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Message-ID: <8c6ab915-1bb8-608e-9cc4-2883962deb79@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 26 Sep 2020 07:51:09 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: point man pages for some f2fs utils

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@...nel.org>
>> ---
>>  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.

Otherwise, it looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

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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