X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fdevice-mapper%2Fthin-provisioning.txt;h=55faf875ef99b780663f1efde57a61baa536afb3;hp=801d9d1cf82be56facc9a8e9f99b41d35739374a;hb=bdd119a94b74acb4cc720695eac50f01173b7496;hpb=396293c0274c394da7e9d19260c632c970656b90 diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 801d9d1cf82b..55faf875ef99 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt @@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ $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 will be triggered which a userspace daemon should catch allowing it to extend the pool device. Only one such event will be sent. -Resuming a device with a new table itself triggers an event so the -userspace daemon can use this to detect a situation where a new table -already exceeds the threshold. + +No special event is triggered if a just resumed device's free space is below +the low water mark. However, resuming a device always triggers an +event; a userspace daemon should verify that free space exceeds the low +water mark when handling this event. Thin provisioning -----------------