From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id q9IMb7IT217655 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:37:07 -0500 Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [63.231.237.45]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id EDr9O7hXa0wCPgKQ for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:38:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <508084F5.5020602@sandeen.net> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:38:45 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkfs: update manpage to match current inode allocation behaviour References: <1350574957-1044-1-git-send-email-cmaiolino@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1350574957-1044-1-git-send-email-cmaiolino@redhat.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: Carlos Maiolino Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com On 10/18/12 10:42 AM, 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). This is a little confusing - the "default" mode when "mounted with the -o inode64 option?" If you mount with -o anything that's not quite default - or at best restating defaults. How about: (This restriction is not present in the default inode allocation mode, i.e. when the filesystem is mounted without the .I "inode32" option). -Eric > .IP > Setting the value to 0 means that essentially all of the filesystem > can become inode blocks, subject to inode32 restrictions. > _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs