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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst index 059ddcbe769d..9443fcef1876 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Currently Available * efficient new ordered mode in JBD2 and ext4 (avoid using buffer head to force the ordering) * Case-insensitive file name lookups +* file-based encryption support (fscrypt) +* file-based verity support (fsverity) [1] Filesystems with a block size of 1k may see a limit imposed by the directory hash tree having a maximum depth of two. @@ -181,14 +183,17 @@ When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the following option are accepted: system after its metadata has been committed to the journal. commit=nrsec (*) - Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata every 'nrsec' - seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if you lose - your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of work (your - filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks to the journaling). This - default value (or any low value) will hurt performance, but it's good - for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will have the same effect as leaving - it at the default (5 seconds). Setting it to very large values will - improve performance. + This setting limits the maximum age of the running transaction to + 'nrsec' seconds. The default value is 5 seconds. This means that if + you lose your power, you will lose as much as the latest 5 seconds of + metadata changes (your filesystem will not be damaged though, thanks + to the journaling). This default value (or any low value) will hurt + performance, but it's good for data-safety. Setting it to 0 will have + the same effect as leaving it at the default (5 seconds). Setting it + to very large values will improve performance. Note that due to + delayed allocation even older data can be lost on power failure since + writeback of those data begins only after time set in + /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs. barrier=<0|1(*)>, barrier(*), nobarrier This enables/disables the use of write barriers in the jbd code. |