[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm-verity: Add documentation for try_verify_in_tasklet option.

Milan Broz gmazyland at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 18:42:26 UTC 2022


Add documentation for try_verify_in_tasklet feature implemented
in patch 5721d4e5a9cdb148f681a004ae5748890a0e2d90.

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland at gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst
index 1a6b91368e59..a65c1602cb23 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.rst
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ root_hash_sig_key_desc <key_description>
     also gain new certificates at run time if they are signed by a certificate
     already in the secondary trusted keyring.
 
+try_verify_in_tasklet
+    If verity hashes are in cache, verify data blocks in kernel tasklet instead
+    of workqueue. This option can reduce IO latency.
+
 Theory of operation
 ===================
 
-- 
2.37.2



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