Re: [PATCH 12/12 V2] mkfs: enable reflink by default

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On 5/22/19 11:44 AM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 02:30:57PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Data block sharing (a.k.a. reflink) has been stable for a while, so turn
>> it on by default.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> [sandeen: update comments & man page]
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Looks good to me.
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hmm I'm not allowed to RVB my own patch, right?

Nor I my part?  ;)  I'll maintain your authorship, add my
[sandeen: stuff]
part, and add my RVB.

-Eric

> 
> --D
> 
>> ---
>>
>> diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
>> index 4b8c78c..78b1501 100644
>> --- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
>> +++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
>> @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ available for the data forks of regular files.
>>  .IP
>>  By default,
>>  .B mkfs.xfs
>> -will not create reference count btrees and therefore will not enable the
>> +will create reference count btrees and therefore will enable the
>>  reflink feature.  This feature is only available for filesystems created with
>>  the (default)
>>  .B \-m crc=1
>> @@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ option set. When the option
>>  .B \-m crc=0
>>  is used, the reference count btree feature is not supported and reflink is
>>  disabled.
>> +.IP
>> +Note: the filesystem DAX mount option (
>> +.B \-o dax
>> +) is incompatible with
>> +reflink-enabled XFS filesystems.  To use filesystem DAX with XFS, specify the
>> +.B \-m reflink=0
>> +option to mkfs.xfs to disable the reflink feature.
>>  .RE
>>  .TP
>>  .BI \-d " data_section_options"
>> diff --git a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
>> index 0910664..ddb25ec 100644
>> --- a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
>> +++ b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
>> @@ -1973,15 +1973,15 @@ _("Directory ftype field always enabled on CRC enabled filesystems\n"));
>>  			usage();
>>  		}
>>  
>> -	} else {
>> +	} else {	/* !crcs_enabled */
>>  		/*
>> -		 * The kernel doesn't currently support crc=0,finobt=1
>> -		 * filesystems. If crcs are not enabled and the user has not
>> -		 * explicitly turned finobt on, then silently turn it off to
>> -		 * avoid an unnecessary warning.
>> +		 * The kernel doesn't support crc=0,finobt=1 filesystems.
>> +		 * If crcs are not enabled and the user has not explicitly
>> +		 * turned finobt on, then silently turn it off to avoid an
>> +		 * unnecessary warning.
>>  		 * If the user explicitly tried to use crc=0,finobt=1,
>>  		 * then issue an error.
>> -		 * The same is also for sparse inodes.
>> +		 * The same is also true for sparse inodes and reflink.
>>  		 */
>>  		if (cli->sb_feat.finobt && cli_opt_set(&mopts, M_FINOBT)) {
>>  			fprintf(stderr,
>> @@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ _("rmapbt not supported without CRC support\n"));
>>  		}
>>  		cli->sb_feat.rmapbt = false;
>>  
>> -		if (cli->sb_feat.reflink) {
>> +		if (cli->sb_feat.reflink && cli_opt_set(&mopts, M_REFLINK)) {
>>  			fprintf(stderr,
>>  _("reflink not supported without CRC support\n"));
>>  			usage();
>> @@ -3876,7 +3876,7 @@ main(
>>  			.finobt = true,
>>  			.spinodes = true,
>>  			.rmapbt = false,
>> -			.reflink = false,
>> +			.reflink = true,
>>  			.parent_pointers = false,
>>  			.nodalign = false,
>>  			.nortalign = false,
>>
>>
> 



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