Documentation: filesystem: Convert xfs.txt to ReST

Move xfs.txt to admin-guide, convert xfs.txt to ReST and broken references

Signed-off-by: Sheriff Esseson <sheriffesseson@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
======================
The SGI XFS Filesystem
======================
@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ Mount Options
=============
When mounting an XFS filesystem, the following options are accepted.
For boolean mount options, the names with the (*) suffix is the
default behaviour.
allocsize=size
Sets the buffered I/O end-of-file preallocation size when
@ -31,46 +31,43 @@ default behaviour.
preallocation size, which uses a set of heuristics to
optimise the preallocation size based on the current
allocation patterns within the file and the access patterns
to the file. Specifying a fixed allocsize value turns off
to the file. Specifying a fixed ``allocsize`` value turns off
the dynamic behaviour.
attr2
noattr2
attr2 or noattr2
The options enable/disable an "opportunistic" improvement to
be made in the way inline extended attributes are stored
on-disk. When the new form is used for the first time when
attr2 is selected (either when setting or removing extended
``attr2`` is selected (either when setting or removing extended
attributes) the on-disk superblock feature bit field will be
updated to reflect this format being in use.
The default behaviour is determined by the on-disk feature
bit indicating that attr2 behaviour is active. If either
mount option it set, then that becomes the new default used
bit indicating that ``attr2`` behaviour is active. If either
mount option is set, then that becomes the new default used
by the filesystem.
CRC enabled filesystems always use the attr2 format, and so
will reject the noattr2 mount option if it is set.
CRC enabled filesystems always use the ``attr2`` format, and so
will reject the ``noattr2`` mount option if it is set.
discard
nodiscard (*)
discard or nodiscard (default)
Enable/disable the issuing of commands to let the block
device reclaim space freed by the filesystem. This is
useful for SSD devices, thinly provisioned LUNs and virtual
machine images, but may have a performance impact.
Note: It is currently recommended that you use the fstrim
application to discard unused blocks rather than the discard
Note: It is currently recommended that you use the ``fstrim``
application to ``discard`` unused blocks rather than the ``discard``
mount option because the performance impact of this option
is quite severe.
grpid/bsdgroups
nogrpid/sysvgroups (*)
grpid/bsdgroups or nogrpid/sysvgroups (default)
These options define what group ID a newly created file
gets. When grpid is set, it takes the group ID of the
gets. When ``grpid`` is set, it takes the group ID of the
directory in which it is created; otherwise it takes the
fsgid of the current process, unless the directory has the
setgid bit set, in which case it takes the gid from the
parent directory, and also gets the setgid bit set if it is
``fsgid`` of the current process, unless the directory has the
``setgid`` bit set, in which case it takes the ``gid`` from the
parent directory, and also gets the ``setgid`` bit set if it is
a directory itself.
filestreams
@ -78,46 +75,42 @@ default behaviour.
across the entire filesystem rather than just on directories
configured to use it.
ikeep
noikeep (*)
When ikeep is specified, XFS does not delete empty inode
clusters and keeps them around on disk. When noikeep is
ikeep or noikeep (default)
When ``ikeep`` is specified, XFS does not delete empty inode
clusters and keeps them around on disk. When ``noikeep`` is
specified, empty inode clusters are returned to the free
space pool.
inode32
inode64 (*)
When inode32 is specified, it indicates that XFS limits
inode32 or inode64 (default)
When ``inode32`` is specified, it indicates that XFS limits
inode creation to locations which will not result in inode
numbers with more than 32 bits of significance.
When inode64 is specified, it indicates that XFS is allowed
When ``inode64`` is specified, it indicates that XFS is allowed
to create inodes at any location in the filesystem,
including those which will result in inode numbers occupying
more than 32 bits of significance.
more than 32 bits of significance.
inode32 is provided for backwards compatibility with older
``inode32`` is provided for backwards compatibility with older
systems and applications, since 64 bits inode numbers might
cause problems for some applications that cannot handle
large inode numbers. If applications are in use which do
not handle inode numbers bigger than 32 bits, the inode32
not handle inode numbers bigger than 32 bits, the ``inode32``
option should be specified.
largeio
nolargeio (*)
If "nolargeio" is specified, the optimal I/O reported in
st_blksize by stat(2) will be as small as possible to allow
largeio or nolargeio (default)
If ``nolargeio`` is specified, the optimal I/O reported in
``st_blksize`` by **stat(2)** will be as small as possible to allow
user applications to avoid inefficient read/modify/write
I/O. This is typically the page size of the machine, as
this is the granularity of the page cache.
If "largeio" specified, a filesystem that was created with a
"swidth" specified will return the "swidth" value (in bytes)
in st_blksize. If the filesystem does not have a "swidth"
specified but does specify an "allocsize" then "allocsize"
If ``largeio`` is specified, a filesystem that was created with a
``swidth`` specified will return the ``swidth`` value (in bytes)
in ``st_blksize``. If the filesystem does not have a ``swidth``
specified but does specify an ``allocsize`` then ``allocsize``
(in bytes) will be returned instead. Otherwise the behaviour
is the same as if "nolargeio" was specified.
is the same as if ``nolargeio`` was specified.
logbufs=value
Set the number of in-memory log buffers. Valid numbers
@ -127,7 +120,7 @@ default behaviour.
If the memory cost of 8 log buffers is too high on small
systems, then it may be reduced at some cost to performance
on metadata intensive workloads. The logbsize option below
on metadata intensive workloads. The ``logbsize`` option below
controls the size of each buffer and so is also relevant to
this case.
@ -138,7 +131,7 @@ default behaviour.
and 32768 (32k). Valid sizes for version 2 logs also
include 65536 (64k), 131072 (128k) and 262144 (256k). The
logbsize must be an integer multiple of the log
stripe unit configured at mkfs time.
stripe unit configured at **mkfs(8)** time.
The default value for for version 1 logs is 32768, while the
default value for version 2 logs is MAX(32768, log_sunit).
@ -153,21 +146,21 @@ default behaviour.
noalign
Data allocations will not be aligned at stripe unit
boundaries. This is only relevant to filesystems created
with non-zero data alignment parameters (sunit, swidth) by
mkfs.
with non-zero data alignment parameters (``sunit``, ``swidth``) by
**mkfs(8)**.
norecovery
The filesystem will be mounted without running log recovery.
If the filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, it is likely to
be inconsistent when mounted in "norecovery" mode.
be inconsistent when mounted in ``norecovery`` mode.
Some files or directories may not be accessible because of this.
Filesystems mounted "norecovery" must be mounted read-only or
Filesystems mounted ``norecovery`` must be mounted read-only or
the mount will fail.
nouuid
Don't check for double mounted file systems using the file
system uuid. This is useful to mount LVM snapshot volumes,
and often used in combination with "norecovery" for mounting
system ``uuid``. This is useful to mount LVM snapshot volumes,
and often used in combination with ``norecovery`` for mounting
read-only snapshots.
noquota
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uquota/usrquota/uqnoenforce/quota
User disk quota accounting enabled, and limits (optionally)
enforced. Refer to xfs_quota(8) for further details.
enforced. Refer to **xfs_quota(8)** for further details.
gquota/grpquota/gqnoenforce
Group disk quota accounting enabled and limits (optionally)
enforced. Refer to xfs_quota(8) for further details.
enforced. Refer to **xfs_quota(8)** for further details.
pquota/prjquota/pqnoenforce
Project disk quota accounting enabled and limits (optionally)
enforced. Refer to xfs_quota(8) for further details.
enforced. Refer to **xfs_quota(8)** for further details.
sunit=value and swidth=value
Used to specify the stripe unit and width for a RAID device
@ -192,11 +185,11 @@ default behaviour.
block units. These options are only relevant to filesystems
that were created with non-zero data alignment parameters.
The sunit and swidth parameters specified must be compatible
The ``sunit`` and ``swidth`` parameters specified must be compatible
with the existing filesystem alignment characteristics. In
general, that means the only valid changes to sunit are
increasing it by a power-of-2 multiple. Valid swidth values
are any integer multiple of a valid sunit value.
general, that means the only valid changes to ``sunit`` are
increasing it by a power-of-2 multiple. Valid ``swidth`` values
are any integer multiple of a valid ``sunit`` value.
Typically the only time these mount options are necessary if
after an underlying RAID device has had it's geometry
@ -221,22 +214,25 @@ default behaviour.
Deprecated Mount Options
========================
=========================== ================
Name Removal Schedule
---- ----------------
=========================== ================
=========================== ================
Removed Mount Options
=====================
=========================== =======
Name Removed
---- -------
=========================== =======
delaylog/nodelaylog v4.0
ihashsize v4.0
irixsgid v4.0
osyncisdsync/osyncisosync v4.0
barrier v4.19
nobarrier v4.19
=========================== =======
sysctls
=======
@ -302,27 +298,27 @@ The following sysctls are available for the XFS filesystem:
fs.xfs.inherit_sync (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
Setting this to "1" will cause the "sync" flag set
by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be
by the **xfs_io(8)** chattr command on a directory to be
inherited by files in that directory.
fs.xfs.inherit_nodump (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
Setting this to "1" will cause the "nodump" flag set
by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be
by the **xfs_io(8)** chattr command on a directory to be
inherited by files in that directory.
fs.xfs.inherit_noatime (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
Setting this to "1" will cause the "noatime" flag set
by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be
by the **xfs_io(8)** chattr command on a directory to be
inherited by files in that directory.
fs.xfs.inherit_nosymlinks (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
Setting this to "1" will cause the "nosymlinks" flag set
by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be
by the **xfs_io(8)** chattr command on a directory to be
inherited by files in that directory.
fs.xfs.inherit_nodefrag (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1)
Setting this to "1" will cause the "nodefrag" flag set
by the xfs_io(8) chattr command on a directory to be
by the **xfs_io(8)** chattr command on a directory to be
inherited by files in that directory.
fs.xfs.rotorstep (Min: 1 Default: 1 Max: 256)
@ -368,7 +364,7 @@ handler:
-error handlers:
Defines the behavior for a specific error.
The filesystem behavior during an error can be set via sysfs files. Each
The filesystem behavior during an error can be set via ``sysfs`` files. Each
error handler works independently - the first condition met by an error handler
for a specific class will cause the error to be propagated rather than reset and
retried.
@ -419,7 +415,7 @@ level directory:
handler configurations.
Note: there is no guarantee that fail_at_unmount can be set while an
unmount is in progress. It is possible that the sysfs entries are
unmount is in progress. It is possible that the ``sysfs`` entries are
removed by the unmounting filesystem before a "retry forever" error
handler configuration causes unmount to hang, and hence the filesystem
must be configured appropriately before unmount begins to prevent
@ -428,7 +424,7 @@ level directory:
Each filesystem has specific error class handlers that define the error
propagation behaviour for specific errors. There is also a "default" error
handler defined, which defines the behaviour for all errors that don't have
specific handlers defined. Where multiple retry constraints are configuredi for
specific handlers defined. Where multiple retry constraints are configured for
a single error, the first retry configuration that expires will cause the error
to be propagated. The handler configurations are found in the directory:
@ -463,7 +459,7 @@ to be propagated. The handler configurations are found in the directory:
Setting the value to "N" (where 0 < N < Max) will allow XFS to retry the
operation for up to "N" seconds before propagating the error.
Note: The default behaviour for a specific error handler is dependent on both
**Note:** The default behaviour for a specific error handler is dependent on both
the class and error context. For example, the default values for
"metadata/ENODEV" are "0" rather than "-1" so that this error handler defaults
to "fail immediately" behaviour. This is done because ENODEV is a fatal,

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These filesystems may be used for inspiration:
- ext2: see Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt
- ext4: see Documentation/filesystems/ext4/
- xfs: see Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
- xfs: see Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst
Handling Media Errors

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@ -17356,9 +17356,8 @@ L: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
W: http://xfs.org/
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux.git
S: Supported
F: Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
F: Documentation/admin-guide/xfs.rst
F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-xfs
F: Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt
F: Documentation/filesystems/xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt
F: Documentation/filesystems/xfs-self-describing-metadata.txt
F: fs/xfs/