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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | 1 |
2 files changed, 11 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 | |||
139 | Setting it to very large values will improve | 139 | Setting it to very large values will improve |
140 | performance. | 140 | performance. |
141 | 141 | ||
142 | barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables | 142 | barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in |
143 | it, barrier=1 enables it. | 143 | the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables. |
144 | This also requires an IO stack which can support | ||
145 | barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier | ||
146 | write, it will disable again with a warning. | ||
147 | Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering | ||
148 | of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches | ||
149 | safe to use, at some performance penalty. If | ||
150 | your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, | ||
151 | disabling barriers may safely improve performance. | ||
144 | 152 | ||
145 | orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is | 153 | orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is |
146 | enabled by default. | 154 | enabled by default. |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt index 5daa2aaec2c5..68ef48839c04 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | |||
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ files, each with their own function. | |||
36 | local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) | 36 | local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) |
37 | resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) | 37 | resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) |
38 | resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap) | 38 | resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap) |
39 | resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap) | ||
39 | rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro) | 40 | rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro) |
40 | subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro) | 41 | subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro) |
41 | subsystem_vendor PCI subsystem vendor (ascii, ro) | 42 | subsystem_vendor PCI subsystem vendor (ascii, ro) |