2009-12-17 07:40:23

by Fang Wenqi

Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Update documentation to correct the inode_readahead_blks option name

Per commit 240799cd, the option name for readahead should be
inode_readahead_blks, not inode_readahead.

Signed-off-by: Fang Wenqi <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index af6885c..e1def17 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ nobarrier This also requires an IO stack which can support
also be used to enable or disable barriers, for
consistency with other ext4 mount options.

-inode_readahead=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum
+inode_readahead_blks=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.
--
1.6.5.2

2009-12-24 22:52:33

by Theodore Ts'o

Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Update documentation to correct the inode_readahead_blks option name

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 03:40:23PM +0800, Fang Wenqi wrote:
> Per commit 240799cd, the option name for readahead should be
> inode_readahead_blks, not inode_readahead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fang Wenqi <[email protected]>

Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue.

- Ted