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author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-07-22 22:42:10 +0300 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-07-22 22:42:10 +0300 |
commit | e27a24210aa17b8a0cd462865130fe73afd7e001 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'v5.3-rc1' into docs-next
Pull in all of the massive docs changes from elsewhere.
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/delay.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/delay.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..917ba8c33359 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/delay.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +======== +dm-delay +======== + +Device-Mapper's "delay" target delays reads and/or writes +and maps them to different devices. + +Parameters:: + + <device> <offset> <delay> [<write_device> <write_offset> <write_delay> + [<flush_device> <flush_offset> <flush_delay>]] + +With separate write parameters, the first set is only used for reads. +Offsets are specified in sectors. +Delays are specified in milliseconds. + +Example scripts +=============== + +:: + + #!/bin/sh + # Create device delaying rw operation for 500ms + echo "0 `blockdev --getsz $1` delay $1 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed + +:: + + #!/bin/sh + # Create device delaying only write operation for 500ms and + # splitting reads and writes to different devices $1 $2 + echo "0 `blockdev --getsz $1` delay $1 0 0 $2 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed |