On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 03:07:16 PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Update the documentation to reflect that we can metadump external log > device contents. > Looks good to me. Reviewed-by: Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 | 6 +++++- > man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 | 7 +++++-- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 > index 6e7457c0445..f60e7b56ebf 100644 > --- a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 > +++ b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 > @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ xfs_mdrestore \- restores an XFS metadump image to a filesystem image > .br > .B xfs_mdrestore > .B \-i > +[ > +.B \-l > +.I logdev > +] > .I source > .br > .B xfs_mdrestore \-V > @@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ Shows metadump information on stdout. If no > is specified, exits after displaying information. Older metadumps man not > include any descriptive information. > .TP > -.B \-l " logdev" > +.BI \-l " logdev" > Metadump in v2 format can contain metadata dumped from an external log. > In such a scenario, the user has to provide a device to which the log device > contents from the metadump file are copied. > diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 > index 1732012cd0c..496b5926603 100644 > --- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 > +++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 > @@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ is stdout. > .TP > .BI \-l " logdev" > For filesystems which use an external log, this specifies the device where the > -external log resides. The external log is not copied, only internal logs are > -copied. > +external log resides. > +If the v2 metadump format is selected, the contents of the external log will be > +copied to the metadump. > +The v2 metadump format will be selected automatically if this option is > +specified. > .TP > .B \-m > Set the maximum size of an allowed metadata extent. Extremely large metadata -- Chandan
