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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+-->
+<refentry id="systemd-makefs@.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-makefs@.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-makefs@.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-makefs@.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-makeswap@.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-growfs@.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-makefs</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-growfs</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Creating and growing file systems on demand</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>systemd-makefs@<replaceable>device</replaceable>.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-makeswap@<replaceable>device</replaceable>.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-growfs@<replaceable>mountpoint</replaceable>.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-makefs</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-growfs</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-makefs@.service</filename>,
+ <filename>systemd-makeswap@.service</filename>, and
+ <filename>systemd-growfs@.service</filename> are used to implement the
+ <option>x-systemd.makefs</option> and <option>x-systemd.growfs</option> options
+ in <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ They are instantiated for each device for which the file system or swap structure
+ needs to be initialized, and for each mount point where the file system needs to
+ be grown.</para>
+
+ <para>These services are started at boot, either right before or right after the
+ mount point or swap device are used.</para>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-makefs</filename> knows very little about specific file
+ systems and swap devices, and after checking that the block device does not already
+ contain a file system or other content, it will execute binaries specific to
+ each filesystem type (<filename>/sbin/mkfs.*</filename>).</para>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-growfs</filename> knows very little about specific file
+ systems and swap devices, and will instruct the kernel to grow the mounted
+ filesystem to full size of the underlying block device. Nevertheless, it needs
+ to know the
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>ioctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ number specific to each file system, so only certain types are supported.
+ Currently:
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>ext4</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ btrfs (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>btrfs-man5</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
+ <!-- yes, that's what the man page is called. -->
+ and dm-crypt partitions (see
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If the creation of a file system or swap device fails, the mount point or
+ swap is failed too. If the growing of a file system fails, a warning is emitted.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.btrfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.cramfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.ext4</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.fat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.hfsplus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.minix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.ntfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkfs.xfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>