- Btrfs-check does device assembly automatically
Thus no difference when specifying different devices of the same
filesystem
- Btrfs-check automatically choose good metadata
Thus as long as there is any good mirror for metadata, it will not
report error for that repariable metadata.
Signed-off-by: Colin Snover <csnover@users.noreply.github.com>
[ Add an SoB line, remove the scrub recommendation as btrfs-check is
supposed to choose the good mirror ]
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
The inode_cache functionality is long gone and the 'rescue' group
provides the clearning functionality, no point keeping it in check.
Move the --clear-space-cache option to the deprecaeted section so it can
be removed soon.
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Since we're already directing the end user to use "btrfs rescue
clear-ino-cache" command, there is not much need to support it in
btrfs-check.
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Lowmem mode has improved quite a lot since its introduction, for
read-only check it's definitely fine.
For repair mode, both lowmem and original mode are considered dangerous
especially for complex corruptions with unknown cause.
For now lowmem mode is only bad at fixing fundamentally corrupted cases,
like bad shift offsets or transid, which in real world it's not an easy
repair for the original mode either.
This patch would move the --mode option out of the dangerous section and
update the notes for the lowmem mode on its limitation.
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
The option "--clear-space-cache" is not really that suitable for "btrfs
check" group, as there are some concerns:
- Allowing transid mismatch
- No leaf item checks
Thoe behaviour are inherited from the default open ctree flags for
"btrfs check", which can be unsafe if the end user just wants to clear
the cache.
- Unclear if the cache clearing would happen along with repair
Thankfully the clearing of space cache is done without any repair
Thus there is a proposal to move space cache removal to rescue group,
and this patch would do that exactly.
However this would lead to some behavior changes:
- Transid mismatch would be treated as error
- Leaf items size/offset would still be checked
If we hit any above error, we should just abort without doing any
write.
These change would increase the safety of the space cache removal, thus
I believe it's worthy to introduce such behavior change.
Since we're here, also add a small explanation on why we need this
dedicated tool to clear space cache (especially for v1 cache).
Issue: #698
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
The option "--clear-ino-cache" is not really that suitable for "btrfs
check" group.
Let's move it to "btrfs rescue" group to fix those small hiccups, just
like the existing "btrfs rescue fix-device-size" command.
For now, "btrfs check --clear-ino-cache" would still work, with one
extra warning referring to "btrfs rescue clear-ino-cache".
This is mostly to reduce the surprise, and keep script users (I doubt if
there is any though) happy for now.
In the next or two releases, we would fully remove the support in "btrfs
check" group.
Another small change is, in the documents, we refer to the feature as
"inode map", which doesn't match with the mount option documents.
Since we're here, unify them to "inode cache" feature.
Issue: #669
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
- use :file: and :command:
- simplify manual page references
- add more web links
- typo fixes
- more cross-references
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
- "Wipe" in storage terms is often understood as some kind of secure
deletion. Use "remove" instead in order to indicate that the space
cache is fully removed (and not just cleared and then e.g.
automatically rebuild).
- The --clear-space-cache option for btrfs check actually clears the
whole space cache, just as documented. Thus move any documentation
about the clear_cache mount option not doing so for v1 to that.
Instead, refer to the mount option.
- Also note that when clear_cache is used with v1, the free space cache
for block groups that are modified gets always cleared, but rebuilt
only if nospace_cache is not used.
Pull-request: #571
Signed-off-by: Christoph Anton Mitterer <mail@christoph.anton.mitterer.name>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
The combination of --force and --repair was mistakenly documented as not
working on a mounted filesystem. Update help text, documentation and the
warning itself.
Issue: #503
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
The wiki has been archived so remove the links from manual page
footers. Also replace the wiki link by RTD site in configure and
libbtrfsutil.
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
RST format provides cross reference function that users can navigate
manual pages click. This patch is written by macro that replaces old
references to doc role in RST format.
Issue: #495
Signed-off-by: Sidong Yang <realwakka@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Colin Snover
David Sterba
Qu Wenruo
Christoph Anton Mitterer
Sidong Yang