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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man7 vfs.wapbl.flush_disk_cache is more about meta...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/73cad426f916
branches:  trunk
changeset: 790935:73cad426f916
user:      apb <apb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Oct 27 10:09:28 2013 +0000

description:
vfs.wapbl.flush_disk_cache is more about metadata than data, and
more about safety in the event of power loss than safety in the
event of a crash.

diffstat:

 share/man/man7/sysctl.7 |  8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (29 lines):

diff -r d6d83ecf9208 -r 73cad426f916 share/man/man7/sysctl.7
--- a/share/man/man7/sysctl.7   Sun Oct 27 10:06:01 2013 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man7/sysctl.7   Sun Oct 27 10:09:28 2013 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.76 2013/04/10 00:24:28 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: sysctl.7,v 1.77 2013/10/27 10:09:28 apb Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"    @(#)sysctl.3    8.4 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
 .\"
-.Dd April 9, 2013
+.Dd October 27, 2013
 .Dt SYSCTL 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@
 .Bl -tag -width "123456"
 .It Li vfs.wapbl.flush_disk_cache
 Controls whether to attempt to flush the disk cache on each commit.
-It defaults to 1 and it should always be on to ensure data integrity in
-case of a crash.
+It defaults to 1 and it should always be on to ensure integrity
+of file system metadata in the event of a power loss.
 For slow disks, turning it off can improve performance.
 .It Li vfs.wapbl.verbose_commit
 For each transaction log commit, print the number of bytes written



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