[PATCH] ext3: Add "-o bh" option
This patch adds "-o bh" option to force use of buffer_heads. This option
is needed when we make "nobh" as default - and if we run into problems.
Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index afb1335..4aecc9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@
grpquota
usrquota
+bh (*) ext3 associates buffer heads to data pages to
+nobh (a) cache disk block mapping information
+ (b) link pages into transaction to provide
+ ordering guarantees.
+ "bh" option forces use of buffer heads.
+ "nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer
+ heads (supported only for "writeback" mode).
+
Specification
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