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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-nbd.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst index e39a9f4b1a..56e54cd441 100644 --- a/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst @@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ driver options if ``--image-opts`` is specified. .. option:: --cache=CACHE - The cache mode to be used with the file. See the documentation of - the emulator's ``-drive cache=...`` option for allowed values. + The cache mode to be used with the file. Valid values are: + ``none``, ``writeback`` (the default), ``writethrough``, + ``directsync`` and ``unsafe``. See the documentation of + the emulator's ``-drive cache=...`` option for more info. .. option:: -n, --nocache diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c index 65ebec598f..9d895ba24b 100644 --- a/qemu-nbd.c +++ b/qemu-nbd.c @@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ static void usage(const char *name) " 'snapshot.id=[ID],snapshot.name=[NAME]', or\n" " '[ID_OR_NAME]'\n" " -n, --nocache disable host cache\n" -" --cache=MODE set cache mode (none, writeback, ...)\n" +" --cache=MODE set cache mode used to access the disk image, the\n" +" valid options are: 'none', 'writeback' (default),\n" +" 'writethrough', 'directsync' and 'unsafe'\n" " --aio=MODE set AIO mode (native, io_uring or threads)\n" " --discard=MODE set discard mode (ignore, unmap)\n" " --detect-zeroes=MODE set detect-zeroes mode (off, on, unmap)\n" @@ -552,7 +554,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) bool alloc_depth = false; const char *tlscredsid = NULL; bool imageOpts = false; - bool writethrough = true; + bool writethrough = false; /* Client will flush as needed. */ bool fork_process = false; bool list = false; int old_stderr = -1; |