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authorShaohua Li2017-01-30 15:47:49 -0800
committerShaohua Li2017-02-13 09:17:54 -0800
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tree6a859821d584db8a2ec5edbd90badaa896302304 /Documentation/admin-guide
parent1601c5907c508637f7816a427ff23b14e54eb11d (diff)
MD: add doc for raid5-cache
I'm starting document of the raid5-cache feature. Please note this is a kernel doc instead of a mdadm manual, so I don't add the details about how to use the feature in mdadm side. Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
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@@ -725,3 +725,8 @@ These currently include:
to 1. Setting this to 0 disables bypass accounting and
requires preread stripes to wait until all full-width stripe-
writes are complete. Valid values are 0 to stripe_cache_size.
+
+ journal_mode (currently raid5 only)
+ The cache mode for raid5. raid5 could include an extra disk for
+ caching. The mode can be "write-throuth" and "write-back". The
+ default is "write-through".