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| -rw-r--r-- | include/fuse_common.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/fuse_common.h b/include/fuse_common.h index dc19083..a906bc5 100644 --- a/include/fuse_common.h +++ b/include/fuse_common.h @@ -288,10 +288,12 @@ struct fuse_conn_info { unsigned max_background; /** - * Kernel congestion threshold parameter. If you want to - * know what this means, please refer to the kernel source - * (and, ideally, submit a brief explanation that can be - * included here). + * Kernel congestion threshold parameter. If the number of pending + * background requests exceeds this number, the FUSE kernel module will + * mark the filesystem as "congested". This instructs the kernel to + * expect that queued requests will take some time to complete, and to + * adjust its algorithms accordingly (e.g. by putting a waiting thread + * to sleep instead of using a busy-loop). */ unsigned congestion_threshold; |