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authorJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>2016-09-22 06:15:21 -0400
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2017-02-16 13:12:47 -0500
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dm cache metadata: add "metadata2" feature
If "metadata2" is provided as a table argument when creating/loading a
cache target a more compact metadata format, with separate dirty bits,
is used.  "metadata2" improves speed of shutting down a cache target.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
index 785eab87aa71..f228604ddbcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ Optional feature arguments are:
 		   block, then the cache block is invalidated.
 		   To enable passthrough mode the cache must be clean.
 
+   metadata2	: use version 2 of the metadata.  This stores the dirty bits
+                  in a separate btree, which improves speed of shutting
+		  down the cache.
+
 A policy called 'default' is always registered.  This is an alias for
 the policy we currently think is giving best all round performance.