f2fs: add nobarrier mount option
This patch adds a mount option, nobarrier, in f2fs.
The assumption in here is that file system keeps the IO ordering, but
doesn't care about cache flushes inside the storages.
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index 51afba1..a2046a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
to eliminate redundant command issues. If the underlying
device handles the cache_flush command relatively slowly,
recommend to enable this option.
+nobarrier This option can be used if underlying storage guarantees
+ its cached data should be written to the novolatile area.
+ If this option is set, no cache_flush commands are issued
+ but f2fs still guarantees the write ordering of all the
+ data writes.
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