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

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On 2020/08/21 2:46, Milan Broz wrote:
> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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.

Could you add one more line here saying something like:

This option is automatically enabled for host-managed zoned block devices (e.g.
host-managed SMR hard-disks).

Thanks !

> +
>  integrity:<bytes>:<type>
>      The device requires additional <bytes> metadata per-sector stored
>      in per-bio integrity structure. This metadata must by provided
> 


-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research



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