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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-21 10:50:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-21 10:50:28 -0700 |
| commit | 7ce1418f95e918cfc5ad36e3ec3431145c768cd0 (patch) | |
| tree | 10fd5bf66a5d0cb71cbf0ffb17b354969a7cc4c4 /Documentation | |
| parent | a6f039869ff87e0a8d621e31d14bbb120c1dfa93 (diff) | |
| parent | 1907131bbeabb33db313bad34f3ec1a5faedbd64 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6: (31 commits)
dquot: Detect partial write error to quota file in write_blk() and add printk_ratelimit for quota error messages
ocfs2: Fix lock inversion in quotas during umount
ocfs2: Use __dquot_transfer to avoid lock inversion
ocfs2: Fix NULL pointer deref when writing local dquot
ocfs2: Fix estimate of credits needed for quota allocation
ocfs2: Fix quota locking
ocfs2: Avoid unnecessary block mapping when refreshing quota info
ocfs2: Do not map blocks from local quota file on each write
quota: Refactor dquot_transfer code so that OCFS2 can pass in its references
quota: unify quota init condition in setattr
quota: remove sb_has_quota_active in get/set_info
quota: unify ->set_dqblk
quota: unify ->get_dqblk
ext3: make barrier options consistent with ext4
quota: Make quota stat accounting lockless.
suppress warning: "quotatypes" defined but not used
ext3: Fix waiting on transaction during fsync
jbd: Provide function to check whether transaction will issue data barrier
ufs: add ufs speciffic ->setattr call
BKL: Remove BKL from ext2 filesystem
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt index 867c5b50cb42..272f80d5f966 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt @@ -59,8 +59,19 @@ commit=nrsec (*) Ext3 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 +barrier the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables. +nobarrier (*) 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. + The mount options "barrier" and "nobarrier" can + also be used to enable or disable barriers, for + consistency with other ext3 mount options. orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is enabled by default. |