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@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in
your disks are battery-backed in one way or another,
disabling barriers may safely improve performance.
+inode_readahead=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum
+ number of inode table blocks that ext4's inode
+ table readahead algorithm will pre-read into
+ the buffer cache. The default value is 32 blocks.
+
orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is
enabled by default.
@@ -252,6 +257,7 @@ stripe=n Number of filesystem blocks that mballoc will try
delalloc (*) Deferring block allocation until write-out time.
nodelalloc Disable delayed allocation. Blocks are allocation
when data is copied from user to page cache.
+
Data Mode
=========
There are 3 different data modes: