btrfs-progs: docs: update Gloassary
Bring up to date, reformat, remove some wiki references. Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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balance
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An operation that can be done to a btrfs filesystem, for example
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through <code>btrfs fi balance /path</code> (see *btrfs-progs*). A
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through ``btrfs fi balance /path``. A
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balance passes all data in the filesystem through the *allocator*
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again. It is primarily intended to rebalance the data in the filesystem
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across the *devices* when a device is added or removed. A balance
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*superblocks*, all of btrfs *metadata* is stored in one of several
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B-trees on disk. B-trees store key/item pairs. While the same code is
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used to implement all of the B-trees, there are a few different
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categories of B-tree. For reference, see [[Btrees]]. The name "btrfs"
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categories of B-tree. The name *btrfs*
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refers to its use of B-trees.
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btrfsck
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Tool in *btrfs-progs* that checks a filesystem *offline* (ie.
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unmounted), and reports on any errors in the filesystem structures it
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finds. Does not ([[FAQ#When_will_Btrfs_have_a_fsck_like_tool.3F|yet]])
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fix errors by default. Recently it got support to fix certain types of
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corruption. See also *scrub*.
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finds. By default the tool runs in read-only mode as fixing errors is
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potentially dangerous. See also *scrub*.
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btrfs-progs
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User mode tools to manage btrfs-specific features. Maintained at
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[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-progs.git;a=summary|btrfs-progs
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gitweb]. The main frontend to btrfs features is the
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<code>[[Manpage/btrfs|btrfs]]</code> program, although other tools such
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as *mkfs.btrfs* and *btrfsck* are also part of btrfs-progs.
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http://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git . The main frontend to btrfs
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features is the standalone tool *btrfs*, although
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other tools such as *mkfs.btrfs* and *btrfstune* are also part of
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btrfs-progs.
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chunk
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A part of a *block group*. Chunks are either 1 GiB in size (for data)
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chunk tree
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A layer that keeps information about mapping between physical and
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logical block addresses. It's stored within the *System* group.
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logical block addresses. It's stored within the *system* group.
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cleaner
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Usually referred to in context of deleted subvolumes. It's a background
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way. In COW filesystems, files tend to fragment as they are modified.
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Copy-on-write is also used in the implementation of *snapshots* and
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*reflink copies*. A copy-on-write filesystem is, in theory,
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*'always*' consistent, provided the underlying hardware supports
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'always' consistent, provided the underlying hardware supports
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*barriers*.
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COW
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default subvolume
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The *subvolume* in a btrfs filesystem which is mounted when mounting
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the filesystem without using the <code>subvol=</code> [[Mount
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options|mount option]].
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the filesystem without using the ``subvol=`` mount option.
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device
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A Linux block device, e.g. a whole disk, partition, LVM logical volume,
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df
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A standard Unix tool for reporting the amount of space used and free in
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a filesystem. The standard tool does not give accurate results, but the
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<code>[[Manpage/btrfs|btrfs]]</code> command from *btrfs-progs* has
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an implementation of df which shows space available in more detail. See
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*btrfs* command from *btrfs-progs* has
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an implementation of *df* which shows space available in more detail. See
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the
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[[FAQ#Why_does_df_show_incorrect_free_space_for_my_RAID_volume.3F|FAQ]]
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for a more detailed explanation of btrfs free space accounting.
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A form of "*RAID*" which stores two copies of each piece of data on
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the same *device*. This is similar to *RAID-1*, and protects
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against *block*-level errors on the device, but does not provide any
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guarantees if the entire device fails. By default, btrfs uses *'DUP*'
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guarantees if the entire device fails. By default, btrfs uses *DUP*
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profile for metadata on filesystems with one rotational device,
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*'single*' profile on filesystems with one non-rotational device, and
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*'RAID1*' profile on filesystems with more than one device.
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*single* profile on filesystems with one non-rotational device, and
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*RAID1* profile on filesystems with more than one device.
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ENOSPC
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Error code returned by the OS to a user program when the filesystem
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*COW* behaviour, btrfs can sometimes return ENOSPC when there is
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apparently (in terms of *df*) a large amount of space free. This is
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effectively a bug in btrfs, and (if it is repeatable), using the mount
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option <code>[[Mount options|enospc_debug]]</code> may give a report
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option ``enospc_debug`` may give a report
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that will help the btrfs developers. See the
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[[FAQ#if_your_device_is_large_.28.3E16GiB.29|FAQ entry]] on free space.
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A tool to show the number of extents in a file, and hence the amount of
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fragmentation in the file. It is usually part of the e2fsprogs package
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on most Linux distributions. While initially developed for the ext2
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filesystem, it works on Btrfs as well (but
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[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ocfs2.devel/8894/focus=8902
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not really with compressed files]). It uses the *FIEMAP* ioctl.
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filesystem, it works on Btrfs as well. It uses the *FIEMAP* ioctl.
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free space cache
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Btrfs doesn't track free space, it only tracks allocated space. Free
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space is by definition any holes in the allocated space, but finding
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these holes is actually fairly I/O intensive. The free space cache
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stores a compressed representation of what is free. It is updated on
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stores a condensed representation of what is free. It is updated on
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every *transaction* commit.
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fsync
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On Unix and Unix-like operating systems (of which Linux is the latter),
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the <code>fsync()</code> system call causes all buffered file
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the ``lfsync()`` system call causes all buffered file
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descriptor related data changes to be flushed to the underlying block
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device. When a file is modified on a modern operating system the
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changes are generally not written to the disk immediately but rather
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those changes are buffered in memory for reasons of performance,
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calling <code>fsync()</code> causes any in-memory changes to be written
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calling ``fsync()`` causes any in-memory changes to be written
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to disk.
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generation
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generation is stored in the block, so that blocks which are too new
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(and hence possibly inconsistent) can be identified.
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genid
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See *generation*.
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Key
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key
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A fixed sized tuple used to identify and sort items in a *B-tree*.
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The key is broken up into 3 parts: *'objectid*', *'type*', and
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*'offset*'. The *'type*' field indicates how each of the other two
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fields should be used, and what to expect to find in the item. For
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reference, see [[Btree Keys]].
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The key is broken up into 3 parts: *objectid*, *type*, and
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*offset*. The *type* field indicates how each of the other two
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fields should be used, and what to expect to find in the item.
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Item
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item
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A variable sized structure stored in B-tree leaves. Items hold
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different types of data depending on key type. For reference, see
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[[Btree Items]].
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different types of data depending on key type.
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log tree
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A b-tree that temporarily tracks ongoing metadata updates until a full
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transaction commit is done. It's a performance optimization of
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``fsync``. The log tracked in the tree are replayed if the filesystem
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is not unmounted cleanly.
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metadata
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Data about data. In btrfs, this includes all of the internal data
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*extents*. All btrfs metadata is stored in *B-trees*.
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mkfs.btrfs
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The tool (from *btrfs-progs*) to create a btrfs filesystem, see
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[[mkfs.btrfs]].
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The tool (from *btrfs-progs*) to create a btrfs filesystem.
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offline
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A filesystem which is not mounted is offline. Some tools (e.g.
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work on online filesystems. Compare *offline*.
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orphan
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(file)
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A file that's still in use (opened by a running process) but all
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directory entries of that file have been removed.
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RAID
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A class of different methods for writing some additional redundant data
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*RAID-1*, *RAID-5*, *RAID-6*, *RAID-10*, *DUP* and
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*single*. Traditional RAID methods operate across multiple devices of
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equal size, whereas btrfs's RAID implementation works inside *block
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groups*. See the [[SysadminGuide#Data_usage_and_allocation|Sysadmin's
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Guide]] for the details.
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groups*.
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RAID-0
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A form of *RAID* which provides no form of error recovery, but
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RAID-5
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A form of *RAID* which stripes a single copy of data across multiple
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*devices*, including one device's worth of additional parity data.
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Can be used to recover from a single device failure. Not yet
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implemented in btrfs.
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Can be used to recover from a single device failure.
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RAID-6
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A form of *RAID* which stripes a single copy of data across multiple
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*devices*, including two device's worth of additional parity data. Can
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be used to recover from the failure of two devices. Not yet implemented
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in btrfs.
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be used to recover from the failure of two devices.
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RAID-10
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A form of *RAID* which stores two complete copies of each piece of
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performance.
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reflink
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Parameter to <code>cp</code>, allowing it to take advantage of the
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Parameter to ``cp``, allowing it to take advantage of the
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capabilities of *COW*-capable filesystems. Allows for files to be
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copied and modified, with only the modifications taking up additional
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storage space. May be considered as *snapshots* on a single file rather
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than a *subvolume*. Example: <code>cp --reflink file1 file2</code>
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than a *subvolume*. Example: ``cp --reflink file1 file2``
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relocation
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The process of moving block groups within the filesystem while
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maintaining full filesystem integrity and consistency. This
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functionality is underlying *balance* and *device* removing features.
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restriper
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A development name for the rewritten *balance* code implemented in the
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v3.3 kernel. Allows to change RAID profiles of the filesystem,
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*online*.
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scrub
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An *online* filesystem checking tool. Reads all the data and metadata
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on the filesystem, and uses *checksums* and the duplicate copies from
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devices are persistent across reboots. The original device remains
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unchanged and can be removed at any time (after Btrfs has been
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instructed to copy over all missing blocks). Multiple read/write file
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systems can be built from the same seed. See [[Seed-device]] for an
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example.
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systems can be built from the same seed.
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single
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A "*RAID*" level in btrfs, storing a single copy of each piece of data.
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filesystem at any one time.
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transid
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An alternative term for *genid*. See *generation*.
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An alternative term for *generation*.
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writeback
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*Writeback* in the context of the Linux kernel can be defined as the
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