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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2014-08-07 12:22:41 +1000
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2014-08-07 12:22:41 +1000
commit968d2a336ef0199155a6dced1624909180d29c9a (patch)
tree61d23cd131bf122b32e08ac5dab21b8e03baf493
parent935a32543ee761f8de874deb6782487b0fe68025 (diff)
md.4: replace "bad block log" with "bad block list"
Elsewhere we use the term "list", and it is more accurate. Logs are usually append-only. This list isn't. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
-rw-r--r--md.48
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/md.4 b/md.4
index 722afbdb..e222237d 100644
--- a/md.4
+++ b/md.4
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ intent log if one is present.
In 2.6.13, intent bitmaps are only supported with RAID1. Other levels
with redundancy are supported from 2.6.15.
-.SS BAD BLOCK LOG
+.SS BAD BLOCK LIST
From Linux 3.5 each device in an
.I md
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ and the data.
When a block cannot be read and cannot be repaired by writing data
recovered from other devices, the address of the block is stored in
-the bad block log. Similarly if an attempt to write a block fails,
+the bad block list. Similarly if an attempt to write a block fails,
the address will be recorded as a bad block. If attempting to record
the bad block fails, the whole device will be marked faulty.
@@ -870,9 +870,9 @@ This allows an array to fail more gracefully - a few blocks on
different devices can be faulty without taking the whole array out of
action.
-The log is particularly useful when recovering to a spare. If a few blocks
+The list is particularly useful when recovering to a spare. If a few blocks
cannot be read from the other devices, the bulk of the recovery can
-complete and those few bad blocks will be recorded in the bad block log.
+complete and those few bad blocks will be recorded in the bad block list.
.SS WRITE-BEHIND