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1.5 KiB
From 7ab32ae64d05f018c171ba1525bc337805d84391 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> |
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:16:23 +0200 |
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Subject: [PATCH] blockdev: add note about --setbsz usability |
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Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> |
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--- |
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disk-utils/blockdev.8 | 4 +++- |
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disk-utils/blockdev.c | 2 +- |
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2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/disk-utils/blockdev.8 b/disk-utils/blockdev.8 |
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index 2b3d64c..f4282da 100644 |
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--- a/disk-utils/blockdev.8 |
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+++ b/disk-utils/blockdev.8 |
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@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ Get size in 512-byte sectors. |
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.IP "\fB\-\-rereadpt\fP" |
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Reread partition table |
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.IP "\fB\-\-setbsz\fP \fIbytes\fP" |
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-Set blocksize. |
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+Set blocksize. Note that the block size is specific to the current file |
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+descriptor opening the block device, so the change of block size only persists |
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+for as long as blockdev has the device open, and is lost once blockdev exits. |
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.IP "\fB\-\-setfra\fP \fIsectors\fP" |
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Set filesystem readahead (same like --setra on 2.6 kernels). |
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.IP "\fB\-\-setra\fP \fIsectors\fP" |
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diff --git a/disk-utils/blockdev.c b/disk-utils/blockdev.c |
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index 4543818..d030217 100644 |
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--- a/disk-utils/blockdev.c |
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+++ b/disk-utils/blockdev.c |
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@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static const struct bdc bdcms[] = |
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.argname = "<bytes>", |
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.argtype = ARG_INT, |
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.flags = FL_NORESULT, |
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- .help = N_("set blocksize") |
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+ .help = N_("set blocksize on file descriptor opening the block device") |
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},{ |
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IOCTL_ENTRY(BLKGETSIZE), |
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.name = "--getsize", |
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-- |
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1.8.3.1 |
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