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| author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-06-30 10:16:50 +1000 |
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| committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-06-30 10:16:50 +1000 |
| commit | e9a4b6a3f6592862a67837e80aad3f50468857a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 087420cf91ac922c7e99757c4490a605ec7b10f2 /Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | |
| parent | 441dbb500b4344a8e3125e5aabab4f9dbf72514f (diff) | |
| parent | 1702b52092e9a6d05398d3f9581ddc050ef00d06 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 560f88d..0c5086db 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. |
