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dm thin: add data block size limits to Documentation

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Inform users that the data block size can't be any arbitrary number,
i.e. its value must be between 64KB and 1GB.  Also, it should be a
multiple of 64KB.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
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Carlos Maiolino 2013-07-23 11:03:16 -03:00 committed by Mike Snitzer
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Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
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@ -99,13 +99,14 @@ Using an existing pool device
$data_block_size $low_water_mark"
$data_block_size gives the smallest unit of disk space that can be
allocated at a time expressed in units of 512-byte sectors. People
primarily interested in thin provisioning may want to use a value such
as 1024 (512KB). People doing lots of snapshotting may want a smaller value
such as 128 (64KB). If you are not zeroing newly-allocated data,
a larger $data_block_size in the region of 256000 (128MB) is suggested.
$data_block_size must be the same for the lifetime of the
metadata device.
allocated at a time expressed in units of 512-byte sectors.
$data_block_size must be between 128 (64KB) and 2097152 (1GB) and a
multiple of 128 (64KB). $data_block_size cannot be changed after the
thin-pool is created. People primarily interested in thin provisioning
may want to use a value such as 1024 (512KB). People doing lots of
snapshotting may want a smaller value such as 128 (64KB). If you are
not zeroing newly-allocated data, a larger $data_block_size in the
region of 256000 (128MB) is suggested.
$low_water_mark is expressed in blocks of size $data_block_size. If
free space on the data device drops below this level then a dm event