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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 1b7f9acbcbb..34ea4f1fa6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -200,12 +200,9 @@ inode_readahead_blks=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum table readahead algorithm will pre-read into the buffer cache. The default value is 32 blocks. -nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. If you have extended - attribute support enabled in the kernel configuration - (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR), extended attribute support - is enabled by default on mount. See the attr(5) manual - page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ for more information - about extended attributes. +nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. See the + attr(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ + for more information about extended attributes. noacl This option disables POSIX Access Control List support. If ACL support is enabled in the kernel @@ -375,6 +372,16 @@ dioread_nolock locking. If the dioread_nolock option is specified Because of the restrictions this options comprises it is off by default (e.g. dioread_lock). +max_dir_size_kb=n This limits the size of directories so that any + attempt to expand them beyond the specified + limit in kilobytes will cause an ENOSPC error. + This is useful in memory constrained + environments, where a very large directory can + cause severe performance problems or even + provoke the Out Of Memory killer. (For example, + if there is only 512mb memory available, a 176mb + directory may seriously cramp the system's style.) + i_version Enable 64-bit inode version support. This option is off by default. |