rbd: add 'thick' sysfs rbd device attribute
PATCH 2/2 rbd: add 'thick' sysfs rbd device attribute
This patch adds the description of sysfs thick entry.
Signed-off-by Hitoshi Kamei <[email protected]>
Cc Mitsuo Hayasaka <[email protected]>
--- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd +6 -0
@@ -119,3 +119,9 @@ parent Information identifying the chain of parent images in a layered rbd image. Entries are separated by empty lines. + +thick + + Specifying thick-provision image by writing "1" to this file. + And, releasing the flag of thick-provision image by writing + "0" to this file.
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2.15.1
The normal storage term would be fully provisioned, not 'thick'
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The normal storage term would be fully provisioned, not 'thick'
The rbd command, which is user mode program, uses "thick-provision". If the kernel rbd driver uses "fully provisioned", then the rbd command should use "fully provisioned" too.
What do you think, Jason?
Regards,
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Hitoshi Kamei