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Tip revision: 08895a8b6b06ed2323cd97a36ee40a116b3db8ed authored by Linus Torvalds on 26 September 2016, 01:47:13 UTC
Linux 4.8-rc8
Tip revision: 08895a8
delay.txt
dm-delay
========

Device-Mapper's "delay" target delays reads and/or writes
and maps them to different devices.

Parameters:
    <device> <offset> <delay> [<write_device> <write_offset> <write_delay>]

With separate write parameters, the first set is only used for reads.
Offsets are specified in sectors.
Delays are specified in milliseconds.

Example scripts
===============
[[
#!/bin/sh
# Create device delaying rw operation for 500ms
echo "0 `blockdev --getsize $1` delay $1 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed
]]

[[
#!/bin/sh
# Create device delaying only write operation for 500ms and
# splitting reads and writes to different devices $1 $2
echo "0 `blockdev --getsize $1` delay $1 0 0 $2 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed
]]
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