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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/exofs.txt index 0ced74c2f73..23583a13697 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 +104,16 @@ 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. integer can be + Hex by pre-pending an 0x to the number. + osdname=<id> - Mount by a device's osdname. + osdname is usually a 36 character uuid of the + form "d2683732-c906-4ee1-9dbd-c10c27bb40df". + It is one of the device's uuid specified in the + mkfs.exofs format command. + If this option is specified then the /dev/osdX + above can be empty and is ignored. + to=<integer> - Timeout in ticks for a single command. default is (60 * HZ) [for debugging only] =============================================================================== @@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ 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 +142,8 @@ 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 +153,8 @@ 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 |