From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay3.corp.sgi.com [198.149.34.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id qA2MMmFt192159 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:22:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:24:41 -0500 From: Ben Myers Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkfs: update manpage to match current inode allocation behaviour Message-ID: <20121102222441.GJ9783@sgi.com> References: <1350574957-1044-1-git-send-email-cmaiolino@redhat.com> <5094473B.5000801@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5094473B.5000801@sgi.com> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Mark Tinguely Cc: Carlos Maiolino , xfs@oss.sgi.com On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 05:20:43PM -0500, Mark Tinguely wrote: > On 10/18/12 10:42, Carlos Maiolino wrote: > >Once inode64 is the default allocator, mkfs man page needs to be updated to > >match the current behaviour. > > > >Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino > >--- > > man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 | 7 ++++--- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > >diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 > >index fa52152..c33cfb2 100644 > >--- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 > >+++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 > >@@ -309,16 +309,17 @@ can be allocated to inodes. The default > > is 25% for filesystems under 1TB, 5% for filesystems under 50TB and 1% > > for filesystems over 50TB. > > .IP > >-In the default inode allocation mode, inode blocks are chosen such > >+In the inode32 inode allocation mode, inode blocks are chosen such > > that inode numbers will not exceed 32 bits, which restricts the inode > > blocks to the lower portion of the filesystem. The data block > > allocator will avoid these low blocks to accommodate the specified > > maxpct, so a high value may result in a filesystem with nothing but > > inodes in a significant portion of the lower blocks of the filesystem. > >-(This restriction is not present when the filesystem is mounted with > >+(This restriction is not present in the default inode allocation mode, > >+i.e. when the filesystem is mounted with > > the > > .I "inode64" > >-option on 64-bit platforms). > >+option). > > .IP > > Setting the value to 0 means that essentially all of the filesystem > > can become inode blocks, subject to inode32 restrictions. > > Reviewed-by: Mark Tinguely Oh, wow. That's a good candidate for the userspace release. ;) -Ben _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs