Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request' into staging

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* remotes/stefanha/tags/block-pull-request:
  MAINTAINERS: update my email address
  MAINTAINERS: update Wen's email address
  migration/block: use blk_pwrite_zeroes for each zero cluster
  throttle: make throttle_config(throttle_get_config()) symmetric
  throttle: do not use invalid config in test
  qemu-options: explain disk I/O throttling options

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 99af8edf5f..9171bd5eec 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -635,6 +635,30 @@ file sectors into the image file.
 conversion of plain zero writes by the OS to driver specific optimized
 zero write commands. You may even choose "unmap" if @var{discard} is set
 to "unmap" to allow a zero write to be converted to an UNMAP operation.
+@item bps=@var{b},bps_rd=@var{r},bps_wr=@var{w}
+Specify bandwidth throttling limits in bytes per second, either for all request
+types or for reads or writes only.  Small values can lead to timeouts or hangs
+inside the guest.  A safe minimum for disks is 2 MB/s.
+@item bps_max=@var{bm},bps_rd_max=@var{rm},bps_wr_max=@var{wm}
+Specify bursts in bytes per second, either for all request types or for reads
+or writes only.  Bursts allow the guest I/O to spike above the limit
+temporarily.
+@item iops=@var{i},iops_rd=@var{r},iops_wr=@var{w}
+Specify request rate limits in requests per second, either for all request
+types or for reads or writes only.
+@item iops_max=@var{bm},iops_rd_max=@var{rm},iops_wr_max=@var{wm}
+Specify bursts in requests per second, either for all request types or for reads
+or writes only.  Bursts allow the guest I/O to spike above the limit
+temporarily.
+@item iops_size=@var{is}
+Let every @var{is} bytes of a request count as a new request for iops
+throttling purposes.  Use this option to prevent guests from circumventing iops
+limits by sending fewer but larger requests.
+@item group=@var{g}
+Join a throttling quota group with given name @var{g}.  All drives that are
+members of the same group are accounted for together.  Use this option to
+prevent guests from circumventing throttling limits by using many small disks
+instead of a single larger disk.
 @end table
 
 By default, the @option{cache=writeback} mode is used. It will report data