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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-11 13:23:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-11 13:23:48 -0700 |
| commit | fd048088306656824958e7783ffcee27e241b361 (patch) | |
| tree | be11bebe3bbd2cac88ff27bd3c7450339d21bdc7 /Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | |
| parent | 5c3c4d9b5810c9aabd8c05219c62ca088aa83eb0 (diff) | |
| parent | 03010a3350301baac2154fa66de925ae2981b7e3 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (43 commits)
ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
ext4: Avoid double dirtying of super block in ext4_put_super()
Update ext4 MAINTAINERS file
Hook ext4 to the vfs fiemap interface.
generic block based fiemap implementation
ocfs2: fiemap support
vfs: vfs-level fiemap interface
ext4: fix xattr deadlock
jbd2: Fix buffer head leak when writing the commit block
ext4: Add debugging markers that can be used by systemtap
jbd2: abort instead of waiting for nonexistent transaction
ext4: fix initialization of UNINIT bitmap blocks
ext4: Remove old legacy block allocator
ext4: Use readahead when reading an inode from the inode table
ext4: Improve the documentation for ext4's /proc tunables
ext4: Combine proc file handling into a single set of functions
ext4: move /proc setup and teardown out of mballoc.c
ext4: Don't use 'struct dentry' for internal lookups
ext4/jbd2: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write to the superblock
ext4: use percpu data structures for lg_prealloc_list
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 0d5394920a3..74484e69640 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org you will need to merge your changes with the version from e2fsprogs 1.41.x. - - Create a new filesystem using the ext4dev filesystem type: + - Create a new filesystem using the ext4 filesystem type: - # mke2fs -t ext4dev /dev/hda1 + # mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/hda1 Or configure an existing ext3 filesystem to support extents and set the test_fs flag to indicate that it's ok for an in-development @@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org # tune2fs -I 256 /dev/hda1 - (Note: we currently do not have tools to convert an ext4dev + (Note: we currently do not have tools to convert an ext4 filesystem back to ext3; so please do not do try this on production filesystems.) - Mounting: - # mount -t ext4dev /dev/hda1 /wherever + # mount -t ext4 /dev/hda1 /wherever - When comparing performance with other filesystems, remember that ext3/4 by default offers higher data integrity guarantees than most. @@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, disabling barriers may safely improve performance. +inode_readahead=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum + number of inode table blocks that ext4's inode + 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. @@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ stripe=n Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try delalloc (*) Deferring block allocation until write-out time. nodelalloc Disable delayed allocation. Blocks are allocation when data is copied from user to page cache. + Data Mode ========= There are 3 different data modes: |