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| What:		/sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/
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| Date:		January 2008
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| Contact:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
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| Description:
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| 
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| Provide a place in sysfs for the backing_dev_info object.  This allows
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| setting and retrieving various BDI specific variables.
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| 
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| The <bdi> identifier can be either of the following:
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| 
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| MAJOR:MINOR
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| 
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| 	Device number for block devices, or value of st_dev on
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| 	non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS
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| 	and FUSE.
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| 
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| MAJOR:MINOR-fuseblk
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| 
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| 	Value of st_dev on fuseblk filesystems.
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| 
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| default
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| 
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| 	The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed
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| 	filesystems which do not provide their own BDI.
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| 
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| Files under /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/
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| ---------------------------------
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| 
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| read_ahead_kb (read-write)
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| 
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| 	Size of the read-ahead window in kilobytes
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| min_ratio (read-write)
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| 
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| 	Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
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| 	total write-back cache that relates to its current average
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| 	writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
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| 
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| 	The 'min_ratio' parameter allows assigning a minimum
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| 	percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device.
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| 	For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS.
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| 
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| max_ratio (read-write)
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| 
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| 	Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the
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| 	given percentage of the write-back cache.  This is useful in
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| 	situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or
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| 	most of the write-back cache.  For example in case of an NFS
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| 	mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot
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| 	be trusted to play fair.
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