X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ffilesystems%2Fext3.txt;h=b45f3c1b8b431655f500b0a8842553ea21a5d6a0;hb=c80cfb0406c01bb5da91bfe30f5cb1fd96831138;hp=afb1335c05d6fb5db31402dcd33c9a1ff21fb275;hpb=0825788ff27c7145e9d558cb2a26f3837d1f9be5;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt index afb1335c05d..b45f3c1b8b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt @@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ noquota grpquota usrquota +bh (*) ext3 associates buffer heads to data pages to +nobh (a) cache disk block mapping information + (b) link pages into transaction to provide + ordering guarantees. + "bh" option forces use of buffer heads. + "nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer + heads (supported only for "writeback" mode). + Specification ============= @@ -122,12 +130,12 @@ Device layer. Journaling Block Device layer ----------------------------- -The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was design to -add journaling capabilities on a block device. The ext3 filesystem code will -inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). The -journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of crash, the -journal can replayed the transactions to put the partition back in a -consistent state fast. +The Journaling Block Device layer (JBD) isn't ext3 specific. It was designed +to add journaling capabilities to a block device. The ext3 filesystem code +will inform the JBD of modifications it is performing (called a transaction). +The journal supports the transactions start and stop, and in case of a crash, +the journal can replay the transactions to quickly put the partition back into +a consistent state. Handles represent a single atomic update to a filesystem. JBD can handle an external journal on a block device. @@ -156,7 +164,7 @@ 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. +outperforms all other modes. Compatibility -------------