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@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ Description: Expected format is the following::
By default "rw" is used.
+ nr_poll_queues
+ specifies the number of poll-mode queues. If the IO has HIPRI flag,
+ the block-layer will send the IO via the poll-mode queue.
+ For fast network and device the polling is faster than interrupt-base
+ IO handling because it saves time for context switching, switching to
+ another process, handling the interrupt and switching back to the
+ issuing process.
+
+ Set -1 if you want to set it as the number of CPUs
+ By default rnbd client creates only irq-mode queues.
+
+ NOTICE: MUST make a unique session for a device using the poll-mode queues.
+
Exit Codes:
If the device is already mapped it will fail with EEXIST. If the input