linux-kernel - [PATCH] erofs: add missing documentation about `directio` mount option

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Message-ID: <20260122025252.3724634-1-hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:52:52 +0800
From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	oliver.yang@...ux.alibaba.com,
	Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Yuxuan Liu <cdjddzy@...mail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] erofs: add missing documentation about `directio` mount option

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@...mail.com>
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.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