From 2d39f681bc67662f43046106f3274e9b8ca27383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:43:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] block/loop: add documentation for sysfs interface
Documentation has been compiled from git logs and by reading through
code.
Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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+What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/autoclear
+Date: Aug, 2010
+KernelVersion: v2.6.37
+Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) Shows if the device is in autoclear mode or not ( "1" or
+ "0"). Autoclear (if set) indicates that the loopback device will
+ self-distruct after last close.
+
+What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/backing_file
+Date: Aug, 2010
+KernelVersion: v2.6.37
+Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) The path of the backing file that the loop device maps its
+ data blocks to.
+
+What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/offset
+Date: Aug, 2010
+KernelVersion: v2.6.37
+Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) Start offset (in bytes).
+
+What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/sizelimit
+Date: Aug, 2010
+KernelVersion: v2.6.37
+Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) The size (in bytes) that the block device maps, starting
+ from the offset.
+
+What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/partscan
+Date: Aug, 2011
+KernelVersion: v3.10
+Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) Shows if automatic partition scanning is enabled for the
+ device or not ("1" or "0"). This can be requested individually
+ per loop device during its setup by setting LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN in
+ in the ioctl request. By default, no partition tables are
+ scanned.
+
+What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/dio
+Date: Aug, 2015
+KernelVersion: v4.10
+Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ (RO) Shows if direct IO is being used to access backing file or
+ not ("1 or "0").
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