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authorAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2011-07-01 14:09:19 +0000
committerAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2011-07-01 14:09:19 +0000
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Add framework for validation of ioctls. Doesn't do any checks yet.
dmsetup --checks libdevmapper: dm_task_enable_checks() lvm.conf: activation/checks=1
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@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ Invoking the command as \fBdevmap_name\fP is equivalent to
.br
\fBdmsetup info -c --noheadings -j \fImajor\fB -m \fIminor\fP.
.SH OPTIONS
+.IP \fB--checks
+Perform additional checks on the operations requested and report
+potential problems. Useful when debugging scripts.
+In some cases these checks may slow down operations noticeably.
.IP \fB-c|-C|--columns
.br
Display output in columns rather than as Field: Value lines.