@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ journal_sectors:number
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device. If the device is already formatted, the value from the
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superblock is used.
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- interleave_sectors:number
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+ interleave_sectors:number (default 32768)
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The number of interleaved sectors. This values is rounded down to
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a power of two. If the device is already formatted, the value from
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the superblock is used.
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ meta_device:device
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Don't interleave the data and metadata on the device. Use a
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separate device for metadata.
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- buffer_sectors:number
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- The number of sectors in one buffer. The value is rounded down to
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- a power of two.
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+ buffer_sectors:number (default 128)
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+ The number of sectors in one metadata buffer. The value is rounded
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+ down to a power of two.
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- journal_watermark:number
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+ journal_watermark:number (default 50)
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The journal watermark in percents. When the size of the journal
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exceeds this watermark, the thread that flushes the journal will
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be started.
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- commit_time:number
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+ commit_time:number (default 10000)
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Commit time in milliseconds. When this time passes, the journal is
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written. The journal is also written immediately if the FLUSH
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request is received.
@@ -168,11 +168,10 @@ journal_mac:algorithm(:key) (the key is optional)
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the journal. Thus, modified sector number would be detected at
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this stage.
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- block_size:number
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- The size of a data block in bytes. The larger the block size the
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+ block_size:number (default 512)
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+ The size of a data block in bytes. The larger the block size the
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less overhead there is for per-block integrity metadata.
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- Supported values are 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes. If not
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- specified the default block size is 512 bytes.
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+ Supported values are 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes.
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sectors_per_bit:number
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In the bitmap mode, this parameter specifies the number of
@@ -291,7 +290,8 @@ The layout of the formatted block device:
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Each run contains:
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* tag area - it contains integrity tags. There is one tag for each
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- sector in the data area
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+ sector in the data area. The size of this area is always 4KiB or
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+ greater.
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* data area - it contains data sectors. The number of data sectors
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in one run must be a power of two. log2 of this value is stored
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in the superblock.
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