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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi index d773d5697cf5..3187a18af6da 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi @@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ stable_pages_required (read-only) If set, the backing device requires that all pages comprising a write request must not be changed until writeout is complete. + +strictlimit (read-write) + + Forces per-BDI checks for the share of given device in the write-back + cache even before the global background dirty limit is reached. This + is useful in situations where the global limit is much higher than + affordable for given relatively slow (or untrusted) device. Turning + strictlimit on has no visible effect if max_ratio is equal to 100%. |