Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs-progs: Add device management related paragraph.

From: Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@oracle.com>
To: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs-progs: Add device management related paragraph.
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:16:22 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140411091621.GB26503@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397184233-18535-1-git-send-email-quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com>

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:43:52AM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> Add device management related paragraph to better explain btrfs device
> management.
> 
> Cc: Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
> Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/btrfs-balance.txt |  3 +++
>  Documentation/btrfs-device.txt  | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/btrfs-replace.txt |  4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-balance.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-balance.txt
> index 2289fdf..1b1861c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/btrfs-balance.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-balance.txt
> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
>  'btrfs balance' is used to balance chunks in a btrfs filesystem across
>  multiple or even single device.
>  
> +See `btrfs-device`(8) for more details about the effect on device management.
> +
>  SUBCOMMAND
>  ----------
>  <path>::
> @@ -75,3 +77,4 @@ further details.
>  SEE ALSO
>  --------
>  `mkfs.btrfs`(8),
> +`btrfs-device`(8)
> diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-device.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-device.txt
> index 20d7bcd..474d411 100644
> --- a/Documentation/btrfs-device.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-device.txt
> @@ -14,6 +14,46 @@ DESCRIPTION
>  'btrfs device' is used to control the btrfs devices, since btrfs can be used
>  across several devices, 'btrfs device' is used for multiple device management.
>  
> +DEVICE MANAGEMENT
> +-----------------
> +Btrfs filesystem is capable to manage multiple devices.
> +
> +Btrfs filesystem use different profiles to manage different RAID level, and
> +use balance to rebuild chunks, also devices can be added/removed/replace
> +online.

s/use/uses/g

> +
> +Profile::
> +Btrfs filesystem use data/metadata profiles to manage allocation/duplication
> +mechanism. Profiles like RAID level can be assigned to data and metadata separately.

ditto.

Good update.

-liubo

> ++
> +See `mkfs.btrfs`(8) for more details.
> +
> +RAID level::
> +Btrfs filesystem supports most of the standard RAID level: 0/1/5/6/10.
> +RAID levels can be assigned at mkfs time or online.
> ++
> +See `mkfs.btrfs`(8) for mkfs time RAID level assign and `btrfs-balance`(8) for
> +online RAID level assign.
> +
> +Balance::
> +`btrfs-balance`(8) subcommand can be used to balance or rebuild chunks to the
> +desired profile.
> ++
> +Due to the fact that balance can rebuild/recovery chunks according to its RAID
> +duplication if possible, so when using RAID1/5/6/10 with some devices failed
> +and you just added a new device to btrfs using `btrfs-device`(8), you should
> +run `btrfs-balance`(8) to rebuild the chunks.
> ++
> +See `btrfs-balance`(8) for more details.
> +
> +Device add/remove/replace::
> +Device can be added/removed using `btrfs-replace`(8) subcommand and replaced
> +using `btrfs-replace`(8).
> ++
> +When device is removed or replaced, btrfs will do the chunk rebuild if needed.
> ++
> +See `btrfs-replace`(8) and this man page for more details.
> +
>  SUBCOMMAND
>  ----------
>  'add' [-Kf] <dev> [<dev>...] <path>::
> @@ -73,3 +113,5 @@ further details.
>  SEE ALSO
>  --------
>  `mkfs.btrfs`(8),
> +`btrfs-replace`(8),
> +`btrfs-balance`(8)
> diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-replace.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-replace.txt
> index 8c5dcc4..15a46c2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/btrfs-replace.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-replace.txt
> @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
>  'btrfs replace' is used to replace btrfs managed devices with other device.
>  
> +It is recommended to see `btrfs-device`(8) for more details about btrfs device
> +management.
> +
>  SUBCOMMAND
>  ----------
>  'start' [-Bfr] <srcdev>|<devid> <targetdev> <path>::
> @@ -74,3 +77,4 @@ further details.
>  SEE ALSO
>  --------
>  `mkfs.btrfs`(8),
> +`btrfs-device`(8),
> -- 
> 1.9.2
> 
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