git: 4a2a69c4472c - main - mount_nullfs(8): document -o cache and vfs.nullfs.cache_vnodes
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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:44:53 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4a2a69c4472cf677f8dfc026fff3dd33c83580cb
commit 4a2a69c4472cf677f8dfc026fff3dd33c83580cb
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-03-08 18:26:48 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-03-08 18:44:21 +0000
mount_nullfs(8): document -o cache and vfs.nullfs.cache_vnodes
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
---
sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8 | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8
index 940cb1650a31..da7eb8f3d58b 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nullfs/mount_nullfs.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 11, 2023
+.Dd March 24, 2024
.Dt MOUNT_NULLFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -90,15 +90,21 @@ See the
.Xr mount 8
man page for possible options and their meanings.
Additionally the following option is supported:
-.Bl -tag -width indent
+.Bl -tag -width nocache
.It Cm nocache
Disable metadata caching in the null layer.
Some lower-layer file systems may force this option.
Depending on the access pattern,
this may result in increased lock contention.
+.It Cm cache
+Force enable metadate caching.
.El
.El
.Pp
+The
+.Dv vfs.nullfs.cache_vnodes
+sysctl specifies global default for mount-specific cache/nocache option.
+.Pp
The null layer has two purposes.
First, it serves as a demonstration of layering by providing a layer
which does nothing.