On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:09:32 -0500 Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 18:30:36 +0530 > Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]> > > --- > > mount.cifs.8 | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8 > > index 7d2bf69..15dc2dc 100644 > > --- a/mount.cifs.8 > > +++ b/mount.cifs.8 > > @@ -403,6 +403,24 @@ Map user accesses to individual credentials when > > accessing the server\&. By defa > > With this change, it's feasible for the server to handle permissions > > enforcement, so this option also implies "noperm"\&. Furthermore, when unix > > extensions aren't in use and the administrator has not overriden ownership > > using the uid= or gid= options, ownership of files is presented as the > > current user accessing the share\&. > > .RE > > .PP > > +actimeo=\fIarg\fR > > +.RS 4 > > +The time (in seconds) that the CIFS client caches attributes of a file or > > +directory before it requests attribute information from a server. During > > this > > +period the changes that occur on the server remain undetected until the > > client > > +checks the server again. > > +.sp > > +By default, the attribute cache timeout is set to 1 second. This means more > > +frequent on-the-wire calls to the server to check whether attributes have > > +changed which could impact performance. With this option the users can make > > "With this option, users can make a" > > > +tradeoff between performance and cache metadata correctness depending on > > the > "correctness, depending" > > > +workload needs. Shorter timeouts mean better the cache coherency, but > > frequent > > "Shorter timeouts mean better cache coherency, but an" > > > +increased number of calls to the server. Longer timeouts mean reduced > > number > > +of calls to the server at the expense of stricter cache coherency\&. The > > A little unclear...maybe "Longer timeouts mean a reduced number of calls to > the server but looser cache coherency." > > > +actimeo value is a positive integral that can hold values between 0 and a > > "integer" > > > +maximum value of 2^30 * HZ (frequency of timer interrupt) setting\&. > > +.RE > > +.PP > > \-\-verbose > > .RS 4 > > Print additional debugging information for the mount\&. Note that this > > parameter must be specified before the \-o\&. For example: > > If those edits look ok, I'll add them in when I merge the patch, which > should be soon after Steve merges the kernel patch. No need to resend. > > Thanks, > -- > Jeff Layton <[email protected]> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Modified patch pushed to cifs-utils repo. Thanks, -- Jeff Layton <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
