Re: [PATCH 1/1 linux-next] ext4: fix block_validity definition

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 09:43:34PM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> Fix ext4 documentation according to commit 45f1a9c3f63d
> ("ext4: enable block_validity by default")
> 
> Also fix some typos.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
> index 6c0108e..024c6db 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
> @@ -351,14 +351,13 @@ nouid32			Disables 32-bit UIDs and GIDs.  This is for
>  			interoperability  with  older kernels which only
>  			store and expect 16-bit values.
>  
> -block_validity		This options allows to enables/disables the in-kernel
> +block_validity(*)	This option allows to enable/disable the in-kernel

This sentence still reads awkwardly.  How about:

"These options enable or disable the in-kernel facility for tracking..."

The rest looks ok, so
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

>  noblock_validity	facility for tracking filesystem metadata blocks
>  			within internal data structures. This allows multi-
>  			block allocator and other routines to quickly locate
>  			extents which might overlap with filesystem metadata
> -			blocks. This option is intended for debugging
> -			purposes and since it negatively affects the
> -			performance, it is off by default.
> +			blocks. Initially intended for debugging, it's now
> +			enabled by default.
>  
>  dioread_lock		Controls whether or not ext4 should use the DIO read
>  dioread_nolock		locking. If the dioread_nolock option is specified
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
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