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    SubjectRe: [PATCHSET block#for-2.6.36-post] block: replace barrier with sequenced flush
    On 08/20/2010 12:00 PM, Chris Mason wrote:
    > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:18:07AM -0400, Ric Wheeler wrote:
    >> On 08/20/2010 09:22 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
    >>> FYI: here's a little writeup to document the new cache flushing scheme,
    >>> intended to replace Documentation/block/barriers.txt. Any good
    >>> suggestion for a filename in the kernel tree?
    >>>
    >>> ---
    >>
    >> I was thinking that we might be better off using the "durable
    >> writes" term more since it is well documented (at least in the
    >> database world, where it is the "D" in ACID properties). Maybe
    >> "durable_writes_support.txt" ?
    >
    > sata_lies.txt?
    >
    > Ok, maybe writeback_cache.txt?
    >
    > -chris

    writeback_cache.txt is certainly the least confusing :)

    ric



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