From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wnls-smtp1.wa.co.za ([41.185.62.206]:59607 "EHLO wnls-smtp1.wa.co.za" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751593Ab2L0W2r (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:28:47 -0500 Message-ID: <50DCCB85.9050309@swiftspirit.co.za> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:28:21 +0200 From: Brendan Hide MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kreijack@inwind.it CC: Goffredo Baroncelli , linux-btrfs Mailing list , Chris Mason Subject: Re: btrfs df confusion References: <50DC3807.9080605@swiftspirit.co.za> <50DC7F80.4060409@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50DC7F80.4060409@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Thanks, duplicate effort averted :) On 2012/12/27 07:04 PM, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote: > On 12/27/2012 12:59 PM, Brendan Hide wrote: >> Hi > Hi, > >> I've made some updates on the wiki and I'd like a technical review for >> correctness. This particular topic is already confusing - some >> unnecessary sarcasm made it even more so: >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_does_df_show_incorrect_free_space_for_my_RAID_volume.3F > I posted some patches in order to address this issue. However these > aren't integrated (yet). At the end I think that I reached a general > consensus about the wording. A general description is here [1]. The > patch related to man page is here [2], which can help about the wording. > > I hope that it will help your work. > > BR > G.Baroncelli > > >> >> Due to the terms "used" and "allocated" in the wiki, viric in #btrfs >> made the good suggestion that we could adjust the show and df output >> with more intuitive language: >> >> Before I git a patch together, please let me know if there are any good >> reasons why we wouldn't want to make such a change. >> >> (13:31:29) viric: zatricky: "devid ... used" are allocated data, while >> "FS bytes used" is the sum of used bytes, isn't it? >> (13:33:28) zatricky: viric: correct >> (13:33:52) viric: zatricky: maybe the devid lines could be changed >> s/used/allocated/ >> (13:34:37) zatricky: viric: that's a good idea - would make it more >> intuitive >> (13:35:29) viric: the same way, 'btrfs fi df' could change >> s/total/allocated >> ^ GMT+2 ;) >> >> Thanks >> > [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/21071 > [2] > http://markmail.org/thread/nol2gcjky4cxndhv#query:+page:1+mid:xqnyqp7slb7rrach+state:results > -- Brendan Hide 083 448 3867 http://swiftspirit.co.za/