[libvirt PATCH] manpages/virsh: Clarify the meaning of the '--current' flag
Peter Krempa
pkrempa at redhat.com
Thu Jul 16 16:34:21 UTC 2020
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 17:45:21 +0200, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> Currently the documentation says:
>
> "If *--current* is specified, affect the current guest state."
>
> It's not entirely clear what states can "current" imply. E.g. `virsh
> detach-device --current [...]` — does this affect the live guest state
> or offline state?
>
> Answer: It affects the "current" state, which can either be live or
> offline.
>
> Spell that out; it's clearer that way. Fix all occurrences (i.e. as
> many as I could spot) of this.
>
> (Thanks: Dan Berrangé on IRC for clarifying.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart at redhat.com>
> ---
> For 'iothreadset', the documentation says:
>
> "If *--current* is specified or *--live* is not specified, then
> handle as if *--live* was specified."
>
> Does the above make sense? I don't know the implementation detail here.
> So I just added a parenthetical note on what the word "current" means.
> ---
> docs/manpages/virsh.rst | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
> index 1a2cf09fb7..3c8d0434ab 100644
> --- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
> +++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
> @@ -1090,7 +1090,8 @@ reset the value back to the default.
>
> If *--live* is specified, affect a running guest.
> If *--config* is specified, affect the next boot of a persistent guest.
After explaining both --live and --config ...
> -If *--current* is specified, affect the current guest state.
> +If *--current* is specified, affect the current guest state, which can
> +either be live or offline.
I don't think that --current requires any explanation in that context.
If anything "next boot of a persistent guest" is IMO less clear as it
in fact relates to the hypervisor state (starting the VM) rather than
the guest OS state.
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