ndctl start-scrub [<bus-id> <bus-id2> ... <bus-idN>] [<options>]
NVDIMM Address Range Scrub is a capability provided by platform firmware that allows for the discovery of memory errors by system software. It enables system software to pre-emptively avoid accesses that could lead to uncorrectable memory error handling events, and it otherwise allows memory errors to be enumerated.
The kernel provides a sysfs file (scrub) that when written with the string "1\n" initiates an ARS operation. The ndctl start-scrub operation starts an ARS, across all specified buses, and the kernel in turn proceeds to scrub every persistent memory address region on the specified buses.
Start a scrub on all nvdimm buses in the system. The json listing report only includes the buses that support ARS operations.
.ft C
# ndctl start-scrub
[
{
"provider":"nfit_test.1",
"dev":"ndbus3",
"scrub_state":"active"
},
{
"provider":"nfit_test.0",
"dev":"ndbus2",
"scrub_state":"active"
}
]
.ft
When specifying an individual bus, or if there is only one bus in the system, the command reports whether ARS support is available.
.ft C # ndctl start-scrub e820 error starting scrub: Operation not supported .ft
-v, --verbose
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