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authorJaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>2018-02-18 17:50:49 +0100
committerJaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>2018-03-13 00:05:50 +0100
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parentf2fs: don't stop GC if GC is contended (diff)
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f2fs: add mount option for segment allocation policy
This patch adds an mount option, "alloc_mode=%s" having two options, "default" and "reuse". In "alloc_mode=reuse" case, f2fs starts to allocate segments from 0'th segment all the time to reassign segments. It'd be useful for small-sized eMMC parts. Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index 0caf7da0a532..0409c47584ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ whint_mode=%s Control which write hints are passed down to block
down hints. In "user-based" mode, f2fs tries to pass
down hints given by users. And in "fs-based" mode, f2fs
passes down hints with its policy.
+alloc_mode=%s Adjust block allocation policy, which supports "reuse"
+ and "default".
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