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NAME

       /etc/cachefilesd.conf - Local file caching configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       The  configuration  file for cachefilesd which can manage a persistent cache for a variety
       of network filesystems using a set of files on an already mounted filesystem as  the  data
       store.

DESCRIPTION

       This  configuration  file  can  contain  a  number  of  commands.  Each one should be on a
       separate line.  Blank lines and lines beginning with a '#' character are considered to  be
       comments and are discarded.

       The only mandatory command is:

       dir <path>
              This command specifies the directory containing the root of the cache.  It may only
              specified once per configuration file.

       All the other commands are optional:

       secctx <label>
              Specify an LSM security context as which the  kernel  will  perform  operations  to
              access  the  cache.   The  default is to use cachefilesd's security context.  Files
              will be created in the cache with the label of directory  specified  to  the  'dir'
              command.

       brun <N>%

       bcull <N>%

       bstop <N>%

       frun <N>%

       fcull <N>%

       fstop <N>%
              These  commands configure the culling limits.  The defaults are 7% (run), 5% (cull)
              and 1% (stop) respectively.  See the section on cache culling for more information.

              The commands beginning with a 'b' are file space (block)  limits,  those  beginning
              with an 'f' are file count limits.

       tag <name>
              This  command specifies a tag to FS-Cache to use in distinguishing multiple caches.
              This is only required if more than one cache is going to be used.  The  default  is
              "CacheFiles".

       culltable <log2size>
              This command specifies the size of the tables holding the lists of cullable objects
              in the cache.  The bigger the number, the faster and more smoothly that culling can
              proceed  when  there  are  many  objects  in the cache, but the more memory will be
              consumed by cachefilesd.

              The quantity is specified as log2 of the size actually  required,  for  example  12
              indicates  a  table of 4096 entries and 13 indicates 8192 entries.  The permissible
              values are between 12 and 20, the latter indicating 1048576 entries.   The  default
              is 12.

       nocull Disable  culling.   Culling and building up the cull table take up a certain amount
              of a systems resources, which may be undesirable.  Supplying this  option  disables
              all  culling activity.  The cache will keep building up to the limits set and won't
              be shrunk, except by the removal of out-dated cache files.

       resume_thresholds <blocks> <files>
              This command specifies the amount of blocks or files that the kernel should let  go
              of before the daemon should resume from culling table scan suspension.

              Scanning  to refill the cull table is suspended when all the objects in a cache are
              pinned by a live network filesystem in the kernel and there's nothing to cull.

              Either value can be "-" to indicate that this threshold should be ignored.

       debug <mask>
              This command specifies a numeric bitmask to control debugging in the kernel module.
              The  default  is zero (all off).  The following values can be OR'd into the mask to
              collect various information:

              1      Turn on trace of function entry (_enter() macros)

              2      Turn on trace of function exit (_leave() macros)

              4      Turn on trace of internal debug points (_debug())

              This mask can also be set through /sys/module/cachefiles/parameters/debug.

EXAMPLES

       As an example, consider the following:

              dir /var/cache/fscache
              secctx cachefiles_kernel_t
              tag mycache
              brun 10%
              bcull 7%
              bstop 3%
              secctx system_u:system_r:cachefiles_kernel_t:s0

       This places the cache storage objects in a directory  called  "/var/cache/fscache",  names
       the  cache "mycache", permits the cache to run freely as long as there's at least 10% free
       space on /var/cache/fscache/, starts culling the cache when the free space drops below  7%
       and stops writing new stuff into the cache if the amount of free space drops below 3%.  If
       the cache is suspended, it won't reactivate until the amount of free space rises again  to
       10% or better.

       Furthermore,  this  will  tell  the  kernel module the security context it should use when
       accessing the cache (SELinux is assumed to be the LSM in this  example).   In  this  case,
       SELinux would use cachefiles_kernel_t as the key into the policy.

CACHE CULLING

       The  cache  may need culling occasionally to make space.  This involves discarding objects
       from the cache that have been used less recently than anything else.  Culling is based  on
       the access time of data objects.  Empty directories are culled if not in use.

       Cache culling is done on the basis of the percentage of blocks and the percentage of files
       available in the underlying filesystem.  There are six "limits":

       brun

       frun   If the amount of free space and the number of available files in  the  cache  rises
              above both these limits, then culling is turned off.

       bcull

       fcull  If  the  amount  of  available  space or the number of available files in the cache
              falls below either of these limits, then culling is started.

       bstop

       fstop  If the amount of available space or the number of  available  files  in  the  cache
              falls  below  either  of  these limits, then no further allocation of disk space or
              files is permitted until culling has raised things above these limits again.

       These must be configured thusly:

              0 <= bstop < bcull < brun < 100
              0 <= fstop < fcull < frun < 100

       Note that these are percentages of available space and available files, and do not  appear
       as 100 minus the percentage displayed by the df program.

       The  userspace  daemon scans the cache to build up a table of cullable objects.  These are
       then culled in least recently used order.  A new scan of the cache is started as  soon  as
       space  is  made  in the table.  Objects will be skipped if their atimes have changed or if
       the kernel module says it is still using them.

       Culling can be disabled with the nocull option.

SEE ALSO

       cachefilesd(8), df(1), /usr/share/doc/cachefilesd/README

AUTHORS

       David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>