[PATCH 2/2] mkfs: add "-m" options to the man page

[Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>]

From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>

Because they are missing.

Reported-by: Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@citd.de>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
---
 man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
index 8184e10..4ba07bf 100644
--- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ mkfs.xfs \- construct an XFS filesystem
 .B \-b
 .I block_size
 ] [
+.B \-m
+.I global_metadata_options
+] [
 .B \-d
 .I data_section_options
 ] [
@@ -125,6 +128,50 @@ The default value is 4096 bytes (4 KiB), the minimum is 512, and the
 maximum is 65536 (64 KiB).
 XFS on Linux currently only supports pagesize or smaller blocks.
 .TP
+.BI \-m " global_metadata_options"
+These options specify metadata format options that either apply to the entire
+filesystem or aren't easily characterised by a specific functionality group. The
+valid
+.I global_metadata_options
+are:
+.RS 1.2i
+.TP
+.BI crc= value
+This is used to create a filesystem which maintains and checks CRC information
+in all metadata objects on disk. The value is either 0 to disable the feature,
+or 1 to enable the use of CRCs.
+.IP
+CRCs enable enhanced error detection due to
+hardware issues, whilst the format changes also improves crash recovery
+algorithms and  the ability of various tools to validate and repair metadata
+corruptions when they are found.
+The CRC algorithm used is CRC32c, so the overhead is dependent on CPU
+architecture as some CPUs have hardware acceleration of this algorithm.
+Typically the overhead of calculating and checking the CRCs is not noticable in
+normal operation.
+.IP
+By default,
+.B mkfs.xfs
+will not enable metadata CRCs.
+.TP
+.BI finobt= value
+This option enables the use of a separate free inode btree index in each
+allocation group. The value is either 0 to disable the feature, or 1 to create
+a free inode btree in each allocation group.
+.IP
+The free inode btree mirrors the existing allocated inode btree index which
+indexes both used and free inodes. The free inode btree does not index used
+inodes, allowing faster, more consistent inode allocation performance as
+filesystems age.
+.IP
+By default,
+.B mkfs.xfs
+will not create free inode btrees. This feature is also currently only available
+for filesystems created with the
+.B \-m crc=1
+option set.
+.RE
+.TP
 .BI \-d " data_section_options"
 These options specify the location, size, and other parameters of the
 data section of the filesystem. The valid
-- 
2.0.0

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