[PATCH] mkfs: update manpage to match current inode allocation behaviour

Mark Tinguely tinguely at sgi.com
Fri Nov 2 17:20:43 CDT 2012


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<cmaiolino at redhat.com>
> ---
>   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 <tinguely at sgi.com>



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