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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-03 17:48:21 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-10-03 17:48:21 +0200
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parentMAINTAINERS: Add EFI maintainer entry (diff)
parentjfs: Fix do_div precision in commit b40c2e66 (diff)
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Merge tag 'jfs-3.7' of git://github.com/kleikamp/linux-shaggy
Pull JFS update from Dave Kleikamp: "JFS TRIM support and some minor fixes" * tag 'jfs-3.7' of git://github.com/kleikamp/linux-shaggy: jfs: Fix do_div precision in commit b40c2e66 JFS: use list_move instead of list_del/list_add jfs: Remove obsolete email address fs/jfs: TRIM support for JFS Filesystem
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt
index 26ebde77e821..f7433355394a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/jfs.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ IBM's Journaled File System (JFS) for Linux
JFS Homepage: http://jfs.sourceforge.net/
The following mount options are supported:
+(*) == default
iocharset=name Character set to use for converting from Unicode to
ASCII. The default is to do no conversion. Use
@@ -21,12 +22,12 @@ nointegrity Do not write to the journal. The primary use of this option
from backup media. The integrity of the volume is not
guaranteed if the system abnormally abends.
-integrity Default. Commit metadata changes to the journal. Use this
- option to remount a volume where the nointegrity option was
+integrity(*) Commit metadata changes to the journal. Use this option to
+ remount a volume where the nointegrity option was
previously specified in order to restore normal behavior.
errors=continue Keep going on a filesystem error.
-errors=remount-ro Default. Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
+errors=remount-ro(*) Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
errors=panic Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
uid=value Override on-disk uid with specified value
@@ -35,7 +36,17 @@ umask=value Override on-disk umask with specified octal value. For
directories, the execute bit will be set if the corresponding
read bit is set.
-Please send bugs, comments, cards and letters to shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com.
+discard=minlen This enables/disables the use of discard/TRIM commands.
+discard The discard/TRIM commands are sent to the underlying
+nodiscard(*) block device when blocks are freed. This is useful for SSD
+ devices and sparse/thinly-provisioned LUNs. The FITRIM ioctl
+ command is also available together with the nodiscard option.
+ The value of minlen specifies the minimum blockcount, when
+ a TRIM command to the block device is considered usefull.
+ When no value is given to the discard option, it defaults to
+ 64 blocks, which means 256KiB in JFS.
+ The minlen value of discard overrides the minlen value given
+ on an FITRIM ioctl().
The JFS mailing list can be subscribed to by using the link labeled
"Mail list Subscribe" at our web page http://jfs.sourceforge.net/