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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 4f67578b2954..1699a55b7b70 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ ii) Status underlying device. When this is enabled when loading the table, it can get disabled if the underlying device doesn't support it. - ro|rw + ro|rw|out_of_data_space If the pool encounters certain types of device failures it will drop into a read-only metadata mode in which no changes to the pool metadata (like allocating new blocks) are permitted. @@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ ii) Status module parameter can be used to change this timeout -- it defaults to 60 seconds but may be disabled using a value of 0. + needs_check + A metadata operation has failed, resulting in the needs_check + flag being set in the metadata's superblock. The metadata + device must be deactivated and checked/repaired before the + thin-pool can be made fully operational again. '-' indicates + needs_check is not set. + iii) Messages create_thin <dev id> |
