Re: [PATCH] mount.cifs: manpage: add entry for "actimeo" option

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On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:09:32 -0500
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed,  1 Dec 2010 18:30:36 +0530
> Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  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 <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Modified patch pushed to cifs-utils repo.

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