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For each section 8 man page, a .8_gen file is created from one of:
.8_main - Old-style man page - content used directly
.8_des and .8_end - Description and end section of a generated page
.8_pregen - Pre-generated page used if the generator fails
Other man sections are not generated and use the suffix .5_main or .7_main.
Developers should use 'make generate' to regenerate the .8_pregen files.
Require that the path argument to dmfilemapd be an absolute path
and document this in tool output, libdevmapper.h and dmfilemapd.8.
The check is also enforced by dm_stats_start_filemapd() to avoid
forking a new process with an invalid path argument.
Add a warning about maximum supported numbers of stripes
with striped LVs realtive to RAID conversions.
Add examples for a more elaborate, multi-step conversion
from linear to striped (and vice versa).
Shrink lvs examples output.
Related: rhbz834579
Related: rhbz1191935
Related: rhbz1191978
Add examples for reshaping number of stripes
and converting from raid6 to striped to raid10.
Remove trailing spaces.
Related: rhbz834579
Related: rhbz1191935
Related: rhbz1191978
Clean up and correct the details around --extents and --size.
lvcreate/lvresize/lvreduce/lvextend all now display the
extents option in usages.
The Size and Number value variables for --size and --extents
are now displayed without the [+|-] prefix for lvcreate.
For this syntax:
lvconvert --thinpool LV1 --poolmetadata LV2
lvconvert --cachepool LV1 --poolmetadata LV2
Restore the metadata swapping behavior in addition to
the pool creation behavior. When LV1 is already a pool,
the metadata LV will be swapped with LV2.
When LV1 is not a pool, it will be converted to a
pool using the specified LV for metadata.
This syntax is no longer advertised because of the
ambiguous behavior. The primary syntaxes for pool
creation and metadata swapping will be the advertised
methods.
Kernel 4.10 (dm-crypt v1.15.0) and later supports loading device
tables with crypt segment having key in kernel keyring retention
service.
dmsetup hid key section of tables output. With this patch dmsetup
no longer hides key section if it detects kernel key description
instead of hex byte representation of key itself.
Unconditionally guard there is at least 1/4 of metadata volume
free (<16Mib) or 4MiB - whichever value is smaller.
In case there is not enough free space do not let operation proceed and
recommend thin-pool metadata resize (in case user has not
enabled autoresize, manual 'lvextend --poolmetadatasize' is needed).
Enforce mirror/raid0/1/10/4/5/6 type specific maximum images when
creating LVs or converting them from mirror <-> raid1.
Document those maxima in the lvcreate/lvconvert man pages.
- resolves rhbz1366060
Currently, the output is separated in 3 parts and each part can go into
a separate and user-defined file descriptor:
- common output (stdout by default, customizable by LVM_OUT_FD environment variable)
- error output (stderr by default, customizable by LVM_ERR_FD environment variable)
- report output (stdout by default, customizable by LVM_REPORT_FD environment variable)
For example, each type of output goes to different output file:
[0] fedora/~ # export LVM_REPORT_FD=3
[0] fedora/~ # lvs fedora vg/abc 1>out 2>err 3>report
[0] fedora/~ # cat out
[0] fedora/~ # cat err
Volume group "vg" not found
Cannot process volume group vg
[0] fedora/~ # cat report
LV VG Attr LSize Layout Role CTime
root fedora -wi-ao---- 19.00g linear public Wed May 27 2015 08:09:21
swap fedora -wi-ao---- 500.00m linear public Wed May 27 2015 08:09:21
Another example in LVM shell where the report goes to "report" file:
[0] fedora/~ # export LVM_REPORT_FD=3
[0] fedora/~ # lvm 3>report
(in lvm shell)
lvm> vgs
(content of "report" file)
[1] fedora/~ # cat report
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
fedora 1 2 0 wz--n- 19.49g 0
(in lvm shell)
lvm> lvs
(content of "report" file)
[1] fedora/~ # cat report
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
fedora 1 2 0 wz--n- 19.49g 0
LV VG Attr LSize Layout Role CTime
root fedora -wi-ao---- 19.00g linear public Wed May 27 2015 08:09:21
swap fedora -wi-ao---- 500.00m linear public Wed May 27 2015 08:09:21
Although the use of the first region_id in a group to store the
DMS_GROUP=... aux_data tag is an internal implementation detail,
it has a user visible consequence in that deleting this region will
cause the group to disappear: add an explanation of this to the
'group' command and 'Regions, areas, and groups' section.
The MD raid6 personality being used to drive lvm raid6 LVs does
read-modify-write updates to any stripes and thus relies on correct
P and Q Syndromes being written during initial synchronization or
it may fail reconstructing proper user data in case of SubLVs failing.
We may not allow the '--nosync' option on
creation of raid6 LVs for that reason.
Update/fix 'man lvcreate' in that regard.
add lvcreate-raid-nosync.sh test script.
- Resolves rhbz1358532
'lvchange --resync LV' or 'lvchange --syncaction repair LV' request the
RAID layout specific parity blocks in raid4/5/6 to be recreated or the
mirrored blocks to be copied again from the master leg/copy for raid1/10,
thus not allowing a rebuild of a particular PV.
Introduce repeatable option '--[raid]rebuild PV' to allow to request
rebuilds of specific PVs in a RaidLV which are known to contain corrupt
data (e.g. rebuild a raid1 master leg).
Add test lvchange-rebuild-raid.sh to test/shell doing rebuild
variations on raid1/10 and 5; add aux function check_status_chars
to support the new test.
- Resolves rhbz1064592
with respect to the changed, configurable default behaviour
introduced with commit 7eb7909193.
E.g. raid default of 2 stripes rather than number of PVs in the VG
or on the command line minus one.
The syntax for converting an LV to a thin LV
included an unnecessary --thin option. I was
probably still confused about these options
when writing this.
Synopsis are very useful for quick orientation and also
we provide then for all remaining command.
Also list ALL supported options in a single ordered list,
user should not seek for them.
blkdeactivate -m disablequeueing causes "multipathd disablequeueing maps"
call inside blkdeactivate script before deactivating devices. This
avoids a situation where blkdeactivate may wait for paths to appear if
multipath is set to queueing and there's a stack of other devices and/or
mount points on top of such multipath device.
See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344381.
When logging to epoch files we would like to prevent creating too large
log files otherwise a spining command could fulfill available space
very easily and quickly.
Limit for to 100000 per command.
Make it clear that the "aux data" presented in reports is the user
data stored in the field (and does not include any library-internal
state such as group descriptors) by renaming the field to user_data
and changing the heading to "UserData".
Add support for active cache LV.
Handle --cachemode args validation during command line processing.
Rework some lvm2 internal to use lvm2 defined CACHE_MODE enums
indepently on libdm defines and use enum around the code instead
of passing and comparing strings.
When there are duplicate devices for a PV, one device
is preferred and chosen to exist in the VG. The other
devices are not used by lvm, but are displayed by pvs
with a new PV attr "d", indicating that they are
unchosen duplicate PVs.
The "duplicate" reporting field is set to "duplicate"
when the PV is an unchosen duplicate, and that field
is blank for the chosen PV.
Support parsing --chunksize option also when converting.
Now user can use cache pool created with i.e. 32K chunksize,
while in caching user can select 512K blocks.
Tool is supposed to validate cache metadata size is big enough
to support such chunk size. Otherwise error is shown.
Continuing with lvconvert style updates.
Minimize usage of '\:' as zero-width break space, since html renderers
do not handle this groff sign well (some of them seems to even render
':' there).
But since we do not want see badly rendered man pages itself, prefer
the 'man visual' appearence over html page generation (man2html should
be actually fixed).
Start to use 'user input option' with Capitals more consistently.
This command option can be used to trigger a D-Bus
notification independent of the usual notifications
that are sent from other commands as an effect of
changes to PV/VG/LV state. If lvm is not built with
dbus notification support or if notify_dbus is disabled
in the config, this command will exit with an error.
Showing 'u' in the pv_attr reporting field is mostly unnecessary because
most PVs are allocatable, and being allocatable implies it is (u)sed,
and this is already obvious from other fields in the default 'pvs'
output like the VG name.
So move the new (u)sed pv_attr from character position 4 to 1, and only
show it in those rare cases when the PV is not (a)llocatable or the
relevant metadata is missing.
(Scripts should not be using pv_attr, but rather pv_allocatable,
pv_exported, pv_missing, pv_in_use etc.)
W: manual-page-warning /usr/share/man/man8/lvm.8.gz 491: warning: macro `_cdata',' not defined
rpmlint actually notices we had few hidden word in man page.
the line cannot start with apostrophe as it has then a different
meaning.
Just for convenience to display all new configuration settings
introduced since given version (before, there was only --atversion
to display settings introduced in concrete version).
For example:
$ lvmconfig --type new --sinceversion 2.2.120
allocation {
# cache_mode="writethrough"
# cache_settings {
# }
}
global {
use_lvmlockd=0
# lvmlockd_lock_retries=3
# sanlock_lv_extend=256
use_lvmpolld=1
}
activation {
}
# report {
# compact_output_cols=""
# time_format="%Y-%m-%d %T %z"
# }
local {
# host_id=0
}
Correct some things, e.g. set mode and policy on
the cache lv, not the pool, lvm.conf field for
mode changed.
Add smq which was missing.
Make the sections on cache mode and cache policy
consistent in structure and style.
We want most of our units to be started before any local/remote mount
points are mounted - we used {local,remote}-fs.target for this purpose
before, but it was not 100% correct as there's even {local,remote}-fs-pre.target
special systemd unit reserved for this exact purpose.
See also man 7 systemd.special and "local-fs-pre.target"/"remote-fs-pre.target"
description.
Replace the histogram stats subcommand with a --histogram switch
to enable histogram related fields for both list and report output.
To avoid overloading the existing --histogram rename it to --bounds:
this is also a better description of the option.
Make sure that correct 'dmstats create' messages are shown for all
examples and fix LV examples to use correct dmsetup output name
format (vg/lv -> vg-lv).
Improve the names and labels of stats reports columns, ensure that
the minimum field widths allow unambiguos labels to be shown and
update the man page descriptions of these fields.
Add support to dmstats to create and report histograms.
Add a --histogram switch to 'create' that accepts a string
description of bin boundaries and DR_STATS and DR_STATS_META fields
to report bin configuration and absolute and relative histogram
values:
hist_bins
hist_bounds
hist_ranges
hist_count
hist_count_bounds
hist_count_ranges
hist_percent
hist_percent_bounds
hist_percent_ranges
A new 'histogram' subcommand displays a report that emphasizes
histogram data as either counters or percentage values.
When dmstats is run with -v or higher enable a per-area reporting
mode for statistics regions. This will output one row per area
(rather than one row per region) and adds additional fields of use
when viewing areas:
area_id - index within the region assigned by libdm-stats
area_start - the start location of the area in the containing
device.
Add a pair of fields to expose the current per-interval duation
estimate. The 'interval' field provides a real value in units of
seconds and the 'interval_ns' field provides the same quantity
expressed as a whole number of nanoseconds.
The '--force' switch is only used by dmstats to allow either
creation or deletion of one or more regions on all devices.
These operations do not carry any risk: just a possible mess of
region IDs to be cleaned up.
Remove the use of '--force' for stats commands and change current
uses to a new '--alldevices' switch.
Add the libdm-stats module to libdm: this implements a simple interface
for creating, managing and interrogating I/O statistics regions and
areas on device-mapper devices.
The library interface is documented in libdevmapper.h and provides a
'dm_stats' handle that is used to perform statistics operations and
obtain data.
Public methods are provided to create and destroy handles and to list,
create, and destroy statistics regions as well as to obtain and parse
counter data and calculate rate-based metrics.
This commit also adds a 'dmsetup stats' (aka 'dmstats') command with
'clear', 'create', 'delete', 'list', 'print', and 'report' sub-commands.
See the library documentation and the dmstats.8 manual page for detailed
API and command descriptions.
Display comment abour value from existing config being used. For example:
$ lvmconfig --type full --withsummary report/compact_output report/buffered
# Configuration option report/compact_output.
# Do not print empty report fields.
# Value defined in existing configuration has been used for this setting.
compact_output=1
# Configuration option report/buffered.
# Buffer report output.
buffered=1
The lvmconfig --type full is actually a combination of --type current
and --type missing together with --mergedconfig options used.
The overall outcome is a configuration tree with settings as LVM sees
it when it looks for the values - that means, if the setting is defined
in some config source (lvm.conf, --config, lvmlocal.conf or any profile
that is used), the setting is used. Otherwise, if the setting is not
defined in any part of the config cascade, the defaults are used.
The --type full displays exactly this final tree with all the values
defined, either coming from configuration tree or from defaults.
We shouldn't be adding spaces by default in output as that
may be be used already in scripts and especially for the eval
in shell scripts where spaces are not allowed between key
and value!
Add --withspaces option to lvmconfig for pretty output with
more space in for readability.
This patch adds supporting code for handling deprecated settings.
Deprecated settings are not displayed by default in lvmconfig output
(except for --type current and --type diff). There's a new
"--showdeprecated" lvmconfig option to display them if needed.
Also, when using lvmconfig --withcomments, the comments with info
about deprecation are displayed for deprecated settings and with
lvmconfig --withversions, the version in which the setting was
deprecated is displayed in addition to the version of introduction.
If using --atversion with a version that is lower than the one
in which the setting was deprecated, the setting is then considered
as not deprecated (simply because at that version it was not
deprecated).
For example:
$ lvmconfig --type default activation
activation {
...
raid_region_size=512
...
}
$ lvmconfig --type default activation --showdeprecated
activation {
...
mirror_region_size=512
raid_region_size=512
...
}
$ lvmconfig --type default activation --showdeprecated --withversions
activation {
...
# Available since version 1.0.0.
# Deprecated since version 2.2.99.
mirror_region_size=512
# Available since version 2.2.99.
raid_region_size=512
...
}
$ lvmconfig --type default activation --showdeprecated --withcomments
activation {
...
# Configuration option activation/mirror_region_size.
# This has been replaced by the activation/raid_region_size
# setting.
# Size (in KB) of each copy operation when mirroring.
# This configuration option is deprecated.
mirror_region_size=512
# Configuration option activation/raid_region_size.
# Size in KiB of each raid or mirror synchronization region.
# For raid or mirror segment types, this is the amount of
# data that is copied at once when initializing, or moved
# at once by pvmove.
raid_region_size=512
...
}
$ lvmconfig --type default activation --withcomments --atversion 2.2.98
activation {
...
# Configuration option activation/mirror_region_size.
# Size (in KB) of each copy operation when mirroring.
mirror_region_size=512
...
}
These settings are in the "unsupported" group:
devices/loopfiles
log/activate_file
metadata/disk_areas (section)
metadata/disk_areas/<disk_area> (section)
metadata/disk_areas/<disk_area>/size
metadata/disk_areas/<disk_area>/id
These settings are in the "advanced" group:
devices/dir
devices/scan
devices/types
global/proc
activation/missing_stripe_filler
activation/mlock_filter
metadata/pvmetadatacopies
metadata/pvmetadataignore
metadata/stripesize
metadata/dirs
Also, this patch causes the --ignoreunsupported and --ignoreadvanced
switches to be honoured for all config types (lvmconfig --type).
By default, the --type current and --type diff display unsupported
settings, the other types ignore them - this patch also introduces
--showunsupported switch for all these other types to display even
unsupported settings in their output if needed.
lvmconfig --type list displays plain list of configuration settings.
Some of the existing decorations can be used (--withsummary and
--withversions) as well as existing options/switches (--ignoreadvanced,
--ignoreunsupported, --ignorelocal, --atversion).
For example (displaying only "config" section so the list is not long):
$lvmconfig --type list config
config/checks
config/abort_on_errors
config/profile_dir
$ lvmconfig --type list --withsummary config
config/checks - If enabled, any LVM configuration mismatch is reported.
config/abort_on_errors - Abort the LVM process if a configuration mismatch is found.
config/profile_dir - Directory where LVM looks for configuration profiles.
$ lvmconfig -l config
config/checks - If enabled, any LVM configuration mismatch is reported.
config/abort_on_errors - Abort the LVM process if a configuration mismatch is found.
config/profile_dir - Directory where LVM looks for configuration profiles.
$ lvmconfig --type list --withsummary --withversions config
config/checks - If enabled, any LVM configuration mismatch is reported. [2.2.99]
config/abort_on_errors - Abort the LVM process if a configuration mismatch is found. [2.2.99]
config/profile_dir - Directory where LVM looks for configuration profiles. [2.2.99]
Example with --atversion (displaying global section):
$ lvmconfig --type list global
global/umask
global/test
global/units
global/si_unit_consistency
global/suffix
global/activation
global/fallback_to_lvm1
global/format
global/format_libraries
global/segment_libraries
global/proc
global/etc
global/locking_type
global/wait_for_locks
global/fallback_to_clustered_locking
global/fallback_to_local_locking
global/locking_dir
global/prioritise_write_locks
global/library_dir
global/locking_library
global/abort_on_internal_errors
global/detect_internal_vg_cache_corruption
global/metadata_read_only
global/mirror_segtype_default
global/raid10_segtype_default
global/sparse_segtype_default
global/lvdisplay_shows_full_device_path
global/use_lvmetad
global/thin_check_executable
global/thin_dump_executable
global/thin_repair_executable
global/thin_check_options
global/thin_repair_options
global/thin_disabled_features
global/cache_check_executable
global/cache_dump_executable
global/cache_repair_executable
global/cache_check_options
global/cache_repair_options
global/system_id_source
global/system_id_file
$ lvmconfig --type list global --atversion 2.2.50
global/umask
global/test
global/units
global/suffix
global/activation
global/fallback_to_lvm1
global/format
global/format_libraries
global/segment_libraries
global/proc
global/locking_type
global/wait_for_locks
global/fallback_to_clustered_locking
global/fallback_to_local_locking
global/locking_dir
global/library_dir
global/locking_library
'lvm dumpconfig' now does a lot more than just dumping configuration
information and is no longer only a support tool. Users now need
to run it to find out about configuration information that has been
removed from the lvm.conf man page so we need to promote this to full
command line status as 'lvmconfig'. Also accept 'lvm config' and mention
it in the usage information of lvmconf (which should also get merged in
eventually).
The specific config settings have been removed
from the lvm.conf(5) man page, and replaced with
a description of how to use lvm dumpconfig to
view the settings.
The sample lvm.conf and lvmlocal.conf files are now generated:
example.conf.base - initial ungenerated part of the file
example.conf.gen - generated portion from dumpconfig
example.conf.in - combination of .base and .gen files
example.conf - result of configure processing .in file
lvmlocal.conf.base - initial ungenerated part of the file
lvmlocal.conf.gen - generated portion from dumpconfig
lvmlocal.conf.in - combination of .base and .gen files
lvmlocal.conf - result of configure processing .in file
Do not edit the .in files, but edit config_settings.h
or the .base files, and then use 'make generate' to create
the new .in files.
- configure
with options
- make
creates tools/lvm
- make generate
uses tools/lvm to create example.conf.in and lvmlocal.conf.in
by combining .base files with dumpconfig output.
- configure
with same options as above
creates example.conf and lvmlocal.conf from .in files
--withfullcomments prints all comment lines for each config option.
--withcomments prints only the first comment line, which should be
a short one-line summary of the option.
This patch adds new options to lvmconf:
--enable-halvm (just like --enable-cluster, but configure LVM
for use in HA LVM - meaning disabling lvmetad and
making sure we have locking_type=1)
--disable-halvm (just like --disable-cluster, but configure LVM
back from HA LVM - meaning enabling lvmetad if
it's enabled by default and making sure we have
default locking type set)
--services (causes clvmd and lvmetad services to be enabled or
disabled appropriately and conforming to the changes
in lvm configuration we've just made with lvmconf)
--mirrorservice (in addition to clvmd and lvmetad services, also
enable or disable cmirrord service appropriately;
this is a separate option because cmirrord is
optional and it doesn't need to be always enabled
when clvmd is enabled)
--startstopservices (in addition to enabling or disabling services,
start and stop these services immediately)
These options are supposed to help users to make their system ready
for cluster with clvmd (active-active) or HA LVM (active-passive) use
while lvmconf script can handle services as well so users don't need
to bother about setting them manually.
Also, before this patch, we hardcoded global/use_lvmetad=0 as default
value in lvmconf script. Howeverm this default may change by just
flipping the value in config_settings.h and we may forget to edit
the lvmconf. It's better to use lvm dumpconfig --type default global/use_lvmetad
to get the actual default value and use this one instead of hardcoded one.
There is no reason to support persistent major/minor numbers
for pool volumes - it's only meant to be supported for filesystems
(since i.e. nfs may need to keep volume on a persistent device node.)
Support for pools is now explicitely disabled and documented.
Previous versions of lvm will not obey the restrictions
imposed by the new system_id, and would allow such a VG
to be written. So, a VG with a new system_id is further
changed to force previous lvm versions to treat it as
read-only. This is done by removing the WRITE flag from
the metadata status line of these VGs, and putting a new
WRITE_LOCKED flag in the flags line of the metadata.
Versions of lvm that recognize WRITE_LOCKED, also obey the
new system_id. For these lvm versions, WRITE_LOCKED is
identical to WRITE, and the rules associated with matching
system_id's are imposed.
A new VG lock_type field is also added that causes the same
WRITE/WRITE_LOCKED transformation when set. A previous
version of lvm will also see a VG with lock_type as read-only.
Versions of lvm that recognize WRITE_LOCKED, must also obey
the lock_type setting. Until the lock_type feature is added,
lvm will fail to read any VG with lock_type set and report an
error about an unsupported lock_type. Once the lock_type
feature is added, lvm will allow VGs with lock_type to be
used according to the rules imposed by the lock_type.
When both system_id and lock_type settings are removed, a VG
is written with the old WRITE status flag, and without the
new WRITE_LOCKED flag. This allows old versions of lvm to
use the VG as before.
In log messages refer to it as system ID (not System ID).
Do not put quotes around the system_id string when printing.
On the command line use systemid.
In code, metadata, and config files use system_id.
In lvmsystemid refer to the concept/entity as system_id.
The LVM_COMMAND_PROFILE env var is new - mention it in dumpconfig's
man page.
Also, dumpconfig always displays the top of the config cascade.
To display all the config found in the cascade merged (just like
it's used during LVM command processing), --mergedconfig option
must be used - this one's already described in that man page,
just make sure it's clear and add reference for this option also
in --profile/--commandprofile/--metadataprofile description.
Once LVM_COMMAND_PROFILE environment variable is specified, the profile
referenced is used just like it was specified using "<lvm command> --commandprofile".
If both --commandprofile cmd line option and LVM_COMMAND_PROFILE env
var is used, the --commandprofile cmd line option gets preference.
If pvscan is run with device path instead of major:minor pair and this
device still exists in the system and the device is not visible anymore
(due to a filter that is applied), notify lvmetad properly about this.
This makes it more consistent with respect to existing pvscan with
major:minor which already notifies lvmetad about device that is gone
due to filters.
However, if the device is not in the system anymore, we're not able
to translate the original device path into major:minor pair which
lvmetad needs for its action (lvmetad_pv_gone fn). So in this case,
we still need to use major:minor pair only, not device path. But at
least make "pvscan --cache DevicePath" as near as possible to "pvscan
--cahce <major>:<minor>" functionality.
Also add a note to pvscan man page about this difference when using
pvscan --cache with DevicePath and major:minor pair.
The {pv,vg,lv}display commands don't use reporting capabilites and
as such they can't use --binary. This got into the man pages by
mistake - the display commands do not recognize --binary option.
- closer to the recommendation of man-pages (7) if possible
- Add crossrefs
- Sort options and crossrefs
- Fix default timeout (60 secs) of -t
- Documents -I[auto]
Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
- Closer to the recommendation of man-pages and groff_man (7) if
possible
- Sort options and crossrefs
- Relocate sub-options on the right places
Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
lvcreate of thin pools can now use '-n lv vg' like other lv types,
or it can name the new thin pool in the free arg as 'vg/lv', which
is not allowed with other lv types.
The cache mode of a new cache pool is always explicitly
included in the vg metadata. If a cache mode is not
specified on the command line, the cache mode is taken
from lvm.conf allocation/cache_pool_cachemode, which
defaults to "writethrough".
The cache mode can be displayed with lvs -o+cachemode.
Previously, this was the recommended form for creating a thin pool:
lvconvert --thinpool VG/ThinDataLV --poolmetadata VG/ThinMetaLV
but this is confusing, because --thinpool does not actually take
an arg, and is more naturally used to specify an existing thin pool.
The new recommended form is:
lvconvert --type thin-pool --poolmetadata VG/ThinMetaLV VG/ThinDataLV
Previously, this was the recommended form for creating a cache pool:
lvconvert --cachepool VG/CacheDataLV --poolmetadata VG/CacheMetaLV
but this is confusing, because --cachepool does not actually take
an arg, and is more natually used to specify an existing cache pool.
The new recommended form is:
lvconvert --type cache-pool --poolmetadata VG/CacheMetaLV VG/CacheDataLV
This patch adds a new flag --deferred to dmsetup remove. If this flag is
specified and the device is open, it is scheduled to be deleted on
close.
struct dm_info is extended.
The existing dm_task_get_info() is converted into a wrapper around the
new version dm_task_get_info_with_deferred_remove() so existing binaries
can still use the old smaller structure.
Recompiled code will pick up the new larger structure.
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
