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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst index a683976fad6d..d2795ca6821e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/ext4.rst @@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ Files in /sys/fs/ext4/<devname>: multiple of this tuning parameter if the stripe size is not set in the ext4 superblock + mb_max_inode_prealloc + The maximum length of per-inode ext4_prealloc_space list. + mb_max_to_scan The maximum number of extents the multiblock allocator will search to find the best extent. @@ -529,21 +532,21 @@ Files in /sys/fs/ext4/<devname>: Ioctls ====== -There is some Ext4 specific functionality which can be accessed by applications -through the system call interfaces. The list of all Ext4 specific ioctls are -shown in the table below. +Ext4 implements various ioctls which can be used by applications to access +ext4-specific functionality. An incomplete list of these ioctls is shown in the +table below. This list includes truly ext4-specific ioctls (``EXT4_IOC_*``) as +well as ioctls that may have been ext4-specific originally but are now supported +by some other filesystem(s) too (``FS_IOC_*``). -Table of Ext4 specific ioctls +Table of Ext4 ioctls - EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS + FS_IOC_GETFLAGS Get additional attributes associated with inode. The ioctl argument is - an integer bitfield, with bit values described in ext4.h. This ioctl is - an alias for FS_IOC_GETFLAGS. + an integer bitfield, with bit values described in ext4.h. - EXT4_IOC_SETFLAGS + FS_IOC_SETFLAGS Set additional attributes associated with inode. The ioctl argument is - an integer bitfield, with bit values described in ext4.h. This ioctl is - an alias for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS. + an integer bitfield, with bit values described in ext4.h. EXT4_IOC_GETVERSION, EXT4_IOC_GETVERSION_OLD Get the inode i_generation number stored for each inode. The |