From: Marc-André Lureau Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 09:54:38 +0000 (+0200) Subject: qga: improve fsfreeze documentations X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1dbfbc17fe783e34644daf4abbb8f4e17344abcd;p=qemu.git qga: improve fsfreeze documentations Some users find the fsfreeze behaviour confusing. Add some notes about invalid mount points and Windows usage. Related to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436976 Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau Reviewed-by: Vinzenz Feenstra Signed-off-by: Michael Roth --- diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json index 6307ae20fe..0f4cba5dc3 100644 --- a/qga/qapi-schema.json +++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json @@ -426,7 +426,13 @@ ## # @guest-fsfreeze-freeze: # -# Sync and freeze all freezable, local guest filesystems +# Sync and freeze all freezable, local guest filesystems. If this +# command succeeded, you may call @guest-fsfreeze-thaw later to +# unfreeze. +# +# Note: On Windows, the command is implemented with the help of a +# Volume Shadow-copy Service DLL helper. The frozen state is limited +# for up to 10 seconds by VSS. # # Returns: Number of file systems currently frozen. On error, all filesystems # will be thawed. @@ -439,10 +445,12 @@ ## # @guest-fsfreeze-freeze-list: # -# Sync and freeze specified guest filesystems +# Sync and freeze specified guest filesystems. +# See also @guest-fsfreeze-freeze. # # @mountpoints: an array of mountpoints of filesystems to be frozen. # If omitted, every mounted filesystem is frozen. +# Invalid mount points are ignored. # # Returns: Number of file systems currently frozen. On error, all filesystems # will be thawed.