Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux...

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / device-mapper / dm-crypt.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt
index 6b5c42d..2c656ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-crypt.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ dm-crypt
 Device-Mapper's "crypt" target provides transparent encryption of block devices
 using the kernel crypto API.
 
-Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> <offset>
+Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> \
+             <offset> [<#opt_params> <opt_params>]
 
 <cipher>
     Encryption cipher and an optional IV generation mode.
@@ -37,6 +38,24 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> <offset>
 <offset>
     Starting sector within the device where the encrypted data begins.
 
+<#opt_params>
+    Number of optional parameters. If there are no optional parameters,
+    the optional paramaters section can be skipped or #opt_params can be zero.
+    Otherwise #opt_params is the number of following arguments.
+
+    Example of optional parameters section:
+        1 allow_discards
+
+allow_discards
+    Block discard requests (a.k.a. TRIM) are passed through the crypt device.
+    The default is to ignore discard requests.
+
+    WARNING: Assess the specific security risks carefully before enabling this
+    option.  For example, allowing discards on encrypted devices may lead to
+    the leak of information about the ciphertext device (filesystem type,
+    used space etc.) if the discarded blocks can be located easily on the
+    device later.
+
 Example scripts
 ===============
 LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is now the preferred way to set up disk