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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ext3 barrier bits
Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com> wrote:
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>
> > - Does the kernel tell you if your disk doesn't supoprt barriers? ie:
> > how does the user know if it's working or not?
>
> ... and how do you know your disk isn't lying and ignoring the barriers?
>

If some benchmark slows down when barriers are enabled then that's a pretty
good indicator. I don't know what benchmark that might be though.

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