Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:34:54 +0300
From:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
CC:	trivial@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bhalevy@...asas.com,
	open-osd mailing-list <osd-dev@...n-osd.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trivial: some small fixes in exofs documentation

On 07/27/2009 07:26 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> Add exofs.txt to filesystems Documentation index and fix some typos,
> identation and grammar.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>

Thank you very much Thadeu!

I appreciate you taking the time, going over this.
As my English is lacking, I know I need help in this department.

I have included this for the next Kernel.

(It will appear on linux-next in the next day or two)

Boaz

> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX  |    2 ++
>  Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt |   23 ++++++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> index f15621e..7001782 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ dnotify.txt
>  	- info about directory notification in Linux.
>  ecryptfs.txt
>  	- docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
> +exofs.txt
> +	- info, usage, mount options, design about EXOFS.
>  ext2.txt
>  	- info, mount options and specifications for the Ext2 filesystem.
>  ext3.txt
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt
> index 0ced74c..abd2a9b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt
> @@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ USAGE
>  
>     mkfs.exofs --pid=65536 --format /dev/osd0
>  
> -   The --format is optional if not specified no OSD_FORMAT will be
> -   preformed and a clean file system will be created in the specified pid,
> +   The --format is optional. If not specified, no OSD_FORMAT will be
> +   performed and a clean file system will be created in the specified pid,
>     in the available space of the target. (Use --format=size_in_meg to limit
>     the total LUN space available)
>  
> -   If pid already exist it will be deleted and a new one will be created in it's
> -   place. Be careful.
> +   If pid already exists, it will be deleted and a new one will be created in
> +   its place. Be careful.
>  
>     An exofs lives inside a single OSD partition. You can create multiple exofs
>     filesystems on the same device using multiple pids.
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ USAGE
>  
>  7. For reference (See do-exofs example script):
>  	do-exofs start - an example of how to perform the above steps.
> -	do-exofs stop -  an example of how to unmount the file system.
> +	do-exofs stop - an example of how to unmount the file system.
>  	do-exofs format - an example of how to format and mkfs a new exofs.
>  
>  8. Extra compilation flags (uncomment in fs/exofs/Kbuild):
> @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ Where:
>      exofs specific options: Options are separated by commas (,)
>  		pid=<integer> - The partition number to mount/create as
>                                  container of the filesystem.
> -                                This option is mandatory
> -                to=<integer>  - Timeout in ticks for a single command
> +                                This option is mandatory.
> +                to=<integer>  - Timeout in ticks for a single command.
>                                  default is (60 * HZ) [for debugging only]
>  
>  ===============================================================================
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ DESIGN
>    with a special ID (defined in common.h).
>    Information included in the file system control block is used to fill the
>    in-memory superblock structure at mount time. This object is created before
> -  the file system is used by mkexofs.c It contains information such as:
> +  the file system is used by mkexofs.c. It contains information such as:
>  	- The file system's magic number
>  	- The next inode number to be allocated
>  
> @@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ DESIGN
>    attributes. This applies to both regular files and other types (directories,
>    device files, symlinks, etc.).
>  
> -* Credentials are generated per object (inode and superblock) when they is
> -  created in memory (read off disk or created). The credential works for all
> +* Credentials are generated per object (inode and superblock) when they are
> +  created in memory (read from disk or created). The credential works for all
>    operations and is used as long as the object remains in memory.
>  
>  * Async OSD operations are used whenever possible, but the target may execute
> @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ DESIGN
>    from executing in reverse order:
>  	- The following are handled with the OBJ_CREATED and OBJ_2BCREATED
>  	  flags. OBJ_CREATED is set when we know the object exists on the OSD -
> -	  in create's callback function, and when we successfully do a read_inode.
> +	  in create's callback function, and when we successfully do a
> +	  read_inode.
>  	  OBJ_2BCREATED is set in the beginning of the create function, so we
>  	  know that we should wait.
>  		- create/delete: delete should wait until the object is created

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