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+btrfs-convert(8)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+btrfs-convert - convert from ext2/3/4 filesystem to btrfs
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+*btrfs-convert* [options] <device>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+*btrfs-convert* is used to convert existing ext2/3/4 filesystem image to a
+btrfs filesystem in-place.  The original filesystem image is accessible
+subvolume named 'ext2_saved' as file 'image'.
+
+WARNING: If you are going to perform rollback to ext2/3/4, you should not
+execute *btrfs balance* command on the converted filesystem. This will change
+the extent layout and make *btrfs-convert* unable to rollback.
+
+The conversion utilizes free space of the original filesystem. The exact
+estimate of the required space cannot be foretold. The final btrfs metadata
+might occupy several gigabytes on a hundreds-gigabyte filesystem.
+
+If you decide not to rollback anymore, it is recommended to perform a few more
+steps to transform the btrfs filesystem to a more compact layout. The
+conversion inherits the original data block fragmentation and the metadata
+blocks are bound to the original free space layout.
+
+**REMOVE THE ORIGINAL FILESYSTEM METADATA**
+
+By removing the 'ext2_saved' subvolume, all metadata of the original filesystem
+will be removed:
+
+   # btrfs subvolume delete /mnt/ext2_saved
+
+At this point it's not possible to do rollback. The filesystem is usable but may
+be impacted by the fragmentation.
+
+**MAKE FILE DATA MORE CONTIGUOUS**
+
+An optional but recommended step is to run defragmentation on the entire
+filesystem. This will attempt to make file extents more contiguous.
+
+   # btrfs filesystem defrag -v -r -f -t 32M /mnt/btrfs
+
+Verbose recursive defragmentation ('-v', '-r'), flush data per-file ('-f') with target
+extent size 32M ('-t').
+
+**ATTEMPT TO MAKE BTRFS METADATA MORE COMPACT**
+
+Optional but recommended step.
+
+The metadata block groups after conversion may be smaller than the default size
+(256MiB or 1GiB). Running a balance will attempt to merge the block groups.
+This depends on the free space layout (and fragmentation) and may fail. This is
+a soft error leaving the filesystem usable but the block group layout may
+remain unchanged.
+
+Note that balance operation takes a lot of time.
+
+   # btrfs balance start -m /mnt/btrfs
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-d|--no-datasum::
+disable data checksum calculations and set NODATASUM file flag, this can speed
+up the conversion
+-i|--no-xattr::
+ignore xattrs and ACLs of files
+-n|--no-inline::
+disable inlining of small files to metadata blocks, this will decrease the metadata
+consumption and may help to convert a filesystem with low free space
+-N|--nodesize <SIZE>::
+set filesystem nodesize, the tree block size in which btrfs stores its metadata.
+The default value is 16KB (16384) or the page size, whichever is bigger.
+Must be a multiple of the sectorsize, but not larger than 65536. Se
+`mkfs.btrfs`(8) for more details.
+-r|--rollback::
+rollback to the original ext2/3/4 filesystem if possible
+-l|--label <LABEL>::
+set filesystem label during conversion
+-L|--copy-label::
+use label from the converted filesystem
+-p|--progress::
+show progress of conversion, on by default
+--no-progress::
+disable detailed progress and show only the main phases of conversion
+
+EXIT STATUS
+-----------
+*btrfs-convert* will return 0 if no error happened.
+If any problems happened, 1 will be returned.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+`mkfs.btrfs`(8)