* [PATCH] erofs: add missing documentation about `directio` mount option
@ 2026-01-22 2:52 Gao Xiang
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From: Gao Xiang @ 2026-01-22 2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-erofs; +Cc: LKML, oliver.yang, Gao Xiang, Yuxuan Liu
Document the `directio` mount option for file-backed mounts, because
recent users need this and this mount option has been available since
commit 6422cde1b0d5 ("erofs: use buffered I/O for file-backed mounts
by default") without proper documentation.
Reported-by: Yuxuan Liu <cdjddzy@foxmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
---
Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
index 08194f194b94..96101c3fe53a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ dax={always,never} Use direct access (no page cache). See
Documentation/filesystems/dax.rst.
dax A legacy option which is an alias for ``dax=always``.
device=%s Specify a path to an extra device to be used together.
+directio (For file-backed mounts) Use direct I/O to access backing
+ files, and asynchronous I/O will be enabled if supported.
fsid=%s Specify a filesystem image ID for Fscache back-end.
domain_id=%s Specify a domain ID in fscache mode so that different images
with the same blobs under a given domain ID can share storage.
--
2.43.5
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