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| author | Linus Torvalds | 2019-12-22 10:41:48 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2019-12-22 10:41:48 -0800 |
| commit | a396560706d457058b9f54f184b6f5973c82032c (patch) | |
| tree | ba23c900afad303386777eebe440db5e6ebedf5d /Documentation | |
| parent | 44579f35c2d90dfac5ea27308261318c7750e9b5 (diff) | |
| parent | 23f6b02405343103791c6a9533d73716cdf0c672 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4
Pull ext4 bug fixes from Ted Ts'o:
"Ext4 bug fixes, including a regression fix"
* tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
ext4: clarify impact of 'commit' mount option
ext4: fix unused-but-set-variable warning in ext4_add_entry()
jbd2: fix kernel-doc notation warning
ext4: use RCU API in debug_print_tree
ext4: validate the debug_want_extra_isize mount option at parse time
ext4: reserve revoke credits in __ext4_new_inode
ext4: unlock on error in ext4_expand_extra_isize()
ext4: optimize __ext4_check_dir_entry()
ext4: check for directory entries too close to block end
ext4: fix ext4_empty_dir() for directories with holes
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst index 059ddcbe769d..9bc93f0ce0c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst @@ -181,14 +181,17 @@ When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the following option are accepted: system after its metadata has been committed to the journal. commit=nrsec (*) - Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata every 'nrsec' - seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if you lose - your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of work (your - filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks to the journaling). This - default value (or any low value) will hurt performance, but it's good - for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will have the same effect as leaving - it at the default (5 seconds). Setting it to very large values will - improve performance. + This setting limits the maximum age of the running transaction to + 'nrsec' seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if + you lose your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of + metadata changes (your filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks + to the journaling). This default value (or any low value) will hurt + performance, but it's good for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will have + the same effect as leaving it at the default (5 seconds). Setting it + to very large values will improve performance. Note that due to + delayed allocation even older data can be lost on power failure since + writeback of those data begins only after time set in + /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs. barrier=<0|1(*)>, barrier(*), nobarrier This enables/disables the use of write barriers in the jbd code. |