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@@ -169,5 +169,12 @@ This is the number of bytes the device can write in a single write-same
command. A value of '0' means write-same is not supported by this
device.
+wb_lat_usec (RW)
+----------------
+If the device is registered for writeback throttling, then this file shows
+the target minimum read latency. If this latency is exceeded in a given
+window of time (see wb_window_usec), then the writeback throttling will start
+scaling back writes.
+
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>, February 2009