On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 09:44:56AM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote:
> +@item --force-share (-U)
> +
> +If specified, @code{qemu-img} will open the image with shared permissions,
> +which makes it less likely to conflict with a running guest's permissions due
> +to image locking. For example, this can be used to get the image information
> +(with 'info' subcommand) when the image is used by a running guest. Note that
> +this could produce inconsistent result because of concurrent metadata 
> changes,
> +etc.

The documentation isn't clear on whether read-write is supported or just
read-only.

Also, should it be declared a legacy option right away to discourage
use in new software?

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