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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-13 10:37:30 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-13 10:37:30 -0700 |
commit | 2897c684d1d5140e0e0302e73660c7cb97981b27 (patch) | |
tree | 8132776c20aeaa8ec6703ea782afd44ffc76e3ce /fs/cifs/README | |
parent | c029b55af7d6b02b993e8a5add78d062da7a3940 (diff) | |
parent | 3f43231230664c23f4a7513232171dcb6ce9f068 (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6:
[NFS] Set CONFIG_KEYS when CONFIG_NFS_USE_KERNEL_DNS is set
AFS: Implement an autocell mount capability [ver #2]
DNS: If the DNS server returns an error, allow that to be cached [ver #2]
NFS: Use kernel DNS resolver [ver #2]
cifs: update README to include details about 'fsc' option
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diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README index a7081eeeb85..7099a526f77 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/README +++ b/fs/cifs/README @@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows: gid Set the default gid for inodes (similar to above). file_mode If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server this overrides the default mode for file inodes. + fsc Enable local disk caching using FS-Cache (off by default). This + option could be useful to improve performance on a slow link, + heavily loaded server and/or network where reading from the + disk is faster than reading from the server (over the network). + This could also impact scalability positively as the + number of calls to the server are reduced. However, local + caching is not suitable for all workloads for e.g. read-once + type workloads. So, you need to consider carefully your + workload/scenario before using this option. Currently, local + disk caching is functional for CIFS files opened as read-only. dir_mode If CIFS Unix extensions are not supported by the server this overrides the default mode for directory inodes. port attempt to contact the server on this tcp port, before |