Re: REVIEW: Enhance xfs_repair -P option to disable libxfs xfs_buf_t locking

["Barry Naujok" <bnaujok@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 May 2008 10:52:23 +1000, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Barry Naujok wrote:
> > I hope the subject is explanation enough :)
>
> not really ;)
>
> Hum, if I normally lock why do I not want to lock?  Locking good?
> Locking bad?  Locking too slow?  locking for what?  Incoherency ok?  Man
> page updates? :)

Ok, man page update:

--- a/xfsprogs/man/man8/xfs_repair.8    2008-05-30 11:11:41.000000000 +1000
+++ b/xfsprogs/man/man8/xfs_repair.8    2008-05-30 11:10:24.075877526 +1000
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@
 should not modify the filesystem but should only scan the
 filesystem and indicate what repairs would have been made.
 .TP
+.B \-P
+Disable prefetching of inode and directory blocks. Use this option if
+you find
+.B xfs_repair
+gets stuck and stops proceeding. Interrupting a stuck
+.B xfs_repair
+is safe.
+.TP
 .BI \-m " maxmem"
 Specifies the approximate maximum amount of memory, in megabytes, to use  
for
 .BR xfs_repair .
@@ -146,9 +154,6 @@
 outputs its progress every 15 minutes. Reporting is only activated when
 ag_stride is enabled.
 .TP
-.B \-P
-Disable prefetching of inode and directory blocks.
-.TP
 .B \-v
 Verbose output.
 .TP