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authorVyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>2014-01-23 15:55:23 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-23 16:37:00 -0800
commitd623a9420c9ae2b748ba458c0e9d59084419fce0 (patch)
tree2433b495dd6a6136be3231a60b325a29ae6fe815 /Documentation/filesystems
parent4b15d61718f0d1bd3bc32e15bffb25a31c1d5782 (diff)
nilfs2: add comments for ioctls
Add comments for ioctls in fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c file and describe NILFS2 specific ioctls in Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt. Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com> Reviewed-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Wenliang Fan <fanwlexca@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,62 @@ nodiscard(*) The discard/TRIM commands are sent to the underlying
block device when blocks are freed. This is useful
for SSD devices and sparse/thinly-provisioned LUNs.
+Ioctls
+======
+
+There is some NILFS2 specific functionality which can be accessed by applications
+through the system call interfaces. The list of all NILFS2 specific ioctls are
+shown in the table below.
+
+Table of NILFS2 specific ioctls
+..............................................................................
+ Ioctl Description
+ NILFS_IOCTL_CHANGE_CPMODE Change mode of given checkpoint between
+ checkpoint and snapshot state. This ioctl is
+ used in chcp and mkcp utilities.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_DELETE_CHECKPOINT Remove checkpoint from NILFS2 file system.
+ This ioctl is used in rmcp utility.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPINFO Return info about requested checkpoints. This
+ ioctl is used in lscp utility and by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_CPSTAT Return checkpoints statistics. This ioctl is
+ used by lscp, rmcp utilities and by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUINFO Return segment usage info about requested
+ segments. This ioctl is used in lssu,
+ nilfs_resize utilities and by nilfs_cleanerd
+ daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_SUSTAT Return segment usage statistics. This ioctl
+ is used in lssu, nilfs_resize utilities and
+ by nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_VINFO Return information on virtual block addresses.
+ This ioctl is used by nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_GET_BDESCS Return information about descriptors of disk
+ block numbers. This ioctl is used by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_CLEAN_SEGMENTS Do garbage collection operation in the
+ environment of requested parameters from
+ userspace. This ioctl is used by
+ nilfs_cleanerd daemon.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_SYNC Make a checkpoint. This ioctl is used in
+ mkcp utility.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_RESIZE Resize NILFS2 volume. This ioctl is used
+ by nilfs_resize utility.
+
+ NILFS_IOCTL_SET_ALLOC_RANGE Define lower limit of segments in bytes and
+ upper limit of segments in bytes. This ioctl
+ is used by nilfs_resize utility.
+
NILFS2 usage
============