| Message ID | 20191028124353.25276-1-yamato@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
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| State | Not Applicable |
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| Series | [1/2] docs: sysctl: update description for inode-state | expand |
On 10/28/19 8:43 AM, Masatake YAMATO wrote: > The third field of inode-state is dummy (== 0). > Update the description about the actual fields and > dummies. These are not patches for SELinux and hence should not go to the selinux mailing list. Use scripts/get_maintainer.pl for some suggestions on the right set of maintainers and lists. > > Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com> > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 11 ++++------- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst > index 2a45119e3331..596f84a1748d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst > @@ -151,18 +151,15 @@ out of inodes, you need to increase this value. > The file inode-nr contains the first two items from > inode-state, so we'll skip to that file... > > -Inode-state contains three actual numbers and four dummies. > -The actual numbers are, in order of appearance, nr_inodes, > -nr_free_inodes and preshrink. > +Inode-state contains two actual numbers and five dummies. > +The actual numbers are, in order of appearance, nr_inodes > +and nr_free_inodes. > > Nr_inodes stands for the number of inodes the system has > allocated, this can be slightly more than inode-max because > Linux allocates them one pageful at a time. > > -Nr_free_inodes represents the number of free inodes (?) and > -preshrink is nonzero when the nr_inodes > inode-max and the > -system needs to prune the inode list instead of allocating > -more. > +Nr_free_inodes represents the number of free inodes. > > > overflowgid & overflowuid >
I'm sorry. Plesae, ignore my two mails. Masatake YAMATO > On 10/28/19 8:43 AM, Masatake YAMATO wrote: >> The third field of inode-state is dummy (== 0). >> Update the description about the actual fields and >> dummies. > > These are not patches for SELinux and hence should not go to the > selinux mailing list. Use scripts/get_maintainer.pl for some > suggestions on the right set of maintainers and lists. > >> Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com> >> --- >> Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 11 ++++------- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst >> b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst >> index 2a45119e3331..596f84a1748d 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst >> @@ -151,18 +151,15 @@ out of inodes, you need to increase this value. >> The file inode-nr contains the first two items from >> inode-state, so we'll skip to that file... >> -Inode-state contains three actual numbers and four dummies. >> -The actual numbers are, in order of appearance, nr_inodes, >> -nr_free_inodes and preshrink. >> +Inode-state contains two actual numbers and five dummies. >> +The actual numbers are, in order of appearance, nr_inodes >> +and nr_free_inodes. >> Nr_inodes stands for the number of inodes the system has >> allocated, this can be slightly more than inode-max because >> Linux allocates them one pageful at a time. >> -Nr_free_inodes represents the number of free inodes (?) and >> -preshrink is nonzero when the nr_inodes > inode-max and the >> -system needs to prune the inode list instead of allocating >> -more. >> +Nr_free_inodes represents the number of free inodes. >> overflowgid & overflowuid >> >
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst index 2a45119e3331..596f84a1748d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst @@ -151,18 +151,15 @@ out of inodes, you need to increase this value. The file inode-nr contains the first two items from inode-state, so we'll skip to that file... -Inode-state contains three actual numbers and four dummies. -The actual numbers are, in order of appearance, nr_inodes, -nr_free_inodes and preshrink. +Inode-state contains two actual numbers and five dummies. +The actual numbers are, in order of appearance, nr_inodes +and nr_free_inodes. Nr_inodes stands for the number of inodes the system has allocated, this can be slightly more than inode-max because Linux allocates them one pageful at a time. -Nr_free_inodes represents the number of free inodes (?) and -preshrink is nonzero when the nr_inodes > inode-max and the -system needs to prune the inode list instead of allocating -more. +Nr_free_inodes represents the number of free inodes. overflowgid & overflowuid
The third field of inode-state is dummy (== 0). Update the description about the actual fields and dummies. Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)