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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst index 552c9155165d..9f8139ff97d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-crypt.rst @@ -160,15 +160,24 @@ iv_large_sectors The <iv_offset> must be multiple of <sector_size> (in 512 bytes units) if this flag is specified. +integrity_key_size:<bytes> + Use an integrity key of <bytes> size instead of using an integrity key size + of the digest size of the used HMAC algorithm. -Module parameters:: +Module parameters:: max_read_size + Maximum size of read requests. When a request larger than this size + is received, dm-crypt will split the request. The splitting improves + concurrency (the split requests could be encrypted in parallel by multiple + cores), but it also causes overhead. The user should tune this parameters to + fit the actual workload. + max_write_size - Maximum size of read or write requests. When a request larger than this size + Maximum size of write requests. When a request larger than this size is received, dm-crypt will split the request. The splitting improves concurrency (the split requests could be encrypted in parallel by multiple - cores), but it also causes overhead. The user should tune these parameters to + cores), but it also causes overhead. The user should tune this parameters to fit the actual workload. |