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-rw-r--r--Documentation/btrfs-inspect-internal.asciidoc29
-rw-r--r--cmds-inspect-dump-super.c32
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-inspect-internal.asciidoc b/Documentation/btrfs-inspect-internal.asciidoc
index 74f6dea8..44615e76 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-inspect-internal.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-inspect-internal.asciidoc
@@ -30,25 +30,36 @@ Besides verifictaion of the filesystem signature, there are no other sanity
checks. The superblock checksum status is reported, the device item and
filesystem UUIDs are checked and reported.
+
+NOTE: the meaning of option '-s' has changed in version 4.8 to be consistent
+with other tools to specify superblock copy rather the offset. The old way still
+works, but prints a warning. Please update your scripts to use '--bytenr'
+instead. The option '-i' has been deprecated.
++
`Options`
+
-f|--full::::
print full superblock information, including the system chunk array and backup roots
-a|--all::::
-print information about all present superblock copies (cannot be used together with '-i' option)
--i <super_mirror>::::
-specify which mirror to print, valid values are 0, 1 and 2 and the superblock must be present on the device
+print information about all present superblock copies (cannot be used together
+with '-s' option)
+-i <super>::::
+(deprecated since 4.8, same behaviour as '--super')
+--bytenr <bytenr>::::
+specify offset to a superblock in a non-standard location at 'bytenr', useful
+for debugging (disables the '-f' option)
+
-If there are multiple options specified, only the last one is applies.
+If there are multiple options specified, only the last one applies.
+
-F|--force::::
-attempt to print the superblock even if thre's no valid BTRFS signature found
+attempt to print the superblock even if thre's no valid BTRFS signature found,
+the result may be completely wrong if the data do not resemble a superblock
+
-The result may be completely wrong if the data do not resemble a superblock.
+-s|--super <bytenr>::::
+(see compatibility note above)
+
--s <bytenr>::::
-specify offset to a superblock in a non-standard location at 'bytenr', useful
-for debugging (disables the '-f' option)
+specify which mirror to print, valid values are 0, 1 and 2 and the superblock
+must be present on the device with a valid signature, can be used together with
+'--force'
*dump-tree* [options] <device>::
(replaces the standalone tool *btrfs-debug-tree*)
diff --git a/cmds-inspect-dump-super.c b/cmds-inspect-dump-super.c
index aab50752..0ae740a2 100644
--- a/cmds-inspect-dump-super.c
+++ b/cmds-inspect-dump-super.c
@@ -458,11 +458,18 @@ static int load_and_dump_sb(char *filename, int fd, u64 sb_bytenr, int full,
const char * const cmd_inspect_dump_super_usage[] = {
"btrfs inspect-internal dump-super [options] device [device...]",
"Dump superblock from a device in a textual form",
- "-f|--full print full superblock information",
- "-a|--all print information about all superblocks",
- "-i <super_mirror> specify which mirror to print out",
- "-F|--force attempt to dump superblocks with bad magic",
- "-s <bytenr> specify alternate superblock offset",
+ "-f|--full print full superblock information, backup roots etc.",
+ "-a|--all print information about all superblocks",
+ "-s|--super <super> specify which copy to print out (values: 0, 1, 2)",
+ "-F|--force attempt to dump superblocks with bad magic",
+ "--bytenr <offset> specify alternate superblock offset",
+ "",
+ "Deprecated syntax:",
+ "-s <bytenr> specify alternate superblock offset, values other than 0, 1, 2",
+ " will be interpreted as --bytenr for backward compatibility,",
+ " option renamed for consistency with other tools (eg. check)",
+ "-i <super> specify which copy to print out (values: 0, 1, 2), now moved",
+ " to -s|--super",
NULL
};
@@ -484,6 +491,7 @@ int cmd_inspect_dump_super(int argc, char **argv)
{"all", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
{"full", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
{"force", no_argument, NULL, 'F'},
+ {"super", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
};
@@ -493,11 +501,13 @@ int cmd_inspect_dump_super(int argc, char **argv)
switch (c) {
case 'i':
+ warning(
+ "option -i is deprecated, please use -s or --super");
arg = arg_strtou64(optarg);
if (arg >= BTRFS_SUPER_MIRROR_MAX) {
error("super mirror too big: %llu >= %d",
arg, BTRFS_SUPER_MIRROR_MAX);
- usage(cmd_inspect_dump_super_usage);
+ return 1;
}
sb_bytenr = btrfs_sb_offset(arg);
break;
@@ -512,7 +522,15 @@ int cmd_inspect_dump_super(int argc, char **argv)
force = 1;
break;
case 's':
- sb_bytenr = arg_strtou64(optarg);
+ arg = arg_strtou64(optarg);
+ if (BTRFS_SUPER_MIRROR_MAX <= arg) {
+ warning(
+ "deprecated use of -s <bytenr> with %llu, assuming --bytenr",
+ (unsigned long long)arg);
+ sb_bytenr = arg;
+ } else {
+ sb_bytenr = btrfs_sb_offset(arg);
+ }
all = 0;
break;
default: