Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 May 2007 14:31:21 -0400 | From | Phillip Susi <> | Subject | Re: [RFD] BIO_RW_BARRIER - what it means for devices, filesystems, and dm/md. |
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David Chinner wrote: > That sounds like a good idea - we can leave the existing > WRITE_BARRIER behaviour unchanged and introduce a new WRITE_ORDERED > behaviour that only guarantees ordering. The filesystem can then > choose which to use where appropriate....
So what if you want a synchronous write, but DON'T care about the order? They need to be two completely different flags which you can choose to combine, or use individually.
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