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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>2021-09-27 15:59:44 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-09-28 12:48:15 +0200
commit8a60958923e6cea34de024eb7e494de0bee3c7f2 (patch)
tree48351f5402be7e037e8c4b68c803abc5384d498f /Documentation
parentbab2f3c14e56c526c5b31ac3909fa5b47c21018d (diff)
ABI: sysfs-class-bdi: use What: to describe each property
Instead of listing all bdi entries inside the description, add one entry for each, just like the remaining ABI files. That allows get_abi.pl script to properly parse it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/77e5904dfd275ed2670cd13779e5ef1da96e355c.1632750608.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi30
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
index 5402bd74ba43..6d2a2fc189dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@ default
The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed
filesystems which do not provide their own BDI.
-Files under /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/
-
-read_ahead_kb (read-write)
-
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/read_ahead_kb
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
Size of the read-ahead window in kilobytes
-min_ratio (read-write)
-
+ (read-write)
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_ratio
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
total write-back cache that relates to its current average
writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
@@ -39,8 +42,12 @@ min_ratio (read-write)
percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device.
For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS.
-max_ratio (read-write)
+ (read-write)
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_ratio
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the
given percentage of the write-back cache. This is useful in
situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or
@@ -48,7 +55,12 @@ max_ratio (read-write)
mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot
be trusted to play fair.
-stable_pages_required (read-only)
-
+ (read-write)
+What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/stable_pages_required
+Date: January 2008
+Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
+Description:
If set, the backing device requires that all pages comprising a write
request must not be changed until writeout is complete.
+
+ (read-only)