[LU-17416] lctl get_param/list_param option to avoid following symlinks Created: 11/Jan/24 Updated: 11/Jan/24 |
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| Status: | Open |
| Project: | Lustre |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Minor |
| Reporter: | Andreas Dilger | Assignee: | WC Triage |
| Resolution: | Unresolved | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | easy | ||
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| Severity: | 3 | ||||||||
| Rank (Obsolete): | 9223372036854775807 | ||||||||
| Description |
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Running "lctl get_param -R '*'" on a large filesystem can dump a LOT of duplicate data due to symlinks under lov.*.target_obds and lmv.*.target_obds pointing back to the respective osc.* and mdc.* trees. It should be possible to avoid this duplication with e.g. "--nofollow" and re-enable it with "--follow" (depending on which is the default. |