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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 17:07:18 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 17:07:18 -0700
commita2887097f25cd38cadfc11d10769e2b349fb5eca (patch)
treecd4adcb305365d6ba9acd2c02d4eb9d0125c6f8d /Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
parent8abfc6e7a45eb74e51904bbae676fae008b11366 (diff)
parent005a1d15f5a6b2bb4ada80349513effbf22b4588 (diff)
downloadlinux-a2887097f25cd38cadfc11d10769e2b349fb5eca.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits) xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag swap: do not send discards as barriers fat: do not send discards as barriers ext4: do not send discards as barriers jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/lguest/lguest.c')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.c29
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 8a6a8c6d4980..dc73bc54cc4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -1640,15 +1640,6 @@ static void blk_request(struct virtqueue *vq)
off = out->sector * 512;
/*
- * The block device implements "barriers", where the Guest indicates
- * that it wants all previous writes to occur before this write. We
- * don't have a way of asking our kernel to do a barrier, so we just
- * synchronize all the data in the file. Pretty poor, no?
- */
- if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER)
- fdatasync(vblk->fd);
-
- /*
* In general the virtio block driver is allowed to try SCSI commands.
* It'd be nice if we supported eject, for example, but we don't.
*/
@@ -1680,6 +1671,13 @@ static void blk_request(struct virtqueue *vq)
/* Die, bad Guest, die. */
errx(1, "Write past end %llu+%u", off, ret);
}
+
+ wlen = sizeof(*in);
+ *in = (ret >= 0 ? VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK : VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR);
+ } else if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH) {
+ /* Flush */
+ ret = fdatasync(vblk->fd);
+ verbose("FLUSH fdatasync: %i\n", ret);
wlen = sizeof(*in);
*in = (ret >= 0 ? VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK : VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR);
} else {
@@ -1703,15 +1701,6 @@ static void blk_request(struct virtqueue *vq)
}
}
- /*
- * OK, so we noted that it was pretty poor to use an fdatasync as a
- * barrier. But Christoph Hellwig points out that we need a sync
- * *afterwards* as well: "Barriers specify no reordering to the front
- * or the back." And Jens Axboe confirmed it, so here we are:
- */
- if (out->type & VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER)
- fdatasync(vblk->fd);
-
/* Finished that request. */
add_used(vq, head, wlen);
}
@@ -1736,8 +1725,8 @@ static void setup_block_file(const char *filename)
vblk->fd = open_or_die(filename, O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE);
vblk->len = lseek64(vblk->fd, 0, SEEK_END);
- /* We support barriers. */
- add_feature(dev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER);
+ /* We support FLUSH. */
+ add_feature(dev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH);
/* Tell Guest how many sectors this device has. */
conf.capacity = cpu_to_le64(vblk->len / 512);