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[v3,4/5] Documentation/device-mapper: add optional parameter reinit

Message ID 20190131022955.9920-5-yehs2007@zoho.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Optimize writecache when using pmem as cache | expand

Commit Message

Huaisheng Ye Jan. 31, 2019, 2:29 a.m. UTC 
From: Huaisheng Ye <yehs1@lenovo.com>

Add intro and usage guide for reinit.

Signed-off-by: Huaisheng Ye <yehs1@lenovo.com>
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 Documentation/device-mapper/writecache.txt | 4 ++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/writecache.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/writecache.txt
index 01532b3..255c68c 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/writecache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/writecache.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@  Constructor parameters:
 		afterwards
 		- some underlying devices perform better with fua, some
 		  with nofua. The user should test it
+	reinit		(by default off)
+		applicable only to persistent memory - use the REINIT flag
+		when the surper block has messy data, that would cause fn ctr
+		failed to work with invalid magic or version in the superblock
 
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