From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Update the documentation to reflect that we can metadump external log device contents. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@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 6e7457c0..f60e7b56 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 1732012c..496b5926 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
