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| author | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2011-04-26 12:22:15 +0400 |
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| committer | Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> | 2011-04-26 12:22:59 +0400 |
| commit | 07f9479a40cc778bc1462ada11f95b01360ae4ff (patch) | |
| tree | 0676cf38df3844004bb3ebfd99dfa67a4a8998f5 /Documentation/device-mapper/dm-flakey.txt | |
| parent | 9d5e6bdb3013acfb311ab407eeca0b6a6a3dedbf (diff) | |
| parent | cd2e49e90f1cae7726c9a2c54488d881d7f1cd1c (diff) | |
| download | linux-07f9479a40cc778bc1462ada11f95b01360ae4ff.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Fast-forwarded to current state of Linus' tree as there are patches to be
applied for files that didn't exist on the old branch.
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-flakey.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-flakey.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c8efdfd19a65 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-flakey.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +dm-flakey +========= + +This target is the same as the linear target except that it returns I/O +errors periodically. It's been found useful in simulating failing +devices for testing purposes. + +Starting from the time the table is loaded, the device is available for +<up interval> seconds, then returns errors for <down interval> seconds, +and then this cycle repeats. + +Parameters: <dev path> <offset> <up interval> <down interval> + <dev path>: Full pathname to the underlying block-device, or a + "major:minor" device-number. + <offset>: Starting sector within the device. + <up interval>: Number of seconds device is available. + <down interval>: Number of seconds device returns errors. |