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From: Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@oracle.com>
To: cem@kernel.org
Cc: Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@oracle.com>, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 15/24] xfs_metadump.8: Add description for the newly introduced -v option
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 14:30:41 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230523090050.373545-16-chandan.babu@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230523090050.373545-1-chandan.babu@oracle.com>

Signed-off-by: Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@oracle.com>
---
 man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
index c0e79d779..23695c768 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ xfs_metadump \- copy XFS filesystem metadata to a file
 ] [
 .B \-l
 .I logdev
+] [
+.B \-v
+.I version
 ]
 .I source
 .I target
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ metadata such as filenames is not considered sensitive.  If obfuscation
 is required on a metadump with a dirty log, please inform the recipient
 of the metadump image about this situation.
 .PP
+The contents of an external log device can be dumped only when using the v2
+format. Metadump in v2 format can be generated by passing the "-v 2" option.
+.PP
 .B xfs_metadump
 should not be used for any purposes other than for debugging and reporting
 filesystem problems. The most common usage scenario for this tool is when
@@ -134,6 +140,10 @@ this value.  The default size is 2097151 blocks.
 .B \-o
 Disables obfuscation of file names and extended attributes.
 .TP
+.B \-v
+The format of the metadump file to be produced. Valid values are 1 and 2. The
+default metadump format is 1.
+.TP
 .B \-w
 Prints warnings of inconsistent metadata encountered to stderr. Bad metadata
 is still copied.
-- 
2.39.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-05-23  9:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-23  9:00 [PATCH 00/24] Metadump v2 Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 01/24] metadump: Use boolean values true/false instead of 1/0 Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:31   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 02/24] mdrestore: Fix logic used to check if target device is large enough Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:32   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 03/24] metadump: Define and use struct metadump Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:35   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-24  4:50     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 04/24] metadump: Add initialization and release functions Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:36   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-24  5:03     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 05/24] set_cur: Add support to read from external log device Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 16:48   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25  8:27     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-05  9:19     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-05 19:22       ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-06-06  4:47         ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 06/24] metadump: Dump external log device contents Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:02   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-26  6:54     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 07/24] metadump: Postpone invocation of init_metadump() Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:13   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25  8:45     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 08/24] metadump: Introduce struct metadump_ops Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:15   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25  8:48     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 09/24] metadump: Introduce metadump v1 operations Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:25   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 14:19     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 14:34       ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 10/24] metadump: Rename XFS_MD_MAGIC to XFS_MD_MAGIC_V1 Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:27   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 11/24] metadump: Define metadump v2 ondisk format structures and macros Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:34   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25  9:26     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 14:46       ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 12/24] metadump: Define metadump ops for v2 format Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:37   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 13/24] metadump: Add support for passing version option Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:41   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 14/24] xfs_metadump.sh: " Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:39   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25  9:31     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` Chandan Babu R [this message]
2023-05-23 17:40   ` [PATCH 15/24] xfs_metadump.8: Add description for the newly introduced -v option Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:04     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 14:58       ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 16/24] mdrestore: Define and use struct mdrestore Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:42   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-26  8:38     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 17/24] mdrestore: Add open_device(), read_header() and show_info() functions Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:44   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:11     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 18/24] mdrestore: Introduce struct mdrestore_ops Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:44   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:34     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 19/24] mdrestore: Introduce mdrestore v1 operations Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 17:48   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 10:39     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 20/24] mdrestore: Detect metadump version from metadump image Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:11   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 21/24] mdrestore: Extract target device size verification into a function Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:07   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 12:02     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 22/24] mdrestore: Define mdrestore ops for v2 format Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:06   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 12:10     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 15:01       ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 23/24] mdrestore: Add support for passing log device as an argument Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:09   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 13:43     ` Chandan Babu R
2023-06-02 15:02       ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-06-05  6:19         ` Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23  9:00 ` [PATCH 24/24] xfs_mdrestore.8: Add description for the newly introduced -l option Chandan Babu R
2023-05-23 18:10   ` Darrick J. Wong
2023-05-25 13:45     ` Chandan Babu R

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