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author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2011-11-13 20:55:35 +0100 |
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committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2011-11-13 20:55:53 +0100 |
commit | 2290c0d06d82faee87b1ab2d9d4f7bf81ef64379 (patch) | |
tree | e075e4d5534193f28e6059904f61e5ca03958d3c /Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | |
parent | 4da669a2e3e5bc70b30a0465f3641528681b5f77 (diff) | |
parent | 52e4c2a05256cb83cda12f3c2137ab1533344edb (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Sync with Linus tree to have 157550ff ("mtd: add GPMI-NAND driver
in the config and Makefile") as I have patch depending on that one.
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 232a575a0c48..4917cf24a5e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ noload if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly, lead to any number of problems. data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior to being - written into the main file system. + written into the main file system. Enabling + this mode will disable delayed allocation and + O_DIRECT support. data=ordered (*) All data are forced directly out to the main file system prior to its metadata being committed to the @@ -201,30 +203,19 @@ inode_readahead_blks=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum table readahead algorithm will pre-read into the buffer cache. The default value is 32 blocks. -orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is - enabled by default. - -oldalloc This disables the Orlov block allocator and enables - the old block allocator. Orlov should have better - performance - we'd like to get some feedback if it's - the contrary for you. - -user_xattr Enables Extended User Attributes. Additionally, you - need to have extended attribute support enabled in the - kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR). See the - attr(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ to - learn more about extended attributes. - -nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. - -acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support. - Additionally, you need to have ACL support enabled in - the kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL). - See the acl(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ - for more information. +nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. If you have extended + attribute support enabled in the kernel configuration + (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR), extended attribute support + is enabled by default on mount. See the attr(5) manual + page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ for more information + about extended attributes. noacl This option disables POSIX Access Control List - support. + support. If ACL support is enabled in the kernel + configuration (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL), ACL is + enabled by default on mount. See the acl(5) manual + page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ for more information + about acl. bsddf (*) Make 'df' act like BSD. minixdf Make 'df' act like Minix. @@ -419,8 +410,8 @@ written to the journal first, and then to its final location. In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both data and metadata into a consistent state. This mode is the slowest except when data needs to be read from and written to disk at the same time where it -outperforms all others modes. Currently ext4 does not have delayed -allocation support if this data journalling mode is selected. +outperforms all others modes. Enabling this mode will disable delayed +allocation and O_DIRECT support. /proc entries ============= |