[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/5] qcow2: Options' documentation fixes

[Leonid Bloch <lbloch@janustech.com>]

Signed-off-by: Leonid Bloch <lbloch@janustech.com>
---
 docs/qcow2-cache.txt | 3 +++
 qemu-options.hx      | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/qcow2-cache.txt b/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
index 8a09a5cc5f..5bf2a8ad29 100644
--- a/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
+++ b/docs/qcow2-cache.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ There are a few things that need to be taken into account:
    memory as possible to the L2 cache before increasing the refcount
    cache size.
 
+ - At most two of "l2-cache-size", "refcount-cache-size", and "cache-size"
+   can be set simultaneously.
+
 Unlike L2 tables, refcount blocks are not used during normal I/O but
 only during allocations and internal snapshots. In most cases they are
 accessed sequentially (even during random guest I/O) so increasing the
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index b1bf0f485f..f6804758d3 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -752,15 +752,18 @@ image file)
 
 @item cache-size
 The maximum total size of the L2 table and refcount block caches in bytes
-(default: 1048576 bytes or 8 clusters, whichever is larger)
+(default: the sum of l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size)
 
 @item l2-cache-size
 The maximum size of the L2 table cache in bytes
-(default: 4/5 of the total cache size)
+(default: if cache-size is not defined - 1048576 bytes or 8 clusters, whichever
+is larger; otherwise, as large as possible or needed within the cache-size,
+while permitting the requested or the minimal refcount cache size)
 
 @item refcount-cache-size
 The maximum size of the refcount block cache in bytes
-(default: 1/5 of the total cache size)
+(default: 4 times the cluster size; or if cache-size is specified, the part of
+it which is not used for the L2 cache)
 
 @item cache-clean-interval
 Clean unused entries in the L2 and refcount caches. The interval is in seconds.
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