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

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On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:27:26PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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."

"Shut down immediately, without writing pending transactions or dirty data
to disk." ?

--D

> 
> > +
> > +.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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