From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DE6BC433FE for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:26:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229786AbiJKB0n (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:26:43 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49536 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230504AbiJKB0W (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:26:22 -0400 Received: from 66-220-144-178.mail-mxout.facebook.com (66-220-144-178.mail-mxout.facebook.com [66.220.144.178]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 093123F30D for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:26:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by dev1180.prn1.facebook.com (Postfix, from userid 425415) id 1EFC534BDDE0; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:01:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Stefan Roesch To: kernel-team@fb.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: shr@devkernel.io, axboe@kernel.dk, clm@meta.com Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 09/14] mm: document new /sys/class/bdi//max_bytes knob Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:00:39 -0700 Message-Id: <20221011010044.851537-10-shr@devkernel.io> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20221011010044.851537-1-shr@devkernel.io> References: <20221011010044.851537-1-shr@devkernel.io> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org This documents the new /sys/class/bdi//max_bytes knob. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/AB= I/testing/sysfs-class-bdi index 68b5d4018c2f..580f723de049 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi @@ -56,6 +56,20 @@ Description: be trusted to play fair. =20 (read-write) + +What: /sys/class/bdi//max_bytes +Date: October 2022 +Contact: Stefan Roesch +Description: + Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the + given 'max_bytes' of the write-back cache. This is useful in + situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or + most of the write-back cache. For example in case of an NFS + mount that is prone to get stuck, a FUSE mount which cannot be + trusted to play fair, or a nbd device. + + (read-write) + What: /sys/class/bdi//strict_limit Date: October 2022 Contact: Stefan Roesch --=20 2.30.2