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block/loop: add documentation for sysfs interface

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Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-loop
··· 1 + What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/autoclear 2 + Date: Aug, 2010 3 + KernelVersion: v2.6.37 4 + Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 5 + Description: 6 + (RO) Shows if the device is in autoclear mode or not ( "1" or 7 + "0"). Autoclear (if set) indicates that the loopback device will 8 + self-distruct after last close. 9 + 10 + What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/backing_file 11 + Date: Aug, 2010 12 + KernelVersion: v2.6.37 13 + Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 14 + Description: 15 + (RO) The path of the backing file that the loop device maps its 16 + data blocks to. 17 + 18 + What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/offset 19 + Date: Aug, 2010 20 + KernelVersion: v2.6.37 21 + Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 22 + Description: 23 + (RO) Start offset (in bytes). 24 + 25 + What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/sizelimit 26 + Date: Aug, 2010 27 + KernelVersion: v2.6.37 28 + Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 29 + Description: 30 + (RO) The size (in bytes) that the block device maps, starting 31 + from the offset. 32 + 33 + What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/partscan 34 + Date: Aug, 2011 35 + KernelVersion: v3.10 36 + Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 37 + Description: 38 + (RO) Shows if automatic partition scanning is enabled for the 39 + device or not ("1" or "0"). This can be requested individually 40 + per loop device during its setup by setting LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN in 41 + in the ioctl request. By default, no partition tables are 42 + scanned. 43 + 44 + What: /sys/block/loopX/loop/dio 45 + Date: Aug, 2015 46 + KernelVersion: v4.10 47 + Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 48 + Description: 49 + (RO) Shows if direct IO is being used to access backing file or 50 + not ("1 or "0").