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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] (RESEND) ext3[34] barrier changes
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 00:44:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080520234417.GL27853@shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200805172048.34455.chris.mason@oracle.com>

Chris Mason wrote:
> write log blocks
> flush #1
> write commit block
> flush #2
> write metadata blocks
> 
> I'd agree with Ted, there's a fairly small chance of things get reordered 
> around flush #1.

Except when it crosses an MD disk boundary.  Then it's really likely.

We could also ask if there's _any_ possibility, when they are a merged
single I/O, of them not getting written in the expected order?
What about when FUA is set, does that imply any order?

But it's all moot: Checksumming is the way forward here, no doubt.
Checksumming makes the multi-sector write "atomic or corrupt".  That's
the same expectation as a commit sector provides by itself, but
generalised to the whole journal entry.

-- Jamie

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-20 23:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-16 19:02 [PATCH 0/4] (RESEND) ext3[34] barrier changes Eric Sandeen
2008-05-16 19:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] ext3: enable barriers by default Eric Sandeen
2008-05-19  8:58   ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 2/4] ext3: call blkdev_issue_flush on fsync Eric Sandeen
2008-05-16 22:15   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-16 19:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] ext4: enable barriers by default Eric Sandeen
2008-05-16 19:09 ` [PATCH 4/4] ext4: call blkdev_issue_flush on fsync Eric Sandeen
2008-05-20  2:34   ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-20 15:43     ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 15:43       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 15:52       ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-20 15:52         ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-20 20:14         ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-20 15:52       ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-20 19:54       ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-20 19:54         ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-20 22:02         ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21  7:30           ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-16 20:05 ` [PATCH 0/4] (RESEND) ext3[34] barrier changes Andrew Morton
2008-05-16 20:53   ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-16 20:58     ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-16 21:45       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-16 22:03         ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-16 22:09           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-16 22:03     ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-16 22:21       ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-16 22:53         ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-17  0:20           ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-17  0:35             ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-17 13:43               ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-17 17:59                 ` Andreas Dilger
2008-05-17 17:59                 ` Andreas Dilger
2008-05-17 17:59                   ` Andreas Dilger
2008-05-17 20:44                 ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-20 14:45                   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 14:45                     ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-18  0:48               ` Chris Mason
2008-05-18  1:36                 ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-18 14:49                   ` Ric Wheeler
2008-05-18 14:49                   ` Ric Wheeler
2008-05-18 14:49                     ` Ric Wheeler
2008-05-20 14:42                     ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 23:48                     ` Jamie Lokier
     [not found]                   ` <4830420D.4080608__28835.4277647615$1211137279$gmane$org@gmail.com>
2008-05-18 19:59                     ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-18 16:07                       ` Ric Wheeler
2008-05-20 23:44                 ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2008-05-18 20:03         ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19  0:43           ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-19  2:29             ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-19  2:29               ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-19  4:11               ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-19 17:16                 ` Chris Mason
2008-05-19 18:39                   ` Chris Mason
2008-05-19 22:39                     ` Jan Kara
2008-05-20  0:29                       ` Chris Mason
2008-05-20  3:29                         ` Timothy Shimmin
2008-05-20 12:04                           ` Chris Mason
2008-05-20  8:25                     ` Jens Axboe
2008-05-20 12:17                       ` Chris Mason
2008-05-21 11:22                     ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-21 12:32                       ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-21 18:03                       ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-21 18:15                         ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-21 19:43                           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 18:29                         ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-21 18:49                           ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-21 19:42                             ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 19:36                           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 19:36                             ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 19:40                             ` Chris Mason
2008-05-21 19:36                           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 19:54                         ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 14:58                   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 22:30                   ` Daniel Phillips
2008-05-20 23:35               ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-19  2:29             ` Eric Sandeen
2008-05-19  0:28       ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-20 15:13         ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 15:13           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-21 20:25           ` Greg Smith
2008-05-20 15:13         ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-16 22:30   ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-18 19:54   ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 13:26     ` Chris Mason
2008-05-19 14:46       ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-20  2:51         ` [PATCH, RFC] ext4: Fix use of write barrier in commit logic Theodore Tso
2008-05-20  2:51         ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-20  2:51           ` Theodore Tso
2008-05-20 15:23           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 15:23             ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 15:23           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-23 18:33         ` [PATCH 0/4] (RESEND) ext3[34] barrier changes Ric Wheeler
2008-05-23 18:33         ` Ric Wheeler
2008-05-23 18:33           ` Ric Wheeler
2008-05-20 15:36       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 16:02         ` Chris Mason
2008-05-20 16:27           ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-20 17:08             ` Chris Mason
2008-05-20 22:26               ` Jamie Lokier
2008-05-19  9:04   ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-29 13:36   ` Eric Sandeen

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