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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-05-10 21:42:01 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-05-10 21:42:01 +0300 |
| commit | 94d7dbf108813ea45a91e27e9a8bd231d5a23fa7 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e2dfc393b8b4332c424b0debd3dca802e6d0d66 /Documentation | |
| parent | 008464a9360e31b14677457dcd976fbf9dd58e2e (diff) | |
| parent | 28700a36232ba61fb6ac59466821546cb25aec69 (diff) | |
| download | linux-94d7dbf108813ea45a91e27e9a8bd231d5a23fa7.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'for-4.17/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
Pull device mapper fixes from Mike Snitzer:
- a stable fix for DM integrity to use kvfree
- fix for a 4.17-rc1 change to dm-bufio's buffer alignment
- fixes for a few sparse warnings
- remove VLA usage in DM mirror target
- improve DM thinp Documentation for the "read_only" feature
* tag 'for-4.17/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm:
dm thin: update Documentation to clarify when "read_only" is valid
dm mirror: remove VLA usage
dm: fix some sparse warnings and whitespace in dax methods
dm cache background tracker: fix sparse warning
dm bufio: fix buffer alignment
dm integrity: use kvfree for kvmalloc'd memory
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 4bcd4b7f79f9..3d01948ea061 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt @@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ i) Constructor data device, but just remove the mapping. read_only: Don't allow any changes to be made to the pool - metadata. + metadata. This mode is only available after the + thin-pool has been created and first used in full + read/write mode. It cannot be specified on initial + thin-pool creation. error_if_no_space: Error IOs, instead of queueing, if no space. |