dm integrity: document allow_discard option

Add decription of the allow_discard option added in commit
84597a44a9.

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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Milan Broz 2020-04-08 23:40:08 +02:00 committed by Mike Snitzer
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@ -182,12 +182,15 @@ fix_padding
space-efficient. If this option is not present, large padding is
used - that is for compatibility with older kernels.
allow_discards
Allow block discard requests (a.k.a. TRIM) for the integrity device.
Discards are only allowed to devices using internal hash.
The journal mode (D/J), buffer_sectors, journal_watermark, commit_time can
be changed when reloading the target (load an inactive table and swap the
tables with suspend and resume). The other arguments should not be changed
when reloading the target because the layout of disk data depend on them
and the reloaded target would be non-functional.
The journal mode (D/J), buffer_sectors, journal_watermark, commit_time and
allow_discards can be changed when reloading the target (load an inactive
table and swap the tables with suspend and resume). The other arguments
should not be changed when reloading the target because the layout of disk
data depend on them and the reloaded target would be non-functional.
The layout of the formatted block device: