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blkpr(8)

blkpr8

Run a persistent-reservations command on a device

Usage

blkpr [options] device

Overview

blkpr is used to run a persistent-reservations command on a device that supports the Persistent Reservations feature.

The device argument is the pathname of the block device.

Options

-c, --command command

The command for managing persistent reservations. Supported commands are: register, reserve, release, preempt, preempt-abort, clear, read-keys, and read-reservation.

-k, --key key

The key the command should operate on.

-K, --oldkey oldkey

The old key the command should operate on.

-f, --flag flag

Supported flag is ignore-key.

-t, --type type

Supported types are write-exclusive, exclusive-access, write-exclusive-reg-only, exclusive-access-reg-only, write-exclusive-all-regs, and exclusive-access-all-regs.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

-V, --version

Display version and exit.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)

Authors

zhenwei pi <[email protected]>

Reporting bugs

For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

Availability

The blkpr command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

From util-linux 2.42.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.