From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@oracle.com>
Cc: cem@kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/24] xfs_metadump.8: Add description for the newly introduced -v option
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 10:40:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230523174053.GU11620@frogsfrogsfrogs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230523090050.373545-16-chandan.babu@oracle.com>
On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 02:30:41PM +0530, Chandan Babu R wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@oracle.com>
This should be in the previous patch.
> ---
> man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
> index c0e79d779..23695c768 100644
> --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
> +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
> @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ xfs_metadump \- copy XFS filesystem metadata to a file
> ] [
> .B \-l
> .I logdev
> +] [
> +.B \-v
> +.I version
> ]
> .I source
> .I target
> @@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ metadata such as filenames is not considered sensitive. If obfuscation
> is required on a metadump with a dirty log, please inform the recipient
> of the metadump image about this situation.
> .PP
> +The contents of an external log device can be dumped only when using the v2
> +format. Metadump in v2 format can be generated by passing the "-v 2" option.
Please start each sentence on a separate line.
This also should mention that metadump will pick v2 if there's no
explicit -v option and the fs has an external log.
--D
> +.PP
> .B xfs_metadump
> should not be used for any purposes other than for debugging and reporting
> filesystem problems. The most common usage scenario for this tool is when
> @@ -134,6 +140,10 @@ this value. The default size is 2097151 blocks.
> .B \-o
> Disables obfuscation of file names and extended attributes.
> .TP
> +.B \-v
> +The format of the metadump file to be produced. Valid values are 1 and 2. The
> +default metadump format is 1.
> +.TP
> .B \-w
> Prints warnings of inconsistent metadata encountered to stderr. Bad metadata
> is still copied.
> --
> 2.39.1
>
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Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-23 9:00 [PATCH 00/24] Metadump v2 Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 01/24] metadump: Use boolean values true/false instead of 1/0 Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:31 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 02/24] mdrestore: Fix logic used to check if target device is large enough Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:32 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 03/24] metadump: Define and use struct metadump Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:35 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-24 4:50 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 04/24] metadump: Add initialization and release functions Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:36 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-24 5:03 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 05/24] set_cur: Add support to read from external log device Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 8:27 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-05 9:19 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-05 19:22 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-06-06 4:47 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 06/24] metadump: Dump external log device contents Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:02 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-26 6:54 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 07/24] metadump: Postpone invocation of init_metadump() Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:13 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 8:45 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 08/24] metadump: Introduce struct metadump_ops Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:15 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 8:48 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 09/24] metadump: Introduce metadump v1 operations Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:25 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 14:19 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 14:34 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 10/24] metadump: Rename XFS_MD_MAGIC to XFS_MD_MAGIC_V1 Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:27 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 11/24] metadump: Define metadump v2 ondisk format structures and macros Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:34 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 9:26 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 14:46 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 12/24] metadump: Define metadump ops for v2 format Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:37 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 13/24] metadump: Add support for passing version option Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:41 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 14/24] xfs_metadump.sh: " Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:39 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 9:31 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 15/24] xfs_metadump.8: Add description for the newly introduced -v option Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:40 ` Darrick J. Wong [this message]
2023-05-25 10:04 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 14:58 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 16/24] mdrestore: Define and use struct mdrestore Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:42 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-26 8:38 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 17/24] mdrestore: Add open_device(), read_header() and show_info() functions Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:44 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:11 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 18/24] mdrestore: Introduce struct mdrestore_ops Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:44 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:34 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 19/24] mdrestore: Introduce mdrestore v1 operations Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:39 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 20/24] mdrestore: Detect metadump version from metadump image Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:11 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 21/24] mdrestore: Extract target device size verification into a function Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:07 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 12:02 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 22/24] mdrestore: Define mdrestore ops for v2 format Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:06 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 12:10 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 15:01 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 23/24] mdrestore: Add support for passing log device as an argument Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:09 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 13:43 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 15:02 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-06-05 6:19 ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 9:00 ` [PATCH 24/24] xfs_mdrestore.8: Add description for the newly introduced -l option Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:10 ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 13:45 ` Chandan Babu R
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