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lvm.conf: update scan_lvs description

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to better reflect the devices file existence, and
to mention layered autoactivation in lvm udev rules.
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David Teigland 2024-02-21 11:08:02 -06:00
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@ -394,17 +394,12 @@ cfg(devices_sysfs_scan_CFG, "sysfs_scan", devices_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEFAULT_COMME
"present on the system. sysfs must be part of the kernel and mounted.)\n") "present on the system. sysfs must be part of the kernel and mounted.)\n")
cfg(devices_scan_lvs_CFG, "scan_lvs", devices_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEFAULT_COMMENTED, CFG_TYPE_BOOL, DEFAULT_SCAN_LVS, vsn(2, 2, 182), NULL, 0, NULL, cfg(devices_scan_lvs_CFG, "scan_lvs", devices_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEFAULT_COMMENTED, CFG_TYPE_BOOL, DEFAULT_SCAN_LVS, vsn(2, 2, 182), NULL, 0, NULL,
"Scan LVM LVs for layered PVs, allowing LVs to be used as PVs.\n" "Allow LVM LVs to be used as PVs. When enabled, LVM commands will\n"
"When 1, LVM will detect PVs layered on LVs, and caution must be\n" "scan active LVs to look for other PVs. Caution is required to\n"
"taken to avoid a host accessing a layered VG that may not belong\n" "avoid using PVs that belong to guest images stored on LVs.\n"
"to it, e.g. from a guest image. This generally requires excluding\n" "When enabled, the LVs scanned should be restricted using the\n"
"the LVs with device filters. Also, when this setting is enabled,\n" "devices file or the filter. This option does not enable autoactivation\n"
"every LVM command will scan every active LV on the system (unless\n" "of layered VGs, which requires editing LVM udev rules (see LVM_PVSCAN_ON_LVS.)\n")
"filtered), which can cause performance problems on systems with\n"
"many active LVs. When this setting is 0, LVM will not detect or\n"
"use PVs that exist on LVs, and will not allow a PV to be created on\n"
"an LV. The LVs are ignored using a built in device filter that\n"
"identifies and excludes LVs.\n")
cfg(devices_multipath_component_detection_CFG, "multipath_component_detection", devices_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEFAULT_COMMENTED, CFG_TYPE_BOOL, DEFAULT_MULTIPATH_COMPONENT_DETECTION, vsn(2, 2, 89), NULL, 0, NULL, cfg(devices_multipath_component_detection_CFG, "multipath_component_detection", devices_CFG_SECTION, CFG_DEFAULT_COMMENTED, CFG_TYPE_BOOL, DEFAULT_MULTIPATH_COMPONENT_DETECTION, vsn(2, 2, 89), NULL, 0, NULL,
"Ignore devices that are components of DM multipath devices.\n") "Ignore devices that are components of DM multipath devices.\n")