On Tue, 2017-05-02 at 09:18 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
On 05/01/2017 05:16 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-05-01 at 16:33 -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
> :
> > +EXAMPLES
> > +--------
> > +
> > +Clear poison (bad blocks) for the provided device
> > +[verse]
> > +ndctl clear-error -f /dev/dax0.0 -s 0 -l 8
> > +
> > +Clear poison (bad blocks) at block offset 0 for 8 blocks on
> > device
> > /dev/dax0.0
> > +
> > +OPTIONS
> > +-------
> > +-f::
> > +--file::
> > +The device/file to be cleared of poison (bad blocks).
> > +
> > +-s::
> > +--start::
> > +The offset where the poison (bad block) starts for this
> > device.
> > +Typically this is acquired from the sysfs badblocks file.
> > +
> > +-l::
> > +--len::
> > +The number of badblocks to clear in size of 512 bytes
> > increments. The
> > +length must fit within the badblocks range. If the length
> > exceeds the
> > +badblock range or is 0, the command will fail.
>
> Actually, I am seeing '-l 0' works just like '-l 1'.
Oh now I remembered that Vishal requested that no length does 1 block
clear. Do you want me to correct documentation or behavior?
What is the reason behind of his request?
Thanks,
-Toshi