From a4722a00441a804fe3e6a6df87bec4a30e26980b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:53:44 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] xfs_metadump.8: update for external log device options Update the documentation to reflect that we can metadump external log device contents. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Chandan Babu R --- man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 | 6 +++++- man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 index 6e7457c04..f60e7b56e 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ xfs_mdrestore \- restores an XFS metadump image to a filesystem image .br .B xfs_mdrestore .B \-i +[ +.B \-l +.I logdev +] .I source .br .B xfs_mdrestore \-V @@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ Shows metadump information on stdout. If no is specified, exits after displaying information. Older metadumps man not include any descriptive information. .TP -.B \-l " logdev" +.BI \-l " logdev" Metadump in v2 format can contain metadata dumped from an external log. In such a scenario, the user has to provide a device to which the log device contents from the metadump file are copied. diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 index 1732012cd..496b59266 100644 --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 @@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ is stdout. .TP .BI \-l " logdev" For filesystems which use an external log, this specifies the device where the -external log resides. The external log is not copied, only internal logs are -copied. +external log resides. +If the v2 metadump format is selected, the contents of the external log will be +copied to the metadump. +The v2 metadump format will be selected automatically if this option is +specified. .TP .B \-m Set the maximum size of an allowed metadata extent. Extremely large metadata -- 2.39.5