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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-16 11:25:56 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-06-16 11:25:56 +0200 |
commit | c444debaaa22011b4a84e58e5333575b3f800a33 (patch) | |
tree | 896a9589aa9e701896da7ea1ae6a24cb04495b8f /Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | |
parent | 70ef6d595b6e51618a0cbe44b848d8c9db11a010 (diff) | |
parent | 066519068ad2fbe98c7f45552b1f592903a9c8c8 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/hpettip-timers-hpet-2008-06-16_09.25_Mon
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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 Setting it to very large values will improve performance. -barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables - it, barrier=1 enables it. +barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in + the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables. + This also requires an IO stack which can support + barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier + write, it will disable again with a warning. + Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering + of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches + safe to use, at some performance penalty. If + your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, + disabling barriers may safely improve performance. orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is enabled by default. |