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author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2015-11-09 16:35:19 -0800 |
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committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2015-11-09 16:35:19 -0800 |
commit | 3e4dda70cc989a4f8079541972942609229e9f55 (patch) | |
tree | 0342db762349057fd2e1efb621ba265df187f1dc /Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt | |
parent | 1b38b0e3349d733679e91b029a7f0dfd9e16a169 (diff) | |
parent | 8713181dced9b2d0c2a99613449b9e45b656df83 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'next/arm64' into next/dt
Merging in the few patches I had kept separate from main next/dt, since others
got merged here directly.
* next/arm64:
arm64: defconfig: Enable PCI generic host bridge by default
arm64: Juno: Add support for the PCIe host bridge on Juno R1
Documentation: of: Document the bindings used by Juno R1 PCIe host bridge
arm64: dts: mt8173: Add clocks for SCPSYS unit
arm64: dts: mt8173: Add subsystem clock controller device nodes
+ Linux 4.3-rc5
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt index 0d5bc46..ad6949b 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt @@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ useless and be disabled, returning errors. So it is important to monitor the amount of free space and expand the <COW device> before it fills up. <persistent?> is P (Persistent) or N (Not persistent - will not survive -after reboot). -The difference is that for transient snapshots less metadata must be -saved on disk - they can be kept in memory by the kernel. +after reboot). O (Overflow) can be added as a persistent store option +to allow userspace to advertise its support for seeing "Overflow" in the +snapshot status. So supported store types are "P", "PO" and "N". + +The difference between persistent and transient is with transient +snapshots less metadata must be saved on disk - they can be kept in +memory by the kernel. * snapshot-merge <origin> <COW device> <persistent> <chunksize> |