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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-19 10:47:07 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-08-19 10:47:07 -0700
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits) Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs." block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags block: improve rq_affinity placement blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH xen/blkback: Make description more obvious. cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show() drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse bsg-lib: add module.h include cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index ...
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@@ -1350,9 +1350,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
the IO APIC.
- max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
- be mounted
- Format: <1-256>
+ max_loop= [LOOP] The number of loop block devices that get
+ (loop.max_loop) unconditionally pre-created at init time. The default
+ number is configured by BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT. Instead
+ of statically allocating a predefined number, loop
+ devices can be requested on-demand with the
+ /dev/loop-control interface.
mcatest= [IA-64]