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SubjectRe: [RFC 00/11] DAX fsynx/msync support
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Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> writes:

>> Hence once the filesystem has waited on the REQ_WRITE|REQ_FLUSH IO
>> to complete, we know that all the earlier REQ_WRITE IOs are on
>> stable storage, too. Hence there's no need for the elevator to drain
>> the queue to guarantee completion ordering - the dispatch ordering
>> and flush/fua write semantics guarantee that when the flush/fua
>> completes, all the IOs dispatch prior to that flush/fua write are
>> also on stable storage...
>
> Des xfs rely on this model for correctness? If so, I'd say we've got a
> problem.

Dave?


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