From 83f539e1a45a07934f0da69dc545bcbde01de36c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Snitzer Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:03:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] dm cache: update Documentation for invalidate_cblocks's range syntax The cache target's invalidate_cblocks message allows cache block (cblock) ranges to be expressed with: - The range's value is "one past the end", so the range includes through -1. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Acked-by: Joe Thornber --- Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt index 274752f8bdf9..719320b5ed3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt @@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ E.g. Invalidation is removing an entry from the cache without writing it back. Cache blocks can be invalidated via the invalidate_cblocks message, which takes an arbitrary number of cblock ranges. Each cblock -must be expressed as a decimal value, in the future a variant message -that takes cblock ranges expressed in hexidecimal may be needed to -better support efficient invalidation of larger caches. The cache must -be in passthrough mode when invalidate_cblocks is used. +range's end value is "one past the end", meaning 5-10 expresses a range +of values from 5 to 9. Each cblock must be expressed as a decimal +value, in the future a variant message that takes cblock ranges +expressed in hexidecimal may be needed to better support efficient +invalidation of larger caches. The cache must be in passthrough mode +when invalidate_cblocks is used. invalidate_cblocks [|-]*