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@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ same_cpu_crypt
The default is to use an unbound workqueue so that encryption work
is automatically balanced between available CPUs.
+high_priority
+ Set dm-crypt workqueues and the writer thread to high priority. This
+ improves throughput and latency of dm-crypt while degrading general
+ responsiveness of the system.
+
submit_from_crypt_cpus
Disable offloading writes to a separate thread after encryption.
There are some situations where offloading write bios from the