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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: jaxboe@fusionio.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org,
	hch@lst.de, James.
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 16/30] lguest: replace VIRTIO_F_BARRIER support with VIRTIO_F_FLUSH support
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:47:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1282751267-3530-17-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1282751267-3530-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org>

VIRTIO_F_BARRIER is deprecated.  Replace it with VIRTIO_F_FLUSH
support.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 Documentation/lguest/lguest.c |   29 +++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index e9ce3c5..fbc64b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -1639,15 +1639,6 @@ 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.
 	 */
@@ -1679,6 +1670,13 @@ 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 {
@@ -1702,15 +1700,6 @@ 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);
 }
@@ -1735,8 +1724,8 @@ 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);
-- 
1.7.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-08-25 15:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-25 15:47 [PATCHSET 2.6.36-rc2] block, fs: replace HARDBARRIER with FLUSH/FUA Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 01/30] ide: remove unnecessary blk_queue_flushing() test in do_ide_request() Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 02/30] block/loop: queue ordered mode should be DRAIN_FLUSH Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 03/30] block: kill QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_TAG Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 04/30] block: deprecate barrier and replace blk_queue_ordered() with blk_queue_flush() Tejun Heo
2010-08-30 15:37   ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 05/30] block: remove spurious uses of REQ_HARDBARRIER Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 06/30] block: misc cleanups in barrier code Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 07/30] block: drop barrier ordering by queue draining Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 08/30] block: rename blk-barrier.c to blk-flush.c Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 09/30] block: rename barrier/ordered to flush Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 10/30] block: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA based interface for FLUSH/FUA requests Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 11/30] block: filter flush bio's in __generic_make_request() Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 12/30] block: use REQ_FLUSH in blkdev_issue_flush() Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 13/30] block: simplify queue_next_fseq Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 14/30] block/loop: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 15/30] virtio_blk: drop REQ_HARDBARRIER support Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 17/30] md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 18/30] block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 19/30] xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 20/30] btrfs: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 21/30] gfs2: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 22/30] reiserfs: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 23/30] nilfs2: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 24/30] jbd: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 25/30] jbd2: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 26/30] ext4: do not send discards as barriers Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:58   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-25 16:00     ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-25 15:57       ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 20:02         ` Jan Kara
2010-08-26  8:25           ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-27 17:31             ` Jan Kara
2010-08-30 19:56               ` Jeff Moyer
2010-08-30 20:20                 ` Jan Kara
2010-08-30 20:24                   ` Ric Wheeler
2010-08-30 20:39                   ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2010-08-30 21:02                     ` Jan Kara
2010-08-31  9:55                       ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-09-02 18:46                         ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2010-08-30 21:01                   ` Jeff Moyer
2010-08-31  8:11                   ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-31 10:07                     ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-08-31 10:13                       ` Tejun Heo
2010-08-31 10:27                         ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-09-09 22:53                     ` Jan Kara
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 27/30] fat: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 28/30] swap: " Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 29/30] block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 15:59   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-25 15:47 ` [PATCH 30/30] block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag Tejun Heo
2010-08-25 16:03 ` [PATCHSET 2.6.36-rc2] block, fs: replace HARDBARRIER with FLUSH/FUA Mike Snitzer
2010-08-26  8:23 ` [PATCH 24.5/30] jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier Tejun Heo
2010-08-26  9:33   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2010-08-26  9:37   ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-09-06 11:15   ` [PATCH " Andreas Dilger
2010-09-06 11:40     ` Jan Kara
2010-08-26  9:54 ` [PATCH] block: update documentation for REQ_FLUSH / REQ_FUA Christoph Hellwig
2010-08-27  9:18   ` Tejun Heo

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