Re: [PATCH] manpage: update the description of the wsize= option

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On Tue, 24 May 2011 15:03:53 -0400
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ...to account for the changes in the async write patchset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.8 |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8
> index ddecb2a..1299725 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.8
> +++ b/mount.cifs.8
> @@ -394,9 +394,9 @@ rsize=\fIarg\fR
>  default network read size (usually 16K)\&. The client currently can not use rsize larger than CIFSMaxBufSize\&. CIFSMaxBufSize defaults to 16K and may be changed (from 8K to the maximum kmalloc size allowed by your kernel) at module install time for cifs\&.ko\&. Setting CIFSMaxBufSize to a very large value will cause cifs to use more memory and may reduce performance in some cases\&. To use rsize greater than 127K (the original cifs protocol maximum) also requires that the server support a new Unix Capability flag (for very large read) which some newer servers (e\&.g\&. Samba 3\&.0\&.26 or later) do\&. rsize can be set from a minimum of 2048 to a maximum of 130048 (127K or CIFSMaxBufSize, whichever is smaller)
>  .RE
>  .PP
> -wsize=\fIarg\fR
> +wsize=\fIbytes\fR
>  .RS 4
> -default network write size (default 57344) maximum wsize currently allowed by CIFS is 57344 (fourteen 4096 byte pages)
> +Maximum amount of data that the kernel will send in a write request in bytes. Prior to kernel 2\&.6\&.40, the default and maximum was 57344 (14 * 4096 pages). As of 2\&.6\&.40, the default is 1M, and the maximum allowed is 16M. Note that this value is just a starting point. The client and server may negotiate this size downward according to the server's capabilities.
>  .RE
>  .PP
>  fsc

Slightly revised version committed...

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Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
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