Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:31:56 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ide barrier support, #2 |
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On Tue, Oct 14 2003, Andi Kleen wrote: > > See the patch, WRITESYNC is used solely internally in raid1. > > WRITEBARRIER is a bitmask of BIO_RW and BIO_RW_BARRIER and that is what > > you want. I'll make that more clear. Writes will not be reordered around > > the barrier either, btw. > > It would be still misnamed. I want a flush and not a barrier.
Don't you still require previously submitted writes to have hit platter before your flush goes down?
> Anyways, when you apply the patch just change the cmd that what > you think is right.
I did :)
-- Jens Axboe
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