Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: point man pages for some f2fs utils

[Jaegeuk Kim]

On 09/26, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2020-9-26 7:26, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > On 09/25, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > This patch adds some missing contexts related to f2fs-tools in f2fs
> > > documentation.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> > > index 0f37c7443d5c5..2b3aef2f5fa1f 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> > > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> > > @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ mkfs.f2fs
> > >  The mkfs.f2fs is for the use of formatting a partition as the f2fs filesystem,
> > >  which builds a basic on-disk layout.
> > > 
> > > -The options consist of:
> > > +The quick options consist of:
> > > 
> > >  ===============    ===========================================================
> > >  ``-l [label]``     Give a volume label, up to 512 unicode name.
> > > @@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ The options consist of:
> > >                     1 is set by default, which conducts discard.
> > >  ===============    ===========================================================
> > > 
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of mkfs.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > >  fsck.f2fs
> > >  ---------
> > >  The fsck.f2fs is a tool to check the consistency of an f2fs-formatted
> > > @@ -344,10 +346,12 @@ partition, which examines whether the filesystem metadata and user-made data
> > >  are cross-referenced correctly or not.
> > >  Note that, initial version of the tool does not fix any inconsistency.
> > > 
> > > -The options consist of::
> > > +The quick options consist of::
> > > 
> > >    -d debug level [default:0]
> > > 
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of fsck.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > >  dump.f2fs
> > >  ---------
> > >  The dump.f2fs shows the information of specific inode and dumps SSA and SIT to
> > > @@ -371,6 +375,44 @@ Examples::
> > >      # dump.f2fs -s 0~-1 /dev/sdx (SIT dump)
> > >      # dump.f2fs -a 0~-1 /dev/sdx (SSA dump)
> > > 
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of dump.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > > +sload.f2fs
> > > +----------
> > > +The sload.f2fs gives a way to insert files and directories in the exisiting disk
> > > +image. This tool is useful when building f2fs images given compiled files.
> > > +
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of sload.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > > +resize.f2fs
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> > > +-----------
> > > +The resize.f2fs can be used when user want to resize the f2fs-formatted disk
> > > +image, while keeping the stored files and directories.
> > > +
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of resize.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > > +resize.f2fs
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> > > +-----------
> > > +The resize.f2fs let user resize the f2fs-formatted disk image, while preserving
> > > +all the files and directories stored in the image.
> 
> Can merge with above section?
> 
> I noticed that 	("f2fs: Documentation edits/fixes") from Randy Dunlap has
> fixed this, but I think we'd better revise this in-development patch as much
> as possible before upstreaming it.

I can't, as it's now rc6.

> 
> Otherwise, it looks good to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>

My bad to miss posting the patch. It's too late.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > > +
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of resize.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > > +defrag.f2fs
> > > +-----------
> > > +The defrag.f2fs can be used to defragmente scattered writtend data as well as
> > > +filesystem metadata across the disk. This can improve the write speed by giving
> > > +more free consecutive space.
> > > +
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of defrag.f2fs(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > > +f2fs_io
> > > +-------
> > > +The f2fs_io is a simple tool to issue various filesystem APIs as well as
> > > +f2fs-specific ones, which is very useful for QA tests.
> > > +
> > > +Note that, please refer manpage of f2fs_io(8) to get full option list.
> > > +
> > >  Design
> > >  ======
> > > 
> > > --
> > > 2.28.0.681.g6f77f65b4e-goog
> > 
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