man/lvchange.8.in  |  6 +++---

 man/lvconvert.8.in | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------

 man/lvcreate.8.in  |  8 ++++----

 man/lvmetad.8.in   | 11 ++++-------

 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/lvchange.8.in b/man/lvchange.8.in

index 64231c8..5de75e0 100644

--- a/man/lvchange.8.in

+++ b/man/lvchange.8.in

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ lvchange \- change attributes of a logical volume

 .RB [ \-\-[raid]writebehind

 .IR IOCount ]

 .RB [ \-\-[raid]writemostly

-.IR PhysicalVolume[:{t|n|y}] ]

+.IR PhysicalVolume [ : { t | n | y }]]

 .RB [ \-\-sysinit ]

 .RB [ \-\-noudevsync ]

 .RB [ \-M | \-\-persistent

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ If \fIrepair\fP is used, the discrepancies will be corrected as they are

 encountered.  The 'lvs' command can be used to show the number of

 discrepancies found or repaired.

 .TP

-.BR \-\-[raid]writebehind " IOCount"

+.BR \-\-[raid]writebehind " " \fIIOCount

 Specify the maximum number of outstanding writes that are allowed to

 devices in a RAID1 logical volume that are marked as \fIwrite-mostly\fP.

 Once this value is exceeded, writes become synchronous (i.e. all writes

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ to the constituent devices must complete before the array signals the

 write has completed).  Setting the value to zero clears the preference

 and allows the system to choose the value arbitrarily.

 .TP

-.BR \-\-[raid]writemostly " PhysicalVolume[:{t|y|n}]"

+.IR \fB\-\-[raid]writemostly " " PhysicalVolume [ : { t | y | n }]

 Mark a device in a RAID1 logical volume as \fIwrite-mostly\fP.  All reads

 to these drives will be avoided unless absolutely necessary.  This keeps

 the number of I/Os to the drive to a minimum.  The default behavior is to

diff --git a/man/lvconvert.8.in b/man/lvconvert.8.in

index 190e221..fe6525b 100644

--- a/man/lvconvert.8.in

+++ b/man/lvconvert.8.in

@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ lvconvert \- convert a logical volume from linear to mirror or snapshot

 .IR ChunkSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]]

 .RB [ \-\-discards

 .RI { ignore | nopassdown | passdown }]

-.RB [[ \-\-poolmetadata

-.IR ThinPoolMetadataLogicalVolume { Name | Path }]

+.RB [{ \-\-poolmetadata

+.IR ThinPoolMetadataLogicalVolume { Name | Path }

 |

-.RB [ \-\-poolmetadatasize

-.IR ThinPoolMetadataSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]]

+.B \-\-poolmetadatasize

+.IR ThinPoolMetadataSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]}]

 .RB [ \-r | \-\-readahead

 .RI { ReadAheadSectors | auto | none }]

 .RB [ \-\-stripes

@@ -113,24 +113,24 @@ lvconvert \- convert a logical volume from linear to mirror or snapshot

 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]

 .RB [ \-\-version ]

 .sp

-.B lvconvert \-\-type cache-pool

+.B lvconvert \-\-type \fIcache-pool

 .RB [ \-c | \-\-chunksize

 .IR ChunkSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]]

 .RB [ \-\-cachemode

 .RI { writeback | writethrough }]

-.RB [[ \-\-poolmetadata

-.IR CachePoolMetadataLogicalVolume { Name | Path }]

+.RB [{ \-\-poolmetadata

+.IR CachePoolMetadataLogicalVolume { Name | Path }

 |

-.RB [ \-\-poolmetadatasize

-.IR CachePoolMetadataSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]]

+.B \-\-poolmetadatasize

+.IR CachePoolMetadataSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]}]

 .IR LogicalVolume [ Path ]

 .RI [ PhysicalVolume [ Path ][ :PE [ -PE ]]...]

 .RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]

 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]

 .RB [ \-\-version ]

 .sp

-.B lvconvert \-\-type cache

-.RB \-\-cachepool

+.B lvconvert \-\-type \fIcache

+.B \-\-cachepool

 .IR CachePoolLV { Name | Path }

 .IR LogicalVolume [ Path ]

 .RB [ \-h | \-? | \-\-help ]

@@ -333,14 +333,23 @@ a suitable value automatically.

 "None" is equivalent to specifying zero.

 .TP

 .B \-\-repair

-Repair a mirror after suffering a disk failure. The mirror will be brought back

-into a consistent state.  By default, the original number of mirrors will be

+Repair a mirror after suffering a disk failure or try to fix thin pool metadata.

+

+The mirror will be brought back into a consistent state.

+By default, the original number of mirrors will be

 restored if possible.  Specify \fB\-y\fP on the command line to skip

 the prompts. Use \fB\-f\fP if you do not want any replacement.

 Additionally, you may use \fB\-\-use\-policies\fP to use the device

 replacement policy specified in \fBlvm.conf\fP(5),

 viz. activation/mirror_log_fault_policy or

 activation/mirror_device_fault_policy.

+

+Thin pool repair automates the use of \fBthin_repair\fP(8) tool.

+Only inactive thin pool volumes can be repaired.

+There is no validation of metadata between kernel and lvm2.

+This requires further manual work.

+After successfull repair the old unmodified metadata are still

+available in \fB<pool>_tmeta<n>\fP LV.

 .TP

 .B \-\-replace \fIPhysicalVolume

 Remove the specified device (\fIPhysicalVolume\fP) and replace it with one

@@ -498,4 +507,5 @@ cache pool LV.

 .BR lvscan (8),

 .BR vgcreate (8),

 .BR thin_dump (8),

+.BR thin_repair (8)

 .BR thin_restore (8)

diff --git a/man/lvcreate.8.in b/man/lvcreate.8.in

index 325baad..445af80 100644

--- a/man/lvcreate.8.in

+++ b/man/lvcreate.8.in

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ lvcreate \- create a logical volume in an existing volume group

 .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]

 .RB [ \-T | \-\-thin

 .RB [ \-\-cachemode

-.IR { writeback | writethrough }

+.RI { writeback | writethrough }

 .RB [ \-c | \-\-chunksize

 .IR ChunkSize [ bBsSkKmMgG ]]

 .RB [ \-\-discards

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ be overridden. If the clustered locking is enabled,

 .IR \fB\-a { a | l } y

 will activate only on the local node.

 .TP

-.IR \fB\-k ", " \fB\-\-setactivationskip " " { y | n }

+.IR \fB\-k ", " \fB\-\-setactivationskip "  {" y | n }

 Controls whether Logical Volumes are persistently flagged to be skipped during

 activation. By default, thin snapshot volumes are flagged for activation skip.

 To activate such volumes, an extra \fB\-K/\-\-ignoreactivationskip\fP option must

@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ detach the flag for existing volumes. To see whether the flag is attached,

 use \fBlvs\fP command where the state of the flag is reported within

 \fBlv_attr\fP bits.

 .TP

-.IR \fB\-K ", " \fB\-\-ignoreactivationskip

+.BR \-K ", " \-\-ignoreactivationskip

 Ignore the flag to skip Logical Volumes during activation.

 .TP

-.BR \-\-cachemode " " { writeback | writethrough }

+.IR \fB\-\-cachemode " " { writeback | writethrough }

 Specifying a cache mode determines when the writes to a cache LV

 are considered complete.  When \fIwriteback\fP is specified, a write is

 considered complete as soon as it is stored in the cache pool LV.

diff --git a/man/lvmetad.8.in b/man/lvmetad.8.in

index 4956a3f..444c7c0 100644

--- a/man/lvmetad.8.in

+++ b/man/lvmetad.8.in

@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ lvmetad \- LVM metadata cache daemon

 .SH SYNOPSIS

 .B lvmetad

 .RB [ \-l

-.RI {all|wire|debug}

-.RB ]

+.RI { all | wire | debug }]

 .RB [ \-p

-.RI pidfile_path

-.RB ]

+.IR pidfile_path ]

 .RB [ \-s

-.RI socket_path

-.RB ]

+.IR socket_path ]

 .RB [ \-f ]

 .RB [ \-h ]

 .RB [ \-V ]

@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ Don't fork, but run in the foreground.

 .BR \-h ", " \-?

 Show help information.

 .TP

-.BR \-l " {" \fIall | \fIwire | \fIdebug }

+.IR \fB\-l " {" all | wire | debug }

 Select the type of log messages to generate.

 Messages are logged by syslog.  

 Additionally, when -f is given they are also sent to standard error.