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authorCoolCold <coolthecold@gmail.com>2011-04-20 01:40:01 -0400
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2011-04-20 01:40:01 -0400
commit28a8397852011e323d16a1eecd4787d72b7b9a9e (patch)
treefaa7a9f8b7d194b761a9108024cb3ca74aa79cda /Documentation/md.txt
parentfee68723cf6ae00082f70f3eff17fceab2a4f7d7 (diff)
md: Update documentation for sync_min and sync_max entries
linux/Documentation/md.txt is missing description for sync_min and sync_max entries. This patch adds description for sync_min and sync_max entries. Signed-off-by: Roman Ovchinnikov <coolthecold@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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@@ -552,6 +552,16 @@ also have
552 within the array where IO will be blocked. This is currently 552 within the array where IO will be blocked. This is currently
553 only supported for raid4/5/6. 553 only supported for raid4/5/6.
554 554
555 sync_min
556 sync_max
557 The two values, given as numbers of sectors, indicate a range
558 withing the array where 'check'/'repair' will operate. Must be
559 a multiple of chunk_size. When it reaches "sync_max" it will
560 pause, rather than complete.
561 You can use 'select' or 'poll' on "sync_completed" to wait for
562 that number to reach sync_max. Then you can either increase
563 "sync_max", or can write 'idle' to "sync_action".
564
555 565
556Each active md device may also have attributes specific to the 566Each active md device may also have attributes specific to the
557personality module that manages it. 567personality module that manages it.