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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/statistics.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/statistics.txt
index 2a1673adc200..ff6baeaa71f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/statistics.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/statistics.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ the range specified.
The I/O statistics counters for each step-sized area of a region are
in the same format as /sys/block/*/stat or /proc/diskstats (see:
Documentation/iostats.txt). But two extra counters (12 and 13) are
-provided: total time spent reading and writing in milliseconds. All
-these counters may be accessed by sending the @stats_print message to
-the appropriate DM device via dmsetup.
+provided: total time spent reading and writing. All these counters may
+be accessed by sending the @stats_print message to the appropriate DM
+device via dmsetup.
+
+The reported times are in milliseconds and the granularity depends on
+the kernel ticks. When the option precise_timestamps is used, the
+reported times are in nanoseconds.
Each region has a corresponding unique identifier, which we call a
region_id, that is assigned when the region is created. The region_id
@@ -33,7 +37,9 @@ memory is used by reading
Messages
========
- @stats_create <range> <step> [<program_id> [<aux_data>]]
+ @stats_create <range> <step>
+ [<number_of_optional_arguments> <optional_arguments>...]
+ [<program_id> [<aux_data>]]
Create a new region and return the region_id.
@@ -48,6 +54,17 @@ Messages
"/<number_of_areas>" - the range is subdivided into the specified
number of areas.
+ <number_of_optional_arguments>
+ The number of optional arguments
+
+ <optional_arguments>
+ The following optional arguments are supported
+ precise_timestamps - use precise timer with nanosecond resolution
+ instead of the "jiffies" variable. When this argument is
+ used, the resulting times are in nanoseconds instead of
+ milliseconds. Precise timestamps are a little bit slower
+ to obtain than jiffies-based timestamps.
+
<program_id>
An optional parameter. A name that uniquely identifies
the userspace owner of the range. This groups ranges together
@@ -55,6 +72,9 @@ Messages
created and ignore those created by others.
The kernel returns this string back in the output of
@stats_list message, but it doesn't use it for anything else.
+ If we omit the number of optional arguments, program id must not
+ be a number, otherwise it would be interpreted as the number of
+ optional arguments.
<aux_data>
An optional parameter. A word that provides auxiliary data