[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm-crypt: Document new no_workqueue flags.

Milan Broz gmazyland at gmail.com
Thu Aug 20 17:45:38 UTC 2020


Patch 39d42fa96ba1b7d2544db3f8ed5da8fb0d5cb877 introduced new
dm-crypt no_read_workqueue and no_write_workqueue flags.

This patch adds documentation to admin guide for them.

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland at gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
index 8f4a3f889d43..94466921415d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ submit_from_crypt_cpus
     thread because it benefits CFQ to have writes submitted using the
     same context.
 
+no_read_workqueue
+    Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process read requests synchronously.
+
+no_write_workqueue
+    Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process write requests synchronously.
+
 integrity:<bytes>:<type>
     The device requires additional <bytes> metadata per-sector stored
     in per-bio integrity structure. This metadata must by provided
-- 
2.28.0




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