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ext3/ext4 Documentation: remove bh/nobh since it has been deprecated

Bh and nobh mount option has been deprecated in ext4
(206f7ab4f49a2021fcb8687f25395be77711ddee) and in ext3
(4c4d3901225518ed1a4c938ba15ba09842a00770)
so remove those options from documentation.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Lukas Czerner 14 years ago
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2 changed files with 7 additions and 25 deletions
  1. 0 9
      Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
  2. 7 16
      Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt

+ 0 - 9
Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt

@@ -147,15 +147,6 @@ grpjquota=<file>	during journal replay. They replace the above
 			package for more details
 			package for more details
 			(http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota).
 			(http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota).
 
 
-bh		(*)	ext3 associates buffer heads to data pages to
-nobh			(a) cache disk block mapping information
-			(b) link pages into transaction to provide
-			    ordering guarantees.
-			"bh" option forces use of buffer heads.
-			"nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer
-			heads (supported only for "writeback" mode).
-
-
 Specification
 Specification
 =============
 =============
 Ext3 shares all disk implementation with the ext2 filesystem, and adds
 Ext3 shares all disk implementation with the ext2 filesystem, and adds

+ 7 - 16
Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt

@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ Note: More extensive information for getting started with ext4 can be
     '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems
     '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems
     for a fair comparison.  When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers,
     for a fair comparison.  When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers,
     it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o
     it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o
-    data=writeback,nobh' can be faster for some workloads.  (Note
-    however that running mounted with data=writeback can potentially
-    leave stale data exposed in recently written files in case of an
-    unclean shutdown, which could be a security exposure in some
-    situations.)  Configuring the filesystem with a large journal can
-    also be helpful for metadata-intensive workloads.
+    data=writeback' can be faster for some workloads.  (Note however that
+    running mounted with data=writeback can potentially leave stale data
+    exposed in recently written files in case of an unclean shutdown,
+    which could be a security exposure in some situations.)  Configuring
+    the filesystem with a large journal can also be helpful for
+    metadata-intensive workloads.
 
 
 2. Features
 2. Features
 ===========
 ===========
@@ -272,14 +272,6 @@ grpjquota=<file>	during journal replay. They replace the above
 			package for more details
 			package for more details
 			(http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota).
 			(http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquota).
 
 
-bh		(*)	ext4 associates buffer heads to data pages to
-nobh			(a) cache disk block mapping information
-			(b) link pages into transaction to provide
-			    ordering guarantees.
-			"bh" option forces use of buffer heads.
-			"nobh" option tries to avoid associating buffer
-			heads (supported only for "writeback" mode).
-
 stripe=n		Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try
 stripe=n		Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try
 			to use for allocation size and alignment. For RAID5/6
 			to use for allocation size and alignment. For RAID5/6
 			systems this should be the number of data
 			systems this should be the number of data
@@ -393,8 +385,7 @@ dioread_nolock		locking. If the dioread_nolock option is specified
 			write and convert the extent to initialized after IO
 			write and convert the extent to initialized after IO
 			completes. This approach allows ext4 code to avoid
 			completes. This approach allows ext4 code to avoid
 			using inode mutex, which improves scalability on high
 			using inode mutex, which improves scalability on high
-			speed storages. However this does not work with nobh
-			option and the mount will fail. Nor does it work with
+			speed storages. However this does not work with
 			data journaling and dioread_nolock option will be
 			data journaling and dioread_nolock option will be
 			ignored with kernel warning. Note that dioread_nolock
 			ignored with kernel warning. Note that dioread_nolock
 			code path is only used for extent-based files.
 			code path is only used for extent-based files.