From: Artur Paszkiewicz <artur.paszkiewicz@intel.com>
To: jes.sorensen@redhat.com
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] Man page changes for --rwh-policy
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 16:32:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161205153204.7343-8-artur.paszkiewicz@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161205153204.7343-1-artur.paszkiewicz@intel.com>
Describe the usage of the --rwh-policy parameter in Create and Misc
modes.
Signed-off-by: Artur Paszkiewicz <artur.paszkiewicz@intel.com>
---
mdadm.8.in | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index aa80f0c..d4456a1 100644
--- a/mdadm.8.in
+++ b/mdadm.8.in
@@ -1015,6 +1015,26 @@ simultaneously. If not specified, this defaults to 4.
Specify journal device for the RAID-4/5/6 array. The journal device
should be a SSD with reasonable lifetime.
+.TP
+.BR \-\-rwh-policy=
+Specify the RAID Write Hole policy for a RAID-4/5/6 array. Currently supported
+options are
+.BR off ,
+.B journal
+and
+.BR ppl .
+
+The
+.B journal
+policy is implicitly selected when using
+.BR \-\-write-journal .
+
+The
+.B ppl
+policy (Partial Parity Log) is a mechanism that can be used with RAID5 arrays.
+This feature prevents data loss by keeping parity consistent with data even in
+case of drive failure during dirty shutdown. PPL is stored in the metadata
+region of RAID member drives, no additional journal drive is needed.
.SH For assemble:
@@ -1705,6 +1725,14 @@ can be found it
under
.BR "SCRUBBING AND MISMATCHES" .
+.TP
+.BR \-\-rwh-policy=
+Change the RAID Write Hole policy for a RAID-4/5/6 array at runtime. For
+details about the RWH policies, see the description for the same parameter
+under
+.B Create mode
+options.
+
.SH For Incremental Assembly mode:
.TP
.BR \-\-rebuild\-map ", " \-r
--
2.10.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-05 15:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-05 15:31 [PATCH v2 0/7] mdadm support for Partial Parity Log Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] imsm: metadata changes for PPL Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] Generic support for --rwh-policy and PPL Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] imsm: PPL support Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] super1: " Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] imsm: allow to assemble with PPL even if dirty degraded Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] Allow changing the RWH policy for a running array Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-05 21:50 ` Jes Sorensen
2016-12-06 7:43 ` Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-06 14:30 ` Jes Sorensen
2016-12-06 14:50 ` Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-06 15:08 ` Jes Sorensen
2016-12-06 15:30 ` Artur Paszkiewicz
2016-12-06 15:38 ` Jes Sorensen
2016-12-05 15:32 ` Artur Paszkiewicz [this message]
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