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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt index 571f24ffc91c..ad697781f9ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> \ Otherwise #opt_params is the number of following arguments. Example of optional parameters section: - 2 allow_discards same_cpu_crypt + 3 allow_discards same_cpu_crypt submit_from_crypt_cpus allow_discards Block discard requests (a.k.a. TRIM) are passed through the crypt device. @@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ same_cpu_crypt The default is to use an unbound workqueue so that encryption work is automatically balanced between available CPUs. +submit_from_crypt_cpus + Disable offloading writes to a separate thread after encryption. + There are some situations where offloading write bios from the + encryption threads to a single thread degrades performance + significantly. The default is to offload write bios to the same + thread because it benefits CFQ to have writes submitted using the + same context. + Example scripts =============== LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is now the preferred way to set up disk |