From 015402b847c7df47eb1cc29b23cd591ebf0c8e5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Sterba Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:26:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: docs: clarify filesystem sync and subvolume cleaning Qu reported that the 'fi sync' should be clarified regarding the subvolume cleaning. Update the paragraph as sugested by Graham. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/20200210090201.29979-1-wqu@suse.com Signed-off-by: David Sterba --- Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.asciidoc | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.asciidoc b/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.asciidoc index 84efaa1a..151b7889 100644 --- a/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.asciidoc +++ b/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.asciidoc @@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ show sizes in GiB, or GB with --si show sizes in TiB, or TB with --si *sync* :: -Force a sync of the filesystem at 'path'. This is done via a special ioctl and -will also trigger cleaning of deleted subvolumes. Besides that it's equivalent -to the `sync`(1) command. +Force a sync of the filesystem at 'path', similar to the `sync`(1) command. In +addition, it starts cleaning of deleted subvolumes. To wait for the subvolume +deletion to complete use the *btrfs subvolume sync* command. *usage* [options] [...]:: Show detailed information about internal filesystem usage. This is supposed to @@ -383,4 +383,5 @@ further details. SEE ALSO -------- +`btrfs-subvolume`(8), `mkfs.btrfs`(8),