On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 10:27:48PM +0100, Greg Kurz wrote: > On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 11:50:23 +0000 > Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > v3: > > * Added Patch 2 to fix invalid test parameters > > * Switched to nicer max < avg check [Berto] > > v2: > > * Fixed s/bps/iops/ copy-paste error in Patch 1 [Berto] > > * Rephrased warning about guest hangs and errors [Berto] > > * Added Patch 2 to hide the internal .max value from the monitor > > > > Patch 1 fleshes out the documentation for I/O throttling command-line > > parameters. > > > > Patch 2 hides an internal value that was being exposed to users via the > > monitor and caused confusion. > > > > I ended up not adding QMP-style throttling.* names to the command-line > > documentation because the names are very long and unlikely to be used. I > > couldn't see a nice way of adding them while still keeping the documentation > > readable. > > > > I only see this series now and it's a bit unfortunate... throttling options > are now also available for fsdev. Only QMP-style names were added though, > and they appear in the documentation. I agree the names are long, and the > result isn't pretty on 80 columns, but it is readable still. > > I don't really want to add code, just to have shorter names and a prettier > output. But it would be a good thing for fsdev to benefit from this new > documentation... any suggestion how to do that ?
I think another patch series would be good to: 1. Document QMP-style names for -drive 2. Reference throttling parameter documention in a common place for both -fsdev and -drive. I'll do that. This is QEMU 2.10 material anyway (it has missed the freeze deadline), so there's no time pressure. Stefan
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