On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 02:10:17 PM +0200, Carlos Maiolino wrote: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 02:57:43PM +0530, Chandan Babu R wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This patch series extends metadump/mdrestore tools to be able to dump >> and restore contents of an external log device. It also adds the >> ability to copy larger blocks (e.g. 4096 bytes instead of 512 bytes) >> into the metadump file. These objectives are accomplished by >> introducing a new metadump file format. >> >> I have tested the patchset by extending metadump/mdrestore tests in >> fstests to cover the newly introduced metadump v2 format. The tests >> can be found at >> https://github.com/chandanr/xfstests/commits/metadump-v2. >> >> The patch series can also be obtained from >> https://github.com/chandanr/xfsprogs-dev/commits/metadump-v2. > > There is already a V2 on the list, why is this also tagged as V2? The "v2" mentioned in "Metadump v2" refers to the newer version of metadump ondisk layout to support 1. Dumping metadata from external log device and 2. Dumping larger extents (4096 bytes instead of 512 bytes). -- chandan
