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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt26
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index ccec55394380..cfbfa15a46ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ prototypes:
397}; 397};
398 398
399locking rules: 399locking rules:
400 All except ->poll() may block. 400 All may block.
401 BKL 401 BKL
402llseek: no (see below) 402llseek: no (see below)
403read: no 403read: no
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index 67310fbbb7df..c2a0871280a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
31 - quotas 31 - quotas
32 - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY) 32 - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
33 - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease) 33 - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
34 - POSIX ACLs
35 34
36Mount options 35Mount options
37============= 36=============
@@ -79,3 +78,5 @@ inode64 Indicates that Ocfs2 is allowed to create inodes at
79 bits of significance. 78 bits of significance.
80user_xattr (*) Enables Extended User Attributes. 79user_xattr (*) Enables Extended User Attributes.
81nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. 80nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes.
81acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
82noacl (*) Disables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 334ef2f983fa..d105eb45282a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1386,6 +1386,15 @@ swapcache reclaim. Decreasing vfs_cache_pressure causes the kernel to prefer
1386to retain dentry and inode caches. Increasing vfs_cache_pressure beyond 100 1386to retain dentry and inode caches. Increasing vfs_cache_pressure beyond 100
1387causes the kernel to prefer to reclaim dentries and inodes. 1387causes the kernel to prefer to reclaim dentries and inodes.
1388 1388
1389dirty_background_bytes
1390----------------------
1391
1392Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
1393daemon will start writeback.
1394
1395If dirty_background_bytes is written, dirty_background_ratio becomes a function
1396of its value (dirty_background_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
1397
1389dirty_background_ratio 1398dirty_background_ratio
1390---------------------- 1399----------------------
1391 1400
@@ -1394,14 +1403,29 @@ pages + file cache, not including locked pages and HugePages), the number of
1394pages at which the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out 1403pages at which the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out
1395dirty data. 1404dirty data.
1396 1405
1406If dirty_background_ratio is written, dirty_background_bytes becomes a function
1407of its value (dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable system memory).
1408
1409dirty_bytes
1410-----------
1411
1412Contains the amount of dirty memory at which a process generating disk writes
1413will itself start writeback.
1414
1415If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
1416(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
1417
1397dirty_ratio 1418dirty_ratio
1398----------------- 1419-----------
1399 1420
1400Contains, as a percentage of the dirtyable system memory (free pages + mapped 1421Contains, as a percentage of the dirtyable system memory (free pages + mapped
1401pages + file cache, not including locked pages and HugePages), the number of 1422pages + file cache, not including locked pages and HugePages), the number of
1402pages at which a process which is generating disk writes will itself start 1423pages at which a process which is generating disk writes will itself start
1403writing out dirty data. 1424writing out dirty data.
1404 1425
1426If dirty_ratio is written, dirty_bytes becomes a function of its value
1427(dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable system memory).
1428
1405dirty_writeback_centisecs 1429dirty_writeback_centisecs
1406------------------------- 1430-------------------------
1407 1431