Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:00:53 GMT From: "John W. O'Brien" <john@saltant.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/167382: geli.8 out of sync after r226840 re: kernel threads Message-ID: <201204272300.q3RN0rwe038944@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201204272310.q3RNAAnR005045@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 167382 >Category: docs >Synopsis: geli.8 out of sync after r226840 re: kernel threads >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 27 23:10:10 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: John W. O'Brien >Release: 9-STABLE >Organization: Saltant Solutions >Environment: FreeBSD nippl.y.saltant.net 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #0: Mon Apr 9 07:44:49 EDT 2012 root@nippl.y.saltant.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NIPPL amd64 >Description: r226840 did not update description of affected behavior in geli(8) manpage. >How-To-Repeat: man geli Search for "kern.geom.eli.threads". Observe that following r226840, number of threads is not limited when, e.g., AESNI instructions are available. >Fix: Strike line stating that only one thread will be started when using hardware crypto acceleration. Patch attached with submission follows: Index: geli.8 =================================================================== --- geli.8 (revision 234740) +++ geli.8 (working copy) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 4, 2012 +.Dd April 27, 2012 .Dt GELI 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -692,7 +692,6 @@ Specifies how many kernel threads should be used for doing software cryptography. Its purpose is to increase performance on SMP systems. -If hardware acceleration is available, only one thread will be started. If set to 0, a CPU-pinned thread will be started for every active CPU. .It Va kern.geom.eli.batch : No 0 When set to 1, can speed-up crypto operations by using batching. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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