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+btrfs-quota(8)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+btrfs-quota - control the quota of a btrfs filesystem
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+*btrfs quota* <subcommand> <args>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+*btrfs quota* is used to enable/disable or rescan subvolume quota of a btrfs
+filesystem.
+
+For setting quota or other quota operations on a btrfs filesystem, please see
+`btrfs-qgroup`(8) for details.
+
+WARNING: Quota and qgroup in btrfs filesystem is not stable and impacts
+performance in mainline kernel yet(v3.14 so far).
+
+SUBCOMMAND
+----------
+*disable* <path>::
+Disable subvolume quota support for a filesystem.
+
+*enable* <path>::
+Enable subvolume quota support for a filesystem.
+
+*rescan* [-s] <path>::
+Trash all qgroup numbers and scan the metadata again with the current config.
++
+`Options`
++
+-s::::
+show status of a running rescan operation.
+-w::::
+wait for rescan operation to finish(can be already in progress).
+
+EXIT STATUS
+-----------
+*btrfs quota* returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is
+returned in case of failure.
+
+AVAILABILITY
+------------
+*btrfs* is part of btrfs-progs.
+Please refer to the btrfs wiki http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for
+further details.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+`mkfs.btrfs`(8),
+`btrfs-subvolume`(8),
+`btrfs-qgroup`(8)