Re: [PATCH] ide barrier support, #2

[Jens Axboe]

On Tue, Oct 14 2003, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > See the patch, WRITESYNC is used solely internally in raid1.
> > WRITEBARRIER is a bitmask of BIO_RW and BIO_RW_BARRIER and that is what
> > you want. I'll make that more clear. Writes will not be reordered around
> > the barrier either, btw.
> 
> It would be still misnamed. I want a flush and not a barrier.

Don't you still require previously submitted writes to have hit platter
before your flush goes down?

> Anyways, when you apply the patch just change the cmd that what
> you think is right.

I did :)

-- 
Jens Axboe

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