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either both data and tag or none of them are written. The
journaled mode degrades write throughput twice because the
data have to be written twice.
+ R - recovery mode - in this mode, journal is not replayed,
+ checksums are not checked and writes to the device are not
+ allowed. This mode is useful for data recovery if the
+ device cannot be activated in any of the other standard
+ modes.
5. the number of additional arguments