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
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