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dm cache: update Documentation for invalidate_cblocks's range syntax

The cache target's invalidate_cblocks message allows cache block
(cblock) ranges to be expressed with: <cblock start>-<cblock end>

The range's <cblock end> value is "one past the end", so the range
includes <cblock start> through <cblock end>-1.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Mike Snitzer 11 years ago
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@@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ E.g.
 Invalidation is removing an entry from the cache without writing it
 back.  Cache blocks can be invalidated via the invalidate_cblocks
 message, which takes an arbitrary number of cblock ranges.  Each cblock
-must be expressed as a decimal value, in the future a variant message
-that takes cblock ranges expressed in hexidecimal may be needed to
-better support efficient invalidation of larger caches.  The cache must
-be in passthrough mode when invalidate_cblocks is used.
+range's end value is "one past the end", meaning 5-10 expresses a range
+of values from 5 to 9.  Each cblock must be expressed as a decimal
+value, in the future a variant message that takes cblock ranges
+expressed in hexidecimal may be needed to better support efficient
+invalidation of larger caches.  The cache must be in passthrough mode
+when invalidate_cblocks is used.
 
    invalidate_cblocks [<cblock>|<cblock begin>-<cblock end>]*