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On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 12:03:46AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> I see, sounds like good though. Does it work for all stable versions?
> Can it disable only flush command without other effect? And it would be
> better to be normal user controllable easily.

The option was added in 2.6.17, so it's been around forever.  But
no, it obviously is not user exposed as using it on a normal drive
can lead to data loss.