[PATCH] mkfs: update manpage to match current inode allocation behaviour
Carlos Maiolino
cmaiolino at redhat.com
Thu Oct 18 10:42:37 CDT 2012
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.
--
1.7.11.7
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