[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       linux-xfs
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 2/2] xfsprogs: document environment variables
From:       "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong () oracle ! com>
Date:       2018-09-26 23:13:41
Message-ID: 20180926231341.GY20086 () magnolia
[Download RAW message or body]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 04:27:27PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> 
> Document the various environment variables used in the code,
> almost all are for debugging.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/doc/README-env-vars.txt b/doc/README-env-vars.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..eec59a8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/README-env-vars.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +Several environment variables are used within the code, primarily for
> +for debugging purposes; they are documented here.  In most cases simply
> +setting the environment variable enables the behavior, but in some
> +cases the value assigned influences behavior as well, as noted below.
> +
> +General
> +-------
> +LIBXFS_LEAK_CHECK            -- warn and exit(1) if zone-allocated memory
> +                                is leaked at exit.
> +xfs_fsr
> +-------
> +FSRXFSTEST                   -- enable -C nfrag in theory coalesces into
> +                                nfrag extents.  Doesn't work.

<eyeroll> Maybe someone should fix/remove that?

Anyway, for the documentation,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>

--D

> +xfs_scrub
> +---------
> +Known debug tweaks (pass -d and set the environment variable):
> +XFS_SCRUB_FORCE_ERROR        -- pretend all metadata is corrupt
> +XFS_SCRUB_FORCE_REPAIR       -- repair all metadata even if it's ok
> +XFS_SCRUB_NO_KERNEL          -- pretend there is no kernel ioctl
> +XFS_SCRUB_NO_SCSI_VERIFY     -- disable SCSI VERIFY (if present)
> +XFS_SCRUB_PHASE              -- run only this scrub phase
> +XFS_SCRUB_THREADS            -- start exactly this number of threads
> +
> +Available even in non-debug mode:
> +SERVICE_MODE                 -- compress all error codes to 1 for LSB
> +                                service action compliance
> 
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]