linux-ext4 - [PATCH 4/4] tune2fs.8: document the stable

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Message-Id: <20200401203239.163679-5-ebiggers@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed,  1 Apr 2020 13:32:39 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] tune2fs.8: document the stable_inodes feature

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 misc/tune2fs.8.in | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
index 3cf1f5ed..582d1da5 100644
--- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ Limit the number of backup superblocks to save space on large filesystems.
 .B Tune2fs
 currently only supports setting this filesystem feature.
 .TP
+.B stable_inodes
+Prevent the filesystem from being shrunk or having its UUID changed, in order to
+allow the use of specialized encryption settings that make use of the inode
+numbers and UUID.
+.B Tune2fs
+currently only supports setting this filesystem feature.
+.TP
 .B uninit_bg
 Allow the kernel to initialize bitmaps and inode tables lazily, and to
 keep a high watermark for the unused inodes in a filesystem, to reduce
-- 
2.26.0.rc2.310.g2932bb562d-goog