Bug 254897

Summary: Document kern.geom.notaste sysctl
Product: Documentation Reporter: Jeremy Chadwick <jdc>
Component: Manual PagesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Many People CC: bcr, des, doc, felix.the.red
Priority: --- Keywords: easy, needs-patch
Version: LatestFlags: koobs: maintainer-feedback? (des)
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 44034    
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Patch to geom.4 none

Description Jeremy Chadwick 2021-04-09 00:14:18 UTC 
No where in man pages, or in the Handbook, is the kern.geom.notaste sysctl documented.

I learned of this sysctl only today via this mailing list post: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2021-April/093504.html

The code is in src/sys/geom/geom_kern.c, and was introduced 7 years ago in r255860 -- https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/geom/geom_kern.c?revision=255860&view=markup

Please document it somewhere (bare minimum, within geom(4)).
Comment 1 Felix Johnson 2021-09-03 22:42:34 UTC 
Created attachment 227655 [details]
Patch to geom.4

Add a mention of the kern.geom.notaste sysctl to the TASTING section of geom.4.
Comment 2 Benedict Reuschling freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-10-06 15:21:55 UTC 
I've created a review for the (slightly modified) patch here:
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42109
Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-10-06 16:05:39 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a5bebe4359ef3f80f592dcc989b4088f18abb939

commit a5bebe4359ef3f80f592dcc989b4088f18abb939
Author:     Felix Johnson <felix.the.red@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2023-10-06 15:58:32 +0000
Commit:     Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-10-06 16:02:49 +0000

    geom.4: Document kern.geom.notaste sysctl

    Reported by:    jdc_koitsu.org
    PR:             254897
    Approved by:    des
    Event:          Oslo Hackathon
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42109

 share/man/man4/geom.4 | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comment 4 Benedict Reuschling freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-10-06 16:07:59 UTC 
A fix was committed, thanks to des' review. PR closed.