Adds a description of the `cache=metadata` mode and references the upstream patch that introduced it.
Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.fr...@proxmox.com> --- qm.adoc | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 8b9e096..74f8304 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -1315,7 +1315,9 @@ has been configured in the resource mapping. Additionally, you can set the `cache` option to either `always`, `never`, `metadata`, or `auto` (default: `auto`), depending on your requirements. How the different caching modes behave can be read https://lwn.net/Articles/774495/[here under the "Caching Modes" -section]. +section]. The https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/commit/598ca8e[`metadata`] +policy is similar to `never`, but it allows guests to cache filesystem metadata, +such as dcache and attr. The `virtiofsd` supports ACL and xattr passthrough (can be enabled with the `expose-acl` and `expose-xattr` options), allowing the guest to access ACLs and -- 2.39.5 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
