# omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
#
# @device: the device name or node-name of a root node which should be copied.
@@ -1081,30 +1081,30 @@
# is a device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
# destination. If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
#
-# @format: #optional the format of the new destination, default is to
+# @format: the format of the new destination, default is to
# probe if @mode is 'existing', else the format of the source
#
# @sync: what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination
# (all the disk, only the sectors allocated in the topmost image, from a
# dirty bitmap, or only new I/O).
#
-# @mode: #optional whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
+# @mode: whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
# 'absolute-paths'.
#
-# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
+# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second
#
-# @bitmap: #optional the name of dirty bitmap if sync is "incremental".
+# @bitmap: the name of dirty bitmap if sync is "incremental".
# Must be present if sync is "incremental", must NOT be present
# otherwise. (Since 2.4)
#
-# @compress: #optional true to compress data, if the target format supports it.
+# @compress: true to compress data, if the target format supports it.
# (default: false) (since 2.8)
#
-# @on-source-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the source,
+# @on-source-error: the action to take on an error on the source,
# default 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
# if the block device supports io-status (see BlockInfo).
#
-# @on-target-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the target,
+# @on-target-error: the action to take on an error on the target,
# default 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
# a different block device than @device).
#
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@
##
# @BlockdevBackup:
#
-# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+# @job-id: identifier for the newly-created block job. If
# omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
#
# @device: the device name or node-name of a root node which should be copied.
@@ -1135,17 +1135,17 @@
# (all the disk, only the sectors allocated in the topmost image, or
# only new I/O).
#
-# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second. The default is 0,
+# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second. The default is 0,
# for unlimited.
#
-# @compress: #optional true to compress data, if the target format supports it.
+# @compress: true to compress data, if the target format supports it.
# (default: false) (since 2.8)
#
-# @on-source-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the source,
+# @on-source-error: the action to take on an error on the source,
# default 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
# if the block device supports io-status (see BlockInfo).
#
-# @on-target-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the target,
+# @on-target-error: the action to take on an error on the target,
# default 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
# a different block device than @device).
#
@@ -1262,19 +1262,19 @@
# Live commit of data from overlay image nodes into backing nodes - i.e.,
# writes data between 'top' and 'base' into 'base'.
#
-# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+# @job-id: identifier for the newly-created block job. If
# omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
#
# @device: the device name or node-name of a root node
#
-# @base: #optional The file name of the backing image to write data into.
+# @base: The file name of the backing image to write data into.
# If not specified, this is the deepest backing image.
#
-# @top: #optional The file name of the backing image within the image chain,
+# @top: The file name of the backing image within the image chain,
# which contains the topmost data to be committed down. If
# not specified, this is the active layer.
#
-# @backing-file: #optional The backing file string to write into the overlay
+# @backing-file: The backing file string to write into the overlay
# image of 'top'. If 'top' is the active layer,
# specifying a backing file string is an error. This
# filename is not validated.
@@ -1303,9 +1303,9 @@
# size of the smaller top, you can safely truncate it
# yourself once the commit operation successfully completes.
#
-# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
+# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second
#
-# @filter-node-name: #optional the node name that should be assigned to the
+# @filter-node-name: the node name that should be assigned to the
# filter driver that the commit job inserts into the graph
# above @top. If this option is not given, a node name is
# autogenerated. (Since: 2.9)
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@
#
# A set of parameters describing drive mirror setup.
#
-# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+# @job-id: identifier for the newly-created block job. If
# omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
#
# @device: the device name or node-name of a root node whose writes should be
@@ -1493,41 +1493,41 @@
# is a device, the existing file/device will be used as the new
# destination. If it does not exist, a new file will be created.
#
-# @format: #optional the format of the new destination, default is to
+# @format: the format of the new destination, default is to
# probe if @mode is 'existing', else the format of the source
#
-# @node-name: #optional the new block driver state node name in the graph
+# @node-name: the new block driver state node name in the graph
# (Since 2.1)
#
-# @replaces: #optional with sync=full graph node name to be replaced by the new
+# @replaces: with sync=full graph node name to be replaced by the new
# image when a whole image copy is done. This can be used to repair
# broken Quorum files. (Since 2.1)
#
-# @mode: #optional whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
+# @mode: whether and how QEMU should create a new image, default is
# 'absolute-paths'.
#
-# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
+# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second
#
# @sync: what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination
# (all the disk, only the sectors allocated in the topmost image, or
# only new I/O).
#
-# @granularity: #optional granularity of the dirty bitmap, default is 64K
+# @granularity: granularity of the dirty bitmap, default is 64K
# if the image format doesn't have clusters, 4K if the clusters
# are smaller than that, else the cluster size. Must be a
# power of 2 between 512 and 64M (since 1.4).
#
-# @buf-size: #optional maximum amount of data in flight from source to
+# @buf-size: maximum amount of data in flight from source to
# target (since 1.4).
#
-# @on-source-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the source,
+# @on-source-error: the action to take on an error on the source,
# default 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
# if the block device supports io-status (see BlockInfo).
#
-# @on-target-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the target,
+# @on-target-error: the action to take on an error on the target,
# default 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
# a different block device than @device).
-# @unmap: #optional Whether to try to unmap target sectors where source has
+# @unmap: Whether to try to unmap target sectors where source has
# only zero. If true, and target unallocated sectors will read as zero,
# target image sectors will be unmapped; otherwise, zeroes will be
# written. Both will result in identical contents.
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@
#
# @name: name of the dirty bitmap
#
-# @granularity: #optional the bitmap granularity, default is 64k for
+# @granularity: the bitmap granularity, default is 64k for
# block-dirty-bitmap-add
#
# Since: 2.4
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@
#
# Start mirroring a block device's writes to a new destination.
#
-# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+# @job-id: identifier for the newly-created block job. If
# omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
#
# @device: The device name or node-name of a root node whose writes should be
@@ -1652,33 +1652,33 @@
# @target: the id or node-name of the block device to mirror to. This mustn't be
# attached to guest.
#
-# @replaces: #optional with sync=full graph node name to be replaced by the new
+# @replaces: with sync=full graph node name to be replaced by the new
# image when a whole image copy is done. This can be used to repair
# broken Quorum files.
#
-# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
+# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second
#
# @sync: what parts of the disk image should be copied to the destination
# (all the disk, only the sectors allocated in the topmost image, or
# only new I/O).
#
-# @granularity: #optional granularity of the dirty bitmap, default is 64K
+# @granularity: granularity of the dirty bitmap, default is 64K
# if the image format doesn't have clusters, 4K if the clusters
# are smaller than that, else the cluster size. Must be a
# power of 2 between 512 and 64M
#
-# @buf-size: #optional maximum amount of data in flight from source to
+# @buf-size: maximum amount of data in flight from source to
# target
#
-# @on-source-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the source,
+# @on-source-error: the action to take on an error on the source,
# default 'report'. 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used
# if the block device supports io-status (see BlockInfo).
#
-# @on-target-error: #optional the action to take on an error on the target,
+# @on-target-error: the action to take on an error on the target,
# default 'report' (no limitations, since this applies to
# a different block device than @device).
#
-# @filter-node-name: #optional the node name that should be assigned to the
+# @filter-node-name: the node name that should be assigned to the
# filter driver that the mirror job inserts into the graph
# above @device. If this option is not given, a node name is
# autogenerated. (Since: 2.9)
@@ -1766,9 +1766,9 @@
#
# A set of parameters describing block throttling.
#
-# @device: #optional Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
+# @device: Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
#
-# @id: #optional The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
+# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
#
# @bps: total throughput limit in bytes per second
#
@@ -1782,57 +1782,57 @@
#
# @iops_wr: write I/O operations per second
#
-# @bps_max: #optional total throughput limit during bursts,
+# @bps_max: total throughput limit during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @bps_rd_max: #optional read throughput limit during bursts,
+# @bps_rd_max: read throughput limit during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @bps_wr_max: #optional write throughput limit during bursts,
+# @bps_wr_max: write throughput limit during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @iops_max: #optional total I/O operations per second during bursts,
+# @iops_max: total I/O operations per second during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @iops_rd_max: #optional read I/O operations per second during bursts,
+# @iops_rd_max: read I/O operations per second during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @iops_wr_max: #optional write I/O operations per second during bursts,
+# @iops_wr_max: write I/O operations per second during bursts,
# in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @bps_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @bps_max burst
+# @bps_max_length: maximum length of the @bps_max burst
# period, in seconds. It must only
# be set if @bps_max is set as well.
# Defaults to 1. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @bps_rd_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @bps_rd_max
+# @bps_rd_max_length: maximum length of the @bps_rd_max
# burst period, in seconds. It must only
# be set if @bps_rd_max is set as well.
# Defaults to 1. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @bps_wr_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @bps_wr_max
+# @bps_wr_max_length: maximum length of the @bps_wr_max
# burst period, in seconds. It must only
# be set if @bps_wr_max is set as well.
# Defaults to 1. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @iops burst
+# @iops_max_length: maximum length of the @iops burst
# period, in seconds. It must only
# be set if @iops_max is set as well.
# Defaults to 1. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_rd_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @iops_rd_max
+# @iops_rd_max_length: maximum length of the @iops_rd_max
# burst period, in seconds. It must only
# be set if @iops_rd_max is set as well.
# Defaults to 1. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_wr_max_length: #optional maximum length of the @iops_wr_max
+# @iops_wr_max_length: maximum length of the @iops_wr_max
# burst period, in seconds. It must only
# be set if @iops_wr_max is set as well.
# Defaults to 1. (Since 2.6)
#
-# @iops_size: #optional an I/O size in bytes (Since 1.7)
+# @iops_size: an I/O size in bytes (Since 1.7)
#
-# @group: #optional throttle group name (Since 2.4)
+# @group: throttle group name (Since 2.4)
#
# Since: 1.1
##
@@ -1873,18 +1873,18 @@
# On successful completion the image file is updated to drop the backing file
# and the BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED event is emitted.
#
-# @job-id: #optional identifier for the newly-created block job. If
+# @job-id: identifier for the newly-created block job. If
# omitted, the device name will be used. (Since 2.7)
#
# @device: the device or node name of the top image
#
-# @base: #optional the common backing file name.
+# @base: the common backing file name.
# It cannot be set if @base-node is also set.
#
-# @base-node: #optional the node name of the backing file.
+# @base-node: the node name of the backing file.
# It cannot be set if @base is also set. (Since 2.8)
#
-# @backing-file: #optional The backing file string to write into the top
+# @backing-file: The backing file string to write into the top
# image. This filename is not validated.
#
# If a pathname string is such that it cannot be
@@ -1899,9 +1899,9 @@
# protocol.
# (Since 2.1)
#
-# @speed: #optional the maximum speed, in bytes per second
+# @speed: the maximum speed, in bytes per second
#
-# @on-error: #optional the action to take on an error (default report).
+# @on-error: the action to take on an error (default report).
# 'stop' and 'enospc' can only be used if the block device
# supports io-status (see BlockInfo). Since 1.3.
#
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@
# 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
+# @force: whether to allow cancellation of a paused job (default
# false). Since 1.3.
#
# Returns: Nothing on success
@@ -2100,9 +2100,9 @@
#
# Includes cache-related options for block devices
#
-# @direct: #optional enables use of O_DIRECT (bypass the host page cache;
+# @direct: enables use of O_DIRECT (bypass the host page cache;
# default: false)
-# @no-flush: #optional ignore any flush requests for the device (default:
+# @no-flush: ignore any flush requests for the device (default:
# false)
#
# Since: 1.7
@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@
# Driver specific block device options for the file backend.
#
# @filename: path to the image file
-# @aio: #optional AIO backend (default: threads) (since: 2.8)
+# @aio: AIO backend (default: threads) (since: 2.8)
#
# Since: 1.7
##
@@ -2156,8 +2156,8 @@
#
# Driver specific block device options for the null backend.
#
-# @size: #optional size of the device in bytes.
-# @latency-ns: #optional emulated latency (in nanoseconds) in processing
+# @size: size of the device in bytes.
+# @latency-ns: emulated latency (in nanoseconds) in processing
# requests. Default to zero which completes requests immediately.
# (Since 2.4)
#
@@ -2172,14 +2172,14 @@
# Driver specific block device options for the vvfat protocol.
#
# @dir: directory to be exported as FAT image
-# @fat-type: #optional FAT type: 12, 16 or 32
-# @floppy: #optional whether to export a floppy image (true) or
+# @fat-type: FAT type: 12, 16 or 32
+# @floppy: whether to export a floppy image (true) or
# partitioned hard disk (false; default)
-# @label: #optional set the volume label, limited to 11 bytes. FAT16 and
+# @label: set the volume label, limited to 11 bytes. FAT16 and
# FAT32 traditionally have some restrictions on labels, which are
# ignored by most operating systems. Defaults to "QEMU VVFAT".
# (since 2.4)
-# @rw: #optional whether to allow write operations (default: false)
+# @rw: whether to allow write operations (default: false)
#
# Since: 1.7
##
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@
#
# Driver specific block device options for LUKS.
#
-# @key-secret: #optional the ID of a QCryptoSecret object providing
+# @key-secret: the ID of a QCryptoSecret object providing
# the decryption key (since 2.6). Mandatory except when
# doing a metadata-only probe of the image.
#
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@
# Driver specific block device options for image format that have no option
# besides their data source and an optional backing file.
#
-# @backing: #optional reference to or definition of the backing file block
+# @backing: reference to or definition of the backing file block
# device (if missing, taken from the image file content). It is
# allowed to pass an empty string here in order to disable the
# default backing file.
@@ -2298,33 +2298,33 @@
#
# Driver specific block device options for qcow2.
#
-# @lazy-refcounts: #optional whether to enable the lazy refcounts
+# @lazy-refcounts: whether to enable the lazy refcounts
# feature (default is taken from the image file)
#
-# @pass-discard-request: #optional whether discard requests to the qcow2
+# @pass-discard-request: whether discard requests to the qcow2
# device should be forwarded to the data source
#
-# @pass-discard-snapshot: #optional whether discard requests for the data source
+# @pass-discard-snapshot: whether discard requests for the data source
# should be issued when a snapshot operation (e.g.
# deleting a snapshot) frees clusters in the qcow2 file
#
-# @pass-discard-other: #optional whether discard requests for the data source
+# @pass-discard-other: whether discard requests for the data source
# should be issued on other occasions where a cluster
# gets freed
#
-# @overlap-check: #optional which overlap checks to perform for writes
+# @overlap-check: which overlap checks to perform for writes
# to the image, defaults to 'cached' (since 2.2)
#
-# @cache-size: #optional the maximum total size of the L2 table and
+# @cache-size: the maximum total size of the L2 table and
# refcount block caches in bytes (since 2.2)
#
-# @l2-cache-size: #optional the maximum size of the L2 table cache in
+# @l2-cache-size: the maximum size of the L2 table cache in
# bytes (since 2.2)
#
-# @refcount-cache-size: #optional the maximum size of the refcount block cache
+# @refcount-cache-size: the maximum size of the refcount block cache
# in bytes (since 2.2)
#
-# @cache-clean-interval: #optional clean unused entries in the L2 and refcount
+# @cache-clean-interval: clean unused entries in the L2 and refcount
# caches. The interval is in seconds. The default value
# is 0 and it disables this feature (since 2.5)
#
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@
#
# @path: path to the image on the host
#
-# @user: #optional user as which to connect, defaults to current
+# @user: user as which to connect, defaults to current
# local user name
#
# TODO: Expose the host_key_check option in QMP
@@ -2393,20 +2393,20 @@
#
# @event: trigger event
#
-# @state: #optional the state identifier blkdebug needs to be in to
+# @state: the state identifier blkdebug needs to be in to
# actually trigger the event; defaults to "any"
#
-# @errno: #optional error identifier (errno) to be returned; defaults to
+# @errno: error identifier (errno) to be returned; defaults to
# EIO
#
-# @sector: #optional specifies the sector index which has to be affected
+# @sector: specifies the sector index which has to be affected
# in order to actually trigger the event; defaults to "any
# sector"
#
-# @once: #optional disables further events after this one has been
+# @once: disables further events after this one has been
# triggered; defaults to false
#
-# @immediately: #optional fail immediately; defaults to false
+# @immediately: fail immediately; defaults to false
#
# Since: 2.0
##
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@
#
# @event: trigger event
#
-# @state: #optional the current state identifier blkdebug needs to be in;
+# @state: the current state identifier blkdebug needs to be in;
# defaults to "any"
#
# @new_state: the state identifier blkdebug is supposed to assume if
@@ -2445,14 +2445,14 @@
#
# @image: underlying raw block device (or image file)
#
-# @config: #optional filename of the configuration file
+# @config: filename of the configuration file
#
-# @align: #optional required alignment for requests in bytes,
+# @align: required alignment for requests in bytes,
# must be power of 2, or 0 for default
#
-# @inject-error: #optional array of error injection descriptions
+# @inject-error: array of error injection descriptions
#
-# @set-state: #optional array of state-change descriptions
+# @set-state: array of state-change descriptions
#
# Since: 2.0
##
@@ -2496,17 +2496,17 @@
#
# Driver specific block device options for Quorum
#
-# @blkverify: #optional true if the driver must print content mismatch
+# @blkverify: true if the driver must print content mismatch
# set to false by default
#
# @children: the children block devices to use
#
# @vote-threshold: the vote limit under which a read will fail
#
-# @rewrite-corrupted: #optional rewrite corrupted data when quorum is reached
+# @rewrite-corrupted: rewrite corrupted data when quorum is reached
# (Since 2.1)
#
-# @read-pattern: #optional choose read pattern and set to quorum by default
+# @read-pattern: choose read pattern and set to quorum by default
# (Since 2.2)
#
# Since: 2.0
@@ -2529,10 +2529,10 @@
#
# @server: gluster servers description
#
-# @debug: #optional libgfapi log level (default '4' which is Error)
+# @debug: libgfapi log level (default '4' which is Error)
# (Since 2.8)
#
-# @logfile: #optional libgfapi log file (default /dev/stderr) (Since 2.8)
+# @logfile: libgfapi log file (default /dev/stderr) (Since 2.8)
#
# Since: 2.7
##
@@ -2573,23 +2573,23 @@
#
# @target: The target iqn name
#
-# @lun: #optional LUN to connect to. Defaults to 0.
+# @lun: LUN to connect to. Defaults to 0.
#
-# @user: #optional User name to log in with. If omitted, no CHAP
+# @user: User name to log in with. If omitted, no CHAP
# authentication is performed.
#
-# @password-secret: #optional The ID of a QCryptoSecret object providing
+# @password-secret: The ID of a QCryptoSecret object providing
# the password for the login. This option is required if
# @user is specified.
#
-# @initiator-name: #optional The iqn name we want to identify to the target
+# @initiator-name: The iqn name we want to identify to the target
# as. If this option is not specified, an initiator name is
# generated automatically.
#
-# @header-digest: #optional The desired header digest. Defaults to
+# @header-digest: The desired header digest. Defaults to
# none-crc32c.
#
-# @timeout: #optional Timeout in seconds after which a request will
+# @timeout: Timeout in seconds after which a request will
# timeout. 0 means no timeout and is the default.
#
# Driver specific block device options for iscsi
@@ -2636,20 +2636,20 @@
#
# @image: Image name in the Ceph pool.
#
-# @conf: #optional path to Ceph configuration file. Values
+# @conf: path to Ceph configuration file. Values
# in the configuration file will be overridden by
# options specified via QAPI.
#
-# @snapshot: #optional Ceph snapshot name.
+# @snapshot: Ceph snapshot name.
#
-# @user: #optional Ceph id name.
+# @user: Ceph id name.
#
-# @server: #optional Monitor host address and port. This maps
+# @server: Monitor host address and port. This maps
# to the "mon_host" Ceph option.
#
-# @auth-supported: #optional Authentication supported.
+# @auth-supported: Authentication supported.
#
-# @password-secret: #optional The ID of a QCryptoSecret object providing
+# @password-secret: The ID of a QCryptoSecret object providing
# the password for the login.
#
# Since: 2.9
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@
#
# @mode: the replication mode
#
-# @top-id: #optional In secondary mode, node name or device ID of the root
+# @top-id: In secondary mode, node name or device ID of the root
# node who owns the replication node chain. Must not be given in
# primary mode.
#
@@ -2751,24 +2751,24 @@
#
# @path: path of the image on the host
#
-# @user: #optional UID value to use when talking to the
+# @user: UID value to use when talking to the
# server (defaults to 65534 on Windows and getuid()
# on unix)
#
-# @group: #optional GID value to use when talking to the
+# @group: GID value to use when talking to the
# server (defaults to 65534 on Windows and getgid()
# in unix)
#
-# @tcp-syn-count: #optional number of SYNs during the session
+# @tcp-syn-count: number of SYNs during the session
# establishment (defaults to libnfs default)
#
-# @readahead-size: #optional set the readahead size in bytes (defaults
+# @readahead-size: set the readahead size in bytes (defaults
# to libnfs default)
#
-# @page-cache-size: #optional set the pagecache size in bytes (defaults
+# @page-cache-size: set the pagecache size in bytes (defaults
# to libnfs default)
#
-# @debug: #optional set the NFS debug level (max 2) (defaults
+# @debug: set the NFS debug level (max 2) (defaults
# to libnfs default)
#
# Since: 2.8
@@ -2802,9 +2802,9 @@
#
# @server: NBD server address
#
-# @export: #optional export name
+# @export: export name
#
-# @tls-creds: #optional TLS credentials ID
+# @tls-creds: TLS credentials ID
#
# Since: 2.8
##
@@ -2818,8 +2818,8 @@
#
# Driver specific block device options for the raw driver.
#
-# @offset: #optional position where the block device starts
-# @size: #optional the assumed size of the device
+# @offset: position where the block device starts
+# @size: the assumed size of the device
#
# Since: 2.8
##
@@ -2834,13 +2834,13 @@
# block devices, independent of the block driver:
#
# @driver: block driver name
-# @node-name: #optional the node name of the new node (Since 2.0).
+# @node-name: the node name of the new node (Since 2.0).
# This option is required on the top level of blockdev-add.
-# @discard: #optional discard-related options (default: ignore)
-# @cache: #optional cache-related options
-# @read-only: #optional whether the block device should be read-only
+# @discard: discard-related options (default: ignore)
+# @cache: cache-related options
+# @read-only: whether the block device should be read-only
# (default: false)
-# @detect-zeroes: #optional detect and optimize zero writes (Since 2.1)
+# @detect-zeroes: detect and optimize zero writes (Since 2.1)
# (default: off)
#
# Remaining options are determined by the block driver.
@@ -3021,11 +3021,11 @@
# to it
# - if the guest device does not have an actual tray
#
-# @device: #optional Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
+# @device: Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
#
-# @id: #optional The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
+# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
#
-# @force: #optional if false (the default), an eject request will be sent to
+# @force: if false (the default), an eject request will be sent to
# the guest if it has locked the tray (and the tray will not be opened
# immediately); if true, the tray will be opened regardless of whether
# it is locked
@@ -3061,9 +3061,9 @@
#
# If the tray was already closed before, this will be a no-op.
#
-# @device: #optional Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
+# @device: Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
#
-# @id: #optional The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
+# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
#
# Since: 2.5
#
@@ -3095,9 +3095,9 @@
#
# If the tray is open and there is no medium inserted, this will be a no-op.
#
-# @device: #optional Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
+# @device: Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
#
-# @id: #optional The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
+# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
#
# Note: This command is still a work in progress and is considered experimental.
# Stay away from it unless you want to help with its development.
@@ -3141,9 +3141,9 @@
# device's tray must currently be open (unless there is no attached guest
# device) and there must be no medium inserted already.
#
-# @device: #optional Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
+# @device: Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
#
-# @id: #optional The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
+# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device (since: 2.8)
#
# @node-name: name of a node in the block driver state graph
#
@@ -3202,17 +3202,17 @@
# combines blockdev-open-tray, x-blockdev-remove-medium,
# x-blockdev-insert-medium and blockdev-close-tray).
#
-# @device: #optional Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
+# @device: Block device name (deprecated, use @id instead)
#
-# @id: #optional The name or QOM path of the guest device
+# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device
# (since: 2.8)
#
# @filename: filename of the new image to be loaded
#
-# @format: #optional format to open the new image with (defaults to
+# @format: format to open the new image with (defaults to
# the probed format)
#
-# @read-only-mode: #optional change the read-only mode of the device; defaults
+# @read-only-mode: change the read-only mode of the device; defaults
# to 'retain'
#
# Since: 2.5
@@ -3285,16 +3285,16 @@
# reasons, but it can be empty ("") if the image does not
# have a device name associated.
#
-# @node-name: #optional node name (Since: 2.4)
+# @node-name: node name (Since: 2.4)
#
# @msg: informative message for human consumption, such as the kind of
# corruption being detected. It should not be parsed by machine as it is
# not guaranteed to be stable
#
-# @offset: #optional if the corruption resulted from an image access, this is
+# @offset: if the corruption resulted from an image access, this is
# the host's access offset into the image
#
-# @size: #optional if the corruption resulted from an image access, this is
+# @size: if the corruption resulted from an image access, this is
# the access size
#
# @fatal: if set, the image is marked corrupt and therefore unusable after this
@@ -3339,7 +3339,7 @@
#
# @action: action that has been taken
#
-# @nospace: #optional true if I/O error was caused due to a no-space
+# @nospace: true if I/O error was caused due to a no-space
# condition. This key is only present if query-block's
# io-status is present, please see query-block documentation
# for more information (since: 2.2)
@@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@
#
# @speed: rate limit, bytes per second
#
-# @error: #optional error message. Only present on failure. This field
+# @error: error message. Only present on failure. This field
# contains a human-readable error message. There are no semantics
# other than that streaming has failed and clients should not try to
# interpret the error string
@@ -3594,9 +3594,9 @@
#
# @parent: the id or name of the parent node.
#
-# @child: #optional the name of a child under the given parent node.
+# @child: the name of a child under the given parent node.
#
-# @node: #optional the name of the node that will be added.
+# @node: the name of the node that will be added.
#
# Note: this command is experimental, and its API is not stable. It
# does not support all kinds of operations, all kinds of children, nor