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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-10-12 10:54:35 -0700 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-10-12 10:54:35 -0700 |
commit | 378102f364d3fba88b8162df13d639d620e9272c (patch) | |
tree | 4d08ab65dc1e99d47c1b53fb7d7640711ea46cf6 /Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt | |
parent | 1a76eb5b04062cf2a32d5c7f0aefc9d92c3f986a (diff) | |
parent | 25cb62b76430a91cc6195f902e61c2cb84ade622 (diff) | |
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Merge 4.3-rc5 into tty-next
We want the tty fixes and reverts in here as well so that people can
properly test and use it.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt index 0d5bc46dc167..ad6949bff2e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/snapshot.txt @@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ useless and be disabled, returning errors. So it is important to monitor the amount of free space and expand the <COW device> before it fills up. <persistent?> is P (Persistent) or N (Not persistent - will not survive -after reboot). -The difference is that for transient snapshots less metadata must be -saved on disk - they can be kept in memory by the kernel. +after reboot). O (Overflow) can be added as a persistent store option +to allow userspace to advertise its support for seeing "Overflow" in the +snapshot status. So supported store types are "P", "PO" and "N". + +The difference between persistent and transient is with transient +snapshots less metadata must be saved on disk - they can be kept in +memory by the kernel. * snapshot-merge <origin> <COW device> <persistent> <chunksize> |