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authorLukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>2011-06-07 06:27:05 -0400
committerJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2011-06-25 11:29:52 -0400
commitad434017718a725b1695fb2ebfff312cf3693d3b (patch)
tree93a5c7e051dc3be545cd85cebba9b89aecb353fd /Documentation/filesystems
parentee3e77f18010679a889b3831c2dd931238c12d09 (diff)
ext3/ext4 Documentation: remove bh/nobh since it has been deprecated
Bh and nobh mount option has been deprecated in ext4 (206f7ab4f49a2021fcb8687f25395be77711ddee) and in ext3 (4c4d3901225518ed1a4c938ba15ba09842a00770) so remove those options from documentation. Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt23
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 272f80d5f966..aee556031adb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -147,15 +147,6 @@ grpjquota=<file> during journal replay. They replace the above
147 package for more details 147 package for more details
148 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota). 148 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota).
149 149
150bh (*) ext3 associates buffer heads to data pages to
151nobh (a) cache disk block mapping information
152 (b) link pages into transaction to provide
153 ordering guarantees.
154 "bh" option forces use of buffer heads.
155 "nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer
156 heads (supported only for "writeback" mode).
157
158
159Specification 150Specification
160============= 151=============
161Ext3 shares all disk implementation with the ext2 filesystem, and adds 152Ext3 shares all disk implementation with the ext2 filesystem, and adds
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 3ae9bc94352a..232a575a0c48 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be
68 '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems 68 '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems
69 for a fair comparison. When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers, 69 for a fair comparison. When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers,
70 it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o 70 it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o
71 data=writeback,nobh' can be faster for some workloads. (Note 71 data=writeback' can be faster for some workloads. (Note however that
72 however that running mounted with data=writeback can potentially 72 running mounted with data=writeback can potentially leave stale data
73 leave stale data exposed in recently written files in case of an 73 exposed in recently written files in case of an unclean shutdown,
74 unclean shutdown, which could be a security exposure in some 74 which could be a security exposure in some situations.) Configuring
75 situations.) Configuring the filesystem with a large journal can 75 the filesystem with a large journal can also be helpful for
76 also be helpful for metadata-intensive workloads. 76 metadata-intensive workloads.
77 77
782. Features 782. Features
79=========== 79===========
@@ -272,14 +272,6 @@ grpjquota=<file> during journal replay. They replace the above
272 package for more details 272 package for more details
273 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota). 273 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota).
274 274
275bh (*) ext4 associates buffer heads to data pages to
276nobh (a) cache disk block mapping information
277 (b) link pages into transaction to provide
278 ordering guarantees.
279 "bh" option forces use of buffer heads.
280 "nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer
281 heads (supported only for "writeback" mode).
282
283stripe=n Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try 275stripe=n Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try
284 to use for allocation size and alignment. For RAID5/6 276 to use for allocation size and alignment. For RAID5/6
285 systems this should be the number of data 277 systems this should be the number of data
@@ -393,8 +385,7 @@ dioread_nolock locking. If the dioread_nolock option is specified
393 write and convert the extent to initialized after IO 385 write and convert the extent to initialized after IO
394 completes. This approach allows ext4 code to avoid 386 completes. This approach allows ext4 code to avoid
395 using inode mutex, which improves scalability on high 387 using inode mutex, which improves scalability on high
396 speed storages. However this does not work with nobh 388 speed storages. However this does not work with
397 option and the mount will fail. Nor does it work with
398 data journaling and dioread_nolock option will be 389 data journaling and dioread_nolock option will be
399 ignored with kernel warning. Note that dioread_nolock 390 ignored with kernel warning. Note that dioread_nolock
400 code path is only used for extent-based files. 391 code path is only used for extent-based files.