1 What: /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/
3 Contact: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
6 Provide a place in sysfs for the backing_dev_info object. This allows
7 setting and retrieving various BDI specific variables.
9 The <bdi> identifier can be either of the following:
13 Device number for block devices, or value of st_dev on
14 non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS
19 The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed
20 filesystems which do not provide their own BDI.
22 Files under /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/
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25 read_ahead_kb (read-write)
27 Size of the read-ahead window in kilobytes
29 min_ratio (read-write)
31 Under normal circumstances each device is given a part of the
32 total write-back cache that relates to its current average
33 writeout speed in relation to the other devices.
35 The 'min_ratio' parameter allows assigning a minimum
36 percentage of the write-back cache to a particular device.
37 For example, this is useful for providing a minimum QoS.
39 max_ratio (read-write)
41 Allows limiting a particular device to use not more than the
42 given percentage of the write-back cache. This is useful in
43 situations where we want to avoid one device taking all or
44 most of the write-back cache. For example in case of an NFS
45 mount that is prone to get stuck, or a FUSE mount which cannot
46 be trusted to play fair.