Re: [PATCH 9/9] libxfs: break out fs shutdown manpage

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On 6/7/19 2:29 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Create a separate manual page for the fs shutdown ioctl so we can
> document how it works.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man/man2/ioctl_xfs_goingdown.2 |   61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  man/man3/xfsctl.3              |    7 +++++
>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 man/man2/ioctl_xfs_goingdown.2
> 
> 
> diff --git a/man/man2/ioctl_xfs_goingdown.2 b/man/man2/ioctl_xfs_goingdown.2
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..e9a56f28
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/man/man2/ioctl_xfs_goingdown.2
> @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
> +.\" Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
> +.\"
> +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +.\" %%%LICENSE_END
> +.TH IOCTL-XFS-GOINGDOWN 2 2019-04-16 "XFS"
> +.SH NAME
> +ioctl_xfs_goingdown \- shut down an XFS filesystem
> +.SH SYNOPSIS
> +.br
> +.B #include <xfs/xfs_fs.h>
> +.PP
> +.BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", XFS_IOC_GOINGDOWN, uint32_t " flags );
> +.SH DESCRIPTION
> +Shuts down a live XFS filesystem.
> +This is a software initiated hard shutdown and should be avoided whenever
> +possible.
> +After this call completes, the filesystem will be totally unusable and must be
> +unmounted.
> +
> +.PP
> +.I flags
> +can be one of the following:
> +.RS 0.4i
> +.TP
> +.B XFS_FSOP_GOING_FLAGS_DEFAULT
> +Flush all dirty data and in-core state to disk, flush the log, then shut down.
> +.TP
> +.B XFS_FSOP_GOING_FLAGS_LOGFLUSH
> +Flush all pending transactions to the log, then shut down, leaving all dirty
> +data unwritten.
> +.TP
> +.B XFS_FSOP_GOING_FLAGS_NOLOGFLUSH
> +Shut down, leaving all dirty transactions and dirty data.

leaving it ... what?

Maybe "Shut down, without flushing any dirty transactions or data to disk."

> +
> +.SH RETURN VALUE
> +On error, \-1 is returned, and
> +.I errno
> +is set to indicate the error.
> +.PP
> +.SH ERRORS
> +Error codes can be one of, but are not limited to, the following:
> +.TP
> +.B EFSBADCRC
> +Metadata checksum validation failed while performing the query.
> +.TP
> +.B EFSCORRUPTED
> +Metadata corruption was encountered while performing the query.
> +.TP
> +.B EINVAL
> +The specified allocation group number is not valid for this filesystem.
> +.TP
> +.B EIO
> +An I/O error was encountered while performing the query.
> +.TP
> +.B EPERM
> +Caller did not have permission to shut down the filesystem.
> +.SH CONFORMING TO
> +This API is specific to XFS filesystem on the Linux kernel.
> +.SH SEE ALSO
> +.BR ioctl (2)
> diff --git a/man/man3/xfsctl.3 b/man/man3/xfsctl.3
> index e0986afb..ca96a007 100644
> --- a/man/man3/xfsctl.3
> +++ b/man/man3/xfsctl.3
> @@ -365,6 +365,12 @@ See
>  for more information.
>  Save yourself a lot of frustration and avoid these ioctls.
>  
> +.TP
> +.B XFS_IOC_GOINGDOWN
> +See
> +.BR ioctl_xfs_goingdown (2)
> +for more information.
> +
>  .PP
>  .nf
>  .B XFS_IOC_THAW
> @@ -387,6 +393,7 @@ as they are not of general use to applications.
>  .BR ioctl_xfs_fscounts (2),
>  .BR ioctl_xfs_getresblks (2),
>  .BR ioctl_xfs_getbmap (2),
> +.BR ioctl_xfs_goingdown (2),
>  .BR fstatfs (2),
>  .BR statfs (2),
>  .BR xfs (5),
> 



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