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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-16 11:27:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-16 11:27:53 +0200 |
| commit | c54f9da1c8ceee19436430afac0798a989eb886d (patch) | |
| tree | 412f51c3f2641e4205b767cec95ce6107cd39d36 /Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | |
| parent | a2eddfa95919a730e0e5ed17e9c303fe5ba249cd (diff) | |
| parent | 066519068ad2fbe98c7f45552b1f592903a9c8c8 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/irqstatstip-x86-irqstats-2008-06-16_09.27_Mon
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 560f88dc7090..0c5086db8352 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -139,8 +139,16 @@ commit=nrsec (*) Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata Setting it to very large values will improve performance. -barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables - it, barrier=1 enables it. +barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in + the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables. + This also requires an IO stack which can support + barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier + write, it will disable again with a warning. + Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering + of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches + safe to use, at some performance penalty. If + your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, + disabling barriers may safely improve performance. orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is enabled by default. |