btrfs-progs: docs: update balance
- note the faster cancellation - redundancy reduction - system also gets converted with metadata conversion Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ The filters can be used to perform following actions:
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- perform actions only on a given device (filters 'devid', 'drange')
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The filters can be applied to a combination of block group types (data,
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metadata, system). Note that changing 'system' needs the force option.
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metadata, system). Note that changing only the 'system' type needs the force
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option. Otherwise 'system' gets automatically converted whenver 'metadata'
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profile is converted.
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When metadata redundancy is reduced (eg. from RAID1 to single) the force option
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is also required and it is noted in system log.
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NOTE: the balance operation needs enough work space, ie. space that is
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completely unused in the filesystem, otherwise this may lead to ENOSPC reports.
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*cancel* <path>::
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cancels a running or paused balance, the command will block and wait until the
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current blockgroup being processed completes
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+
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Since kernel 5.7 the response time of the cancellation is significantly
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improved, on older kernels it might take a long time until currently
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processed chunk is completely finished.
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*pause* <path>::
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pause running balance operation, this will store the state of the balance
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*resume* <path>::
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resume interrupted balance, the balance status must be stored on the filesystem
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from previous run, eg. after it was forcibly interrupted and mounted again with
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'skip_balance'
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from previous run, eg. after it was paused or forcibly interrupted and mounted
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again with 'skip_balance'
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*start* [options] <path>::
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start the balance operation according to the specified filters, no filters
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