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-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt7
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index b8a57b9cec19..883e7ca5f745 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ ii) Status
<transaction id> <used metadata blocks>/<total metadata blocks>
<used data blocks>/<total data blocks> <held metadata root>
ro|rw|out_of_data_space [no_]discard_passdown [error|queue]_if_no_space
- needs_check|-
+ needs_check|- metadata_low_watermark
transaction id:
A 64-bit number used by userspace to help synchronise with metadata
@@ -328,6 +328,11 @@ ii) Status
thin-pool can be made fully operational again. '-' indicates
needs_check is not set.
+ metadata_low_watermark:
+ Value of metadata low watermark in blocks. The kernel sets this
+ value internally but userspace needs to know this value to
+ determine if an event was caused by crossing this threshold.
+
iii) Messages
create_thin <dev id>