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 CF713C433F5 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:26:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229999AbiJKB0J (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:26:09 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48112 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229913AbiJKBZp (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2022 21:25:45 -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 2E8633BC63 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:25:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by dev1180.prn1.facebook.com (Postfix, from userid 425415) id F21E234BDDD4; Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:01:05 -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 03/14] mm: document new /sys/class/bdi//strict_limit knob Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:00:33 -0700 Message-Id: <20221011010044.851537-4-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//strict_limit knob. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/AB= I/testing/sysfs-class-bdi index 6d2a2fc189dd..68b5d4018c2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi @@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ Description: mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot be trusted to play fair. =20 + (read-write) +What: /sys/class/bdi//strict_limit +Date: October 2022 +Contact: Stefan Roesch +Description: + Forces per-BDI checks for the share of given device in the write-back + cache even before the global background dirty limit is reached. This + is useful in situations where the global limit is much higher than + affordable for given relatively slow (or untrusted) device. Turning + strictlimit on has no visible effect if max_ratio is equal to 100%. + (read-write) What: /sys/class/bdi//stable_pages_required Date: January 2008 --=20 2.30.2