Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Sun Oct 27 10:09:28 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man7: sysctl.7
Log Message:
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.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.76 -r1.77 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7
diff -u src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.76 src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.77
--- src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7:1.76 Wed Apr 10 00:24:28 2013
+++ src/share/man/man7/sysctl.7 Sun Oct 27 10:09:28 2013
@@ -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 @@ capabilities with the following third le
.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
